Coal India, GAIL to invest Rs 9000 cr in Talcher plant
Coal India Ltd, the world’s largest producer, and state gas utiltity GAIL India Ltd today signed agreements to invest Rs 9,000 crore in a plant to convert coal into gas and use this fuel to manufacture fertiliser. CIL and GAIL along with Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF) and... read more »
You can hand in pre-2005 notes till June: RBI
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India has extended the deadline for turning in pre-2005 currency notes to June 30, 2015. Earlier, all citizens had to turn them in by this month-end. The most visible difference between the old and new notes is that the latter carry the year of printing. As part of its... read more »
S Bhattacharya Appointed CMD of Coal India
New Delhi: Senior IAS officer S Bhattacharya has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of Coal India Ltd (CIL). The coal major was without a full time chief for the past six months. “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet had a couple of days back cleared Bhattacharya for... read more »
Modi orders insurance, coal reforms after stymied by parliament
The cabinet approved an executive order on Wednesday to implement coal and insurance reforms, a government official said, underlining the administration’s resolve to push through economic measures despite political opposition in parliament. Under the order, foreign firms can increase their... read more »
Kohli-Dhawan fight was the mysterious ‘unrest’ in Indian dressing room at the ...
They said it on television: “Kohli just doesn’t look himself. He seems a little out of it.” This was in reaction to watching Virat Kohli walk out to bat instead of the... read more »
18 child labourers rescued in Odisha
Berhampur (Odisha): Eighteen child labourers were rescued in joint raids by different agencies from Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district of Odisha, official sources said on Tuesday. The raids... read more »
Coalscam: CBI seeks sanction to prosecute government servants
CBI, on Monday, told a special court that it has forwarded a request to the competent authority to consider granting sanction to prosecute two public servants who have been summoned as... read more »
12 Sri Lankan fishermen released
The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court here on Monday ordered the release of 12 Sri Lankan fishermen, who were apprehended by the Coast Guard on September 30 and arrested by the... read more »
In Jammu and Kashmir, BJP Not Inclined to Tie up With PDP: Source...
Despite its big gains in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP indicated on Tuesday that it is disinclined to form government in alliance with the People’s Democratic... read more »
