NEW DELHI, June 11 (UPI) -- India's Coal Ministry has blamed state-run thermal power companies for a coal shortage as they are unable to off take coal.

NEW DELHI, May 22 (UPI) -- India's state-run coal firms are planning to liquidate 25 percent of their holdings in May, Coal Minister Santosh Bagrodia said.

NEW DELHI, May 7 (UPI) -- State-run Coal India Ltd. and Indian Railways said they will form a task force to monitor the movement of coal.

NEW DELHI, April 30 (UPI) -- State-run Coal India Ltd. has identified 16 open-cast mines to enhance coal production, the government said Wednesday.

NEW DELHI, April 28 (UPI) -- India plans to introduce a system of auctioning of coal and lignite through a competitive-bidding process.

NEW DELHI, April 18 (UPI) -- State-run Coal India Ltd. has inked a pact with Oil and Natural Gas Corp. to pursue the study of underground coal gasification.