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Govt mulls prior green nod for future coal block auction

Recently, Union power and coal minister Piyush Goyal indicated 'revisiting' the auction policy announcing cancellation of of three coal blocks

CIL might not get right to captive miners' excess coal

The policy on surplus coal is expected to be announced next month

Coal India board defies govt directive

Decides against lowering e-auction volumes on fear of revenue loss; to write to coal ministry soon

Mamata on 5 -day visit to Singapore

A business delegation which will include industrialists like Sanjiv Goenka and Harsh Neotia, will accompany her

Land Acquisition Act: Mamata's stance may hit Singur, Nandigram

Mamata wants to pay less for land near cities

Bengal govt writes to Centre suggesting some changes to the law; says it will pay four times the market value only if the land is least 120 km away from town

Bengal to end some power purchase pacts

West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company has had 10% surplus power for two years

Double whammy for JSW's Bengal project

State government cancels PPA, threatens to take back 4,300 acres allocated to the company

CIL likely to raise coal prices next month

To pass on burden of higher clean energy cess and fuel cost to consumers

Inox group plans to tap capital market for three companies

Inox wind is expected to reaise Rs 1,000 cr

Probal Basak: Bengal sees red as TMC men make incendiary remarks

But Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee believes media blowing Tapas Pal's rape comment out of proportion

I have a file on you: M K Narayanan

Once amongst the most powerful men in the country, MK "Mike" Narayanan finds himself on a sticky wicket now

Coal ministry seeks details of struck CIL project

To appoint nodal officers to expedite projects

What next for CK Birla after Hindustan Motors?

Over the years, his venture with GM fell through and he exited Pilani Investments. His empire's main businesses now include cement, electricals, IT services and paper

Probal Basak: Voices of dissent grow louder in the CPI(M)

After a series of debacles in the Lok Sabha elections, the party is facing its biggest challenge - a leadership crisis

BJP rises in Bengal at cost of Left

The party claims that membership has increased to about 2 million from 3,00,000 six months back

Hit by unkept promises, HM workers await govt intervention

Mamata meets party leaders to discuss poll outcome

Party jittery as exit poll numbers indicate no place for king maker

TMC feeling jittery as exit polls dash its hope to play kingmaker

This, despite it getting a decent projection of its own tally in the state

Samsung Life set to buy 26% in ING Insurance

Deal with current owner Exide may be signed next week