New Delhi: Jindal coal companies received coal blocks despite rejection by the Power Ministry, probe details of the coal block allocation scam accessed by CNN-IBN have revealed. The probe reveals how Jindal companies did not meet the criteria set by the Power Ministry and yet managed to receive coal blocks. The revelations came when CNN-IBN accessed details of the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) probe against Congress MP Naveen Jindal...
06:50 PM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an FIR against the Jindal Group in the coal scam. The FIR names Congress MP Naveen Jindal and former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao. The FIR has accused Jindal and his company Jindal Power and Steel Ltd of misrepresentation of networth and concealing previous allotment. They are also charged with cheating and forgery. Jindal Power and Steel...
10:34 AM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday questioned former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi in connection with an alleged illegal contract worth Rs 71 crore. The contract under scrutiny was awarded to a firm called Event Knowledge Service. Sources say the Mauritius based company was given three different contracts during the 2010 Common Wealth Games. Kalmadi and former Organising Committee treasurer Jaya Chandran have been accused...
03:50 PM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: Former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal reportedly told the Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday that he had "lost touch" with his nephew Vijay Singla, an accused in the Railway bribery scandal. CNN-IBN got exclusive details of what Bansal told the CBI on Tuesday during his almost 6 hour-long interrogation. Bansal told the CBI that he had not been in touch with his nephew for some time and...
06:12 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has summoned former railways minister Pawan Bansal for questioning on Tuesday into the Railway bribery scam. Sources say Pawan Bansal must have been aware of favours given by his nephew Vijay Singla. Sources say the Railway board member-level postings can be cleared only by the Railways Minister. CBI sources also said the interrogation of Railway GM Mahesh Kumar revealed that Bansal and one...
08:43 AM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: Former Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal will be summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation for questioning in the Railways bribery case, probe agency sources told CNN-IBN on Monday. Sources further revealed that Bansal, who resigned following the scandal, will be questioned on in-house postings in the Railway Board, which are cleared only by the Railways Minister. Bansal had to resign as Union Railways Minister after his nephew...
06:13 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has sought Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) chairman Anil Ambani and his wife Tina to depose as witnesses in the ongoing 2G scam trial. A Times of India report says the CBI wants the Ambanis in the ongoing trial in a special court in Delhi. The couple are among 17 new witnesses that the investigative agency wants to examine. The CBI wants to...
08:09 AM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: Police on Tuesday made recoveries from Rajasthan Royals player Sreesanth's friend's house in Jaipur, sources said. Sreesanth, who has been accused of spot-fixing at least three matches of Indian Premier League's sixth edition, took the police team to Jaipur and led them to the recoveries, they added. Police recovered clothes worth Rs 1.95, bought from a Diesel showroom in Mumbai, from his friend's house, according to the sources....
06:00 PM, May 21, 2013
In latest development in the IPL spot-fixing case, Delhi Police have detained former Ranji Trophy player Baburao Yadav from Delhi as investigation moved forward frantically on the last day of the custody of three Rajasthan Royals' players. However, his family has rejected allegations that he was involved in fixing. ...
08:38 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official, who is also the Chief Investigating Officer probing the coal block allocation scam, was caught taking a bribe of Rs 15 lakh on Friday. The CBI Internal Intelligence Unit nabbed Vivek Dutt in an operation that was personally supervised by the agency's director Ranjit Sinha. However, CBI sources said the bribe is not related to the coal scam. Rs 15 lakh...
10:08 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police's Special Cell sources have told CNN-IBN that arrested Rajasthan Royals player Sreesanth is now cooperating with investigation after being defiant during questioning on Thursday. While the bookies talk, sources questioning them say the players though are very quiet and it's taking them time to get through to them. The players, according the sources, are feeling embarrassed. CNN-IBN has also learned that bookies made a lot of...
08:46 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh, alias Raja Bhaiya, is being questioned by the CBI in connection with the murder of a village head and subsequently a police official. The investigative agency is looking at the fact if Raja Bhaiya tried to create an alibi for his driver who was arrested for the Deputy SP's murder. Raja Bhaiya had earlier resigned from the Akhilesh Yadav government after...
11:00 AM, May 15, 2013
Rohtak: The Satlok Ashram authorities in Rohtak are promising to vacate the area after the locals gave an ultimatum. Prohibitory orders are in place in the area. The villagers refused to cremate the body of a woman who lost her life in the violence, that also left two others dead. They have said that the cremation will only take place once the Ashram has been vacated fully. The district administration...
01:46 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: Railways handed over files on transfers within the ministry spanning last four years to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday. The CBI had sought files from the Railways on transfers from tenures of Mamata Banerjee to Pawan Kumar Bansal. CBI had sought the details to understand how the railway transfers and postings system works. The probe agency is also likely to question some officials from the...
12:14 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has confirmed the questioning of former UPA ministers Dasari Narayan Rao and Santosh Bagrodia in connection with the coal scam. They were questioned a month back, confirmed the CBI. The CBI questioned the former ministers regarding the coal blocks allocated during their tenure in the Coal Ministry. This brings more trouble for the UPA, which is already under attack from the Opposition over...
12:00 PM, May 13, 2013
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