New Delhi: The CBI will be questioning former coal secretary HC Gupta on Thursday in connection with the coal block allocation scam. CNN-IBN has learnt that the investigative body will interrogate Gupta about why allocations were rendered to ineligible companies.
Gupta is also expected to explain on how he failed to check the incorrect information from various applicants. CBI has so far questioned two PMO officials in connection with the coal allocations.
HC Gupta was Chairman of Screening Committee and was Secretary Coal between 2006-09.
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10:55 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: CBI has registered a fresh case in connection with its coal blocks allocation probe against a Delhi-based steel company and carried out searches at its premises in the National Capital Region. CBI sources said a case has been lodged against Rathi Steel and Power Limited, its Director Udit Rathi and unknown others for alleged cheating and misrepresentation of facts while applying for a coal block. The sources said...
04:08 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Indian actress Freida Pinto, who has lent her voice for one of the stories in documentary feature film 'Girl Rising', said the privileges she experienced growing up motivated her to be a part of this project. Directed by Academy Award-nominated director Richard E Robbins, the documentary tells the stories of nine girls from different parts of the world who face arranged marriages, child slavery, and sexual abuse. Despite...
11:26 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: As the Delhi Metro from the Yamuna Bank station rumbles on every day, something extraordinary takes place under its tracks. Children from the neighbouring slum gather here to let their imagination take over. And helping their dreams take shape is a West Delhi shopkeeper Rajesh Kumar. Rajesh said, "I would regularly see children idly playing in the dirt in the area. I asked their parents why weren't they...
09:02 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: CBI may record statement of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's advisor TKA Nair in the coal block allocation scam though the agency denied any such move officially. The agency, meanwhile, summoned as accused former Coal Secretary HC Gupta and quizzed two former officials in the Prime Minister's Office(PMO). CBI sources said on Tuesday the agency may call Nair to record his statement as witness in connection with the alleged...
03:50 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: A government panel on Tuesday proposed raising foreign investment limits in sectors like defence, multi-brand retail and telecommunications, to spur investment in the country and tide over the Current Account Deficit woes. "We have submitted the report to the Finance Minister. Action will be taken on it as and when the government decides. Policy is with DIPP so finally they will take a call. This is just our...
12:08 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Amit Bansal, CEO and co-founder of PurpleLeap, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on how to plan a career in management. Q. They say Management is 90 percent leadership and 10 percent technical skills. can leadership be acquired? Asked by: sundar1950in A. It is true that most of the management is beyond the use of tools (technical skills). However, there is quite a misconception on the concept of leadership. When...
06:52 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday recorded statements of two officials of the Prime Minister's Office as part of its probe into the coal scam. The CBI sought clarification from Vini Mahajan and Ashish Gupta regarding the allocation of the coal blocks, sources said. The probe agency also summoned former coal secretary HC Gupta as an accused in the scam. Gupta will be questioned on June...
04:57 PM, Jun 18, 2013
London: Catbot! Swiss scientists have developed a four-legged cheetah-cub robot that runs like a cat and could be used for search and rescue missions. Thanks to its legs, whose design faithfully reproduces feline morphology, the robot has the same advantages as its model: It is small, light and fast. The "cheetah-cub robot," a small-size quadruped prototype robot was developed by Ecole Polytechnique Federale deLausanne EPFL's Biorobotics Laboratory (Biorob), Switzerland. The...
03:06 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: Two persons were arrested on Sunday for allegedly making fake driving licenses and birth certificates in north-west Delhi. Additional Commissioner of Police (crime) Ravindra Yadav said Babu Ram, 29, and Ram Singh, 37 were arrested on a tip-off that they along with others were indulged in selling fake driving license and birth certificates. The duo were arrested from Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar on Friday, police said. The police...
01:45 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Kadapa: There were over one lakh duplicate voters in the voters list in Kadapa district, state Chief Election Officer Banwar Lal said on Saturday. Kadapa is the native district of YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Addressing a meeting of political parties and officials at the Collectorate today, he said that about 50,000 duplicate voters were noticed in the list of Kadapa Municipal Corporation itself. He directed the officials...
10:09 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Mumbai: A Mumbai community NGO Friday strongly objected to what it termed a "blasphemous" item number featuring starlet Kavitta Verma, likely to be shown in the forthcoming Bollywood movie 'Policegiri'. The NGO, Catholic Secular Forum (CSF), has written to the movie producers and the Censor Board protesting the scantily-clad Kavitta allegedly performing the item number wearing a rosary with its cross positioned on her belly. "The community is concerned. The...
01:08 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Islamabad: Amid reports that Google could be blocked in Pakistan, the country's new IT Minister on Thursday said the PML-N government does not intend to do so and only wishes to have an effective mechanism in place for shutting out blasphemous contents. "PML-N government does not intend to block Google in Pakistan rather we wish to have an effective and efficient mechanism in place for blocking blasphemous contents before YouTube...
02:14 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Paris: Renault expect to power four Formula One teams next season with Red Bull's two confirmed and Caterham and Lotus set to renew soon, Renault Sport F1 director Jean-Michel Jalinier said on Thursday. The French manufacturer, who have helped Red Bull sweep up the last three constructors' titles, will supply the champions' sister team Toro Rosso next season when a new V6 unit replaces the current V8. Williams, who use...
09:33 PM, Jun 13, 2013
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 finally got the permission to quiz former coal secretary HC Gupta in connection with the coal blocks allocations case. The CBI had on Tuesday said that despite numerous requests, it was not being allowed by the government to question the bureaucrat. Gupta was the coal secretary and the head of a screening committee from 2006-2009. The panel allocated mining rights to...
04:29 PM, Jun 12, 2013
Hisar: BJP workers were lathicharged by the police on Wednesday while they were protesting outside Congress MP Naveen Jindal's residence. Jindal is an elected MP from the Kurukshetra constituency in Haryana. The protests come two days the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case against the industrialist and former Minister of State for coal Dasari N Rao in the allocation of coal blocks in Jharkhand. On Tuesday, the...
03:32 PM, Jun 12, 2013
Bangalore: A crore or more for a government job - that's the going rate in Karnataka. In March 2013, Dr HPS Mythri got a high rank in the recruitment exam for the Karnataka Administrative Service. She was confident of a top job until she went for her personality test. Dr Mythri said, "I got a call from the KPSC member saying I'm the topper in ST category and I should...
07:36 AM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Amendments to licence agreements of existing operators of Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have been approved by the Telecom Ministry to harmonise them with spectrum auction rules of November 2012, sources said. "Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has approved amendments to the licences of Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular on June 6," a DoT source said. "NIA (Notice Inviting Application) provides for amendment to the existing licence agreement of...
11:10 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has now said that it wants to question former coal secretary HC Gupta in connection with the coal blocks allocations scam. Gupta was the coal secretary from 2006 to 2009 when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was the Coal Minister. He was also the chairman of a screening panel that received applications from coal companies. According to CBI sources, Gupta, as the screening...
07:31 PM, Jun 11, 2013
