Jharkhand asks Centre not to cancel mines alloted to JSMDC

Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Heman Soren had yesterday called upon Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal in New Delhi and requested them to allow continuation of the allotted mines to JSMDC in the interest of the tribal-dominated state.

"... Any decision to cancel the coal blocks allotted to the state