Rescue ops at Dhanbad mine called off, toll reaches 5

After extricating five bodies from an abandoned coal mine in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district, government authorities and the Eastern Coalfields limited Wednesday called off the rescue operation, while......

10 dead in Jharkhand mine cave-in, many still missing

Ten miners were killed and an unspecified number feared trapped when a massive mound of earth came crashing down on them at Lalmatia open cast coal mine of Eastern Coalfields Ltd on Thursday, the......

CBI arrests its former officer in bribery case

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested one of its former superintendents of police and a middleman for allegedly helping in dilution of charges against a coal merchant in return of......

CVC penalises 130 officials for alleged graft

One hundred and thirty officials of different government departments were slapped with major penalty by the Central Vigilance Commission for their alleged involvement in corruption. Of these, a......

Coal India won't conduct e-auction till situation stabilises

Amid the low stock position at the electricity generating plants, state-owned CIL has asked its subsidiaries to refrain from conducting any further e-auction of coal, except special forward......

Markets end marginally lower as investors eye Q3 GDP data

BSE Smallcap index outperformed the frontline indices to rise 0.6%, while the BSE Midcap was flat Benchmark indices ended the day marginally lower, snapping a six-day winning streak in the......

Sick PSUs list is starting point for FY16 divestments

A list of 65 floundering central public sector enterprises will serve as the starting point of the government’s Rs 28,500-crore (Rs 285-billion) ‘strategic disinvestment’ plan for......

Coal block auction: CIL seeks clarity on three mines

These three blocks figure in the 'Schedule I' list of those coal mines, which are being auctioned afresh With a fresh process underway for allocation of 204 coal mines for their 'development and......