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Energy Transition: How Coal Mines Could Go Solar
Disused coal mines could be refashioned to place vast fields of solar panels, a new report suggests, providing an unlikely solution to a common obstacle to uptake of the green energy source.
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Unemployed Man In Jharkhand Allegedly Kills Father To Get Job
A 35-year-old unemployed man allegedly killed his father, an employee of Central Coal Fields Limited (CCL), at Barkakana in the district to get a job in the PSU on compassionate ground, police said on Sunday.
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Green Court Panel's Field Visit Exposes Illegal Coal Mining In Meghalaya
The Meghalaya government has founded itself in hot water after a three-member probe panel formed by the National Green Tribunal found that coal mining has been going on in the state despite a ban since 2014.
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It Was PM Singh, Not Us, Say a Former Minister and Babu in Jindal Coal Case
The decision to allocate a coal field in Jharkhand to industrialist Naveen Jindal's company was taken by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, two senior government officers accused of corruption said today in court.
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Industralist Naveen Jindal Chargesheeted by CBI in Coal Scam
Industrialist and former Congress lawmaker Naveen Jindal conspired with top government officials including former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayana Rao to acquire a coal field in Jharkhand in 2008, the CBI said today.
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Coal-Gate: New Case Against Kumar Mangalam Birla Firm
Just days after it questioned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about how a coal field in Odisha was given in 2005 to a company owned by billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has filed a new case involving the same firm, Hindalco, which produces aluminum.
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Coal Strike Hits Production Across Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh
Work has been stalled at over 600 coal mines operated in Chhattisgarh and parts of Madhya Pradesh by Coal India subsidiary South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), on the first day of the five-day stike called by trade unions.
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Ukraine Searchers Comb Sunflowers for Malaysian Plane Debris
Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners spread out Friday across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of a Malaysia Airlines jet shot down as it flew high above the country's battlefield.
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Vladmir Putin Urges Ukraine Ceasefire After Malaysian Plane Attack
Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners spread out on Friday across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of a jetliner shot down as it flew miles above the country's battlefield.
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Coal-Gate: PM will not be made a party, rules Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not be listed as an accused in the CBI's case that deals with alleged corruption and irregularities in the allocation of coal fields to private firms.
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Coal-Gate: documents stolen not missing, alleges belligerent BJP
After reports that an officer handling investigations into the allocation of valuable coal fields suggested that the Prime Minister should be questioned, Dr Manomhan Singh's Office has said the "government will cooperate fully with the CBI and make available every document".
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Coal-Gate: seven files still missing, government tells Supreme Court
Under attack for losing important documents that explain how coal fields were allocated to private firms, the government today told the Supreme Court that seven files remain missing and that it is trying to locate them.
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Coal-gate files missing, admits government; won't tolerate it, says BJP
The BJP wants the government to urgently explain in Parliament why and how important files that explain how coal fields were allocated to private firms are missing.
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Coal scam: Congress MP Naveen Jindal accused of cheating, conspiracy
An FIR has been registered against Congress MP Naveen Jindal and his company Jindal Steel and Power for allegedly misrepresenting crucial information to land valuable coal fields from the government.
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Coal-Gate: PM reportedly asked law officers if he is an accused in the coal case
In a meeting with the government's top law officers, the Prime Minister reportedly asked if he is an accused in a case that searches why coal fields were given to private players without transparency, allegedly losing the government vast amounts of money.
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Energy Transition: How Coal Mines Could Go Solar
Disused coal mines could be refashioned to place vast fields of solar panels, a new report suggests, providing an unlikely solution to a common obstacle to uptake of the green energy source.
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Unemployed Man In Jharkhand Allegedly Kills Father To Get Job
A 35-year-old unemployed man allegedly killed his father, an employee of Central Coal Fields Limited (CCL), at Barkakana in the district to get a job in the PSU on compassionate ground, police said on Sunday.
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Green Court Panel's Field Visit Exposes Illegal Coal Mining In Meghalaya
The Meghalaya government has founded itself in hot water after a three-member probe panel formed by the National Green Tribunal found that coal mining has been going on in the state despite a ban since 2014.
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It Was PM Singh, Not Us, Say a Former Minister and Babu in Jindal Coal Case
The decision to allocate a coal field in Jharkhand to industrialist Naveen Jindal's company was taken by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, two senior government officers accused of corruption said today in court.
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Industralist Naveen Jindal Chargesheeted by CBI in Coal Scam
Industrialist and former Congress lawmaker Naveen Jindal conspired with top government officials including former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayana Rao to acquire a coal field in Jharkhand in 2008, the CBI said today.
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Coal-Gate: New Case Against Kumar Mangalam Birla Firm
Just days after it questioned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about how a coal field in Odisha was given in 2005 to a company owned by billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has filed a new case involving the same firm, Hindalco, which produces aluminum.
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Coal Strike Hits Production Across Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh
Work has been stalled at over 600 coal mines operated in Chhattisgarh and parts of Madhya Pradesh by Coal India subsidiary South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), on the first day of the five-day stike called by trade unions.
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Ukraine Searchers Comb Sunflowers for Malaysian Plane Debris
Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners spread out Friday across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of a Malaysia Airlines jet shot down as it flew high above the country's battlefield.
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Vladmir Putin Urges Ukraine Ceasefire After Malaysian Plane Attack
Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners spread out on Friday across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of a jetliner shot down as it flew miles above the country's battlefield.
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Coal-Gate: PM will not be made a party, rules Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not be listed as an accused in the CBI's case that deals with alleged corruption and irregularities in the allocation of coal fields to private firms.
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Coal-Gate: documents stolen not missing, alleges belligerent BJP
After reports that an officer handling investigations into the allocation of valuable coal fields suggested that the Prime Minister should be questioned, Dr Manomhan Singh's Office has said the "government will cooperate fully with the CBI and make available every document".
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Coal-Gate: seven files still missing, government tells Supreme Court
Under attack for losing important documents that explain how coal fields were allocated to private firms, the government today told the Supreme Court that seven files remain missing and that it is trying to locate them.
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Coal-gate files missing, admits government; won't tolerate it, says BJP
The BJP wants the government to urgently explain in Parliament why and how important files that explain how coal fields were allocated to private firms are missing.
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Coal scam: Congress MP Naveen Jindal accused of cheating, conspiracy
An FIR has been registered against Congress MP Naveen Jindal and his company Jindal Steel and Power for allegedly misrepresenting crucial information to land valuable coal fields from the government.
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Coal-Gate: PM reportedly asked law officers if he is an accused in the coal case
In a meeting with the government's top law officers, the Prime Minister reportedly asked if he is an accused in a case that searches why coal fields were given to private players without transparency, allegedly losing the government vast amounts of money.
