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  Centre set to soon announce financial outlay to strengthen sustainable mining in country

  Business | October 11, 2023 20:16 IST

  Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi emphasised on the importance of the scientific closure of abandoned coal mines. He also said the country's electricity consumption is only one-third of the global average even as it is one of the top five solar power-producing countries globally.

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  India to start coal export by 2025-26, says Minister Pralhad Joshi

  India | March 29, 2023 17:20 IST

  India coal export: The minister also assured of an uninterrupted supply of coal in the approaching summer season- when the peak demand is expected to be 229 GW during April.

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  Coal block case: former coal minister Santosh Bagrodia, secretary summoned

  India | July 21, 2015 15:50 IST

  New Delhi:  A court here on Tuesday issued summons to former coal minister of state Santosh Bagrodia and ex-coal secretary H.C. Gupta in a coal block allocation case involving Rajya Sabha member Vijay Darda.Special Central Bureau

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  Coal Minister Goyal seeks update on missing files

  India | June 02, 2014 17:57 IST

  New Delhi: Coal Minister Piyush Goyal has sought an update on missing coal block allocation files and ordered “micro-filming” of all documents to prevent such problems in the future.“I have asked for a report to

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  PM could have thrown me away, if I was wrong: Former Coal minister

  India | May 05, 2014 20:26 IST

  New Delhi: Former Coal Minister Dasari Narayana Rao, who has been questioned by CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in allocation of Talabira-II coal block in Odisha, today said the Prime Minister could have removed

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  189 coal scam related documents missing: Jaiswal

  Politics | August 24, 2013 7:33 IST

  New Delhi: A total of 189 documents related to the coal block allocations are missing and all efforts are being made to locate them, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal told parliament on Friday.In a statement in

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  Jaiswal writes to Sibal on transfer of Kanpur tehsils

  India | August 07, 2013 7:28 IST

  Kanpur, Aug 7: Kanpur MP and Union Coal Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal yesterday wrote to Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal seeking his intervention to revoke the transfer of Bilhor and Ghatampur tehsils from the district to

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  Coal minister Jaiswal's 'sexist' remark raises the heckles of women organisations

  Politics | October 02, 2012 18:52 IST

  Kanpur/New Delhi, Oct 2: Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal found himself at the centre of a controversy today over his sexist remark that wives lose charm over time, sparking an outrage among women's groups which

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  BJP's charges on coal blocks are false: Coal minister

  Politics | September 11, 2012 19:31 IST

  Lucknow, Sep 11: Coal Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal Tuesday termed the BJP's allegation of irregularities in coal blocks allocation as "false" and a "face saving measure".Jaiswal said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not agree to

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  Coal minister heckled by parents of jailed cartoonist Aseem

  Politics | September 10, 2012 18:45 IST

  Kanpur, Sep 10:  Supporters of India Against Corruption (IAC) and the parents of jailed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was charged with sedition by Mumbai police, Monday heckled union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal and sought his

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  Facing allegations for being a Jaiswal: Coal minister

  Politics | September 05, 2012 14:59 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 5: Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal Tuesday played to the gallery, saying he was being targeted because of his community and noted that the screening process to allocate coal blocks followed by the

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  Coal minister Jaiswal allotted 35 coal blocks without screening : report

  India | August 26, 2012 12:48 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 26: Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal allocated 35 coal blocks without clearance from the screening committee since 2009, contrary to his claims, reports the Delhi weekly newspaper Sunday Guardian. Hansraj Ahir, a member

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  Coal minister Jaiswal allotted 35 coal blocks without screening : report

  August 26, 2012 17:33 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 26: Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal allocated 35 coal blocks without clearance from the screening committee since 2009, contrary to his claims, reports the Delhi weekly newspaper Sunday Guardian. Hansraj Ahir, a member

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  CAG Estimates On Coal Blocks 'Illogical', Says Coal Minister

  India | April 02, 2012 17:19 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 2: Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal today described CAG draft report on allocation of coal blocks without auction as "illogical", asking by that yardstick even water used in the hydro projects should be