The Power Ministry on Monday asked state-run NTPC to scale up coal production from the blocks that have been re-allocated by the Coal Ministry to the power generator.

"NTPC should speed up the coal p

The rising cost of imported coal, coupled with a weakening rupee, could force some Indian power projects to default on their debt obligations, ratings agency Fitch has said on Tuesday.

Fitch estimate

Shortage of power in states such as Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka on Friday threatened to cascade into a pan-India crisis with coal supplies hit due to varied reasons, including rai

The operations of state-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) in Orissa were hit Monday by a one-day strike called by its major workers' unions, an official said.

There was no mining or transportation of c

A key unit of Coal India has cited a lethal outbreak of dengue among reasons for a 1.3 million tonnes fall in its output for August, underscoring the production woes of the world's biggest coal miner

New Delhi, July 10: The Congress president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, on Saturday asked the minister of state for coal, statistics and programme implementation, Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal, to make inquiries into t