New Delhi: Attorney General Ghoolam E Vahanvati issued a clarification on Wednesday and said he never interfered with the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) status report on coal block allocation scam. He also denied he has a copy of the report.
Vahanvati has been accused by former ASG Harin Raval of having tampered with the CBI coal status report. Raval had written in his letter to Vahanvati, "Certain suggestions were made, including by you, to the CBI, some of which were accepted. No suggestions emanated from me."
In his letter on Monday, Raval, who was representing the CBI in the case, alleged that he was being made a scapegoat by Vahanvati. Raval wrote the letter to clear the air surrounding the statement made in the court on March 12.
On March 12, both the Attorney General and ASG had told the court that the coal report was not shared by the CBI with any political executive. But subsequently, the CBI director in an affidavit on last Friday told the SC that the coal scam report was shared with the Law Minister and two officers from the PMO and Coal Ministry....
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07:28 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has hit back at those who accuse the government of being soft on graft. On Twitter, Digvijaya wrote< "Every person involved has been booked and action taken unlike the BJP which is shielding all their corrupt leaders." He also defended Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "If PM wanted to save, Raja would have never gone to jail," said Digvijaya. Senior BJP Leader LK Advani...
09:39 AM, Sep 16, 2012
New Delhi: In the latest twist to the coal block allocations, sources said that BJP President Nitin Gadkari will be serving a notice to Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh. Digvijaya had targeted the BJP President for his closeness with BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Sancheti. Digvijaya had claimed, "Ajay Sancheti, BJP MP and close aide and business partner of Nitin Gadkari has been given coal block in single bidding while...
08:47 AM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday on met President Pranab Mukherjee and sought his intervention to stop attacks on constitutional bodies. Senior BJP leaders LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Murli Manohar Joshi met the President in the hope of putting more pressure on the UPA government over the coal block allocation controversy. Advani said that he was disappointed the way Prime Minister Manmohan Singh questioned the CAG report...
01:24 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Kolkata: Samajawadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday warned the UPA as well as the NDA that they would not be able to form the next government at the Centre without the support of smaller parties which are not part of their alliances. Making a pitch for a non-UPA, non-NDA Third Front, Mulayam urged his party workers to get ready for a larger role at the national level....
11:59 AM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: A group of senior BJP leaders is expected to meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday. Leaders like LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Murli Manohar Joshi are likely to build pressure on the UPA government over its demands related to coal block allocation. The BJP has been defiantly demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and an impartial probe into the matter. The Congress on Tuesday...
08:22 AM, Sep 12, 2012
On-board Air India One: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday hit out at the BJP over the CAG coal block allocations report. Returning from Tehran after attending the NAM summit, the Prime Minister on board Air India One said that he does not want to go into war of words or slanging match with other political leaders. "I have to maintain the dignity of the office of the Prime Minister....
03:21 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh said that the timing of the CAG report on coal block allocations is suspect. ...
01:03 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa said on Monday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must be allowed to make his statement on the coal allocations issue. ...
12:00 PM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: 3.55 pm: LK Advani calls Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement on coal blocks allocation disappointing. Advani says he should not have criticised the CAG. 3.41 pm: Arun Jaitley says, "There is no personal disrespect for the PM. However, we have used this opportunity to highlight the scam in coal blocks allocations." 3.32 pm: Sushma Swaraj says, "The policy was deliberately delayed by PM so that the Congress party...
06:57 AM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: The rift between Anna Hazare aides seems to be widening with India Against Corruption member Arvind Kejriwal deciding to target all the political parties on corruption, while Kiran Bedi making it clear that she only wants the Congress to be targetted, and not the BJP. Cracks were seen in erstwhile Team Anna, which is taking a political plunge soon, as Anna Hazare too indicated that he is not...
10:40 PM, Aug 26, 2012
New Delhi: 9.35 pm: Alleging that there is no "Opposition" left in the country, activist Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said he will sit on a dharna outside the residence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal to protest the police action against his supporters there. He alleged people were "beaten up very badly" in Bhopal while protesting against corruption by Chouhan. "Is there any difference between UPA...
01:13 PM, Aug 26, 2012
Kiran Bedi had on Saturday expressed apprehension over Arvind Kejriwal's decision to target all parties on the coal block allocations, saying only the party in power needed to be focused upon. ...
10:32 AM, Aug 26, 2012
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha wants everyone found guilty in coal blocks allocations to be punished, including the BJP state governments if they are found guilty. Speaking exclusively to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Sinha said if the mala fide intentions of the BJP ruled states is established, they too should not be spared. Here is an excerpt of the interview: Karan Thapar: Each time there was mala...
08:41 AM, Aug 26, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption (IAC) members Arvind Kejriwal and Gopal Rai were detained outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on Sunday for violating prohibitory orders as they moved in to gherao the house over the coal blocks allocations issue. IAC members Manish Sisodia and Kumar Vishwas, who were protesting outside UPA chief Sonia Gandhi's residence, were detained too. Launching a tirade against the government for the decision to shut...
07:06 AM, Aug 26, 2012
New Delhi: Activist Arvind Kejriwal's call to gherao Nitin Gadkari's house on Sunday may come to a nought as the BJP President is going on a two-week holiday to Canada with his family. Sources close to Gadkari said that he is leaving on Saturday night with his family for a private holiday. The family will be away for a fortnight, the sources said. Gadkari has undertaken a few foreign trips...
02:03 PM, Aug 25, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Saturday wrote to erstwhile Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal and his organisation India Against Corruption (IAC), saying Parliament is in session and the prohibitory orders are in place. Protesting against political parties in the wake of coal block allocations, Kejriwal on Friday had announced gherao of the residences of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on Sunday. While, the police said that...
12:47 PM, Aug 25, 2012
MoS V Narayanasamy claims that the Opposition's only intention is to topple the UPA government. ...
11:32 AM, Aug 25, 2012
New Delhi: Former Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal is taking his fight against the coal allocation scam beyond the capital. Kejriwal has now asked his supporters to join his organisation India Against Corruption to protest outside the residences of the Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha in their respective states. Alleging that the Congress and the BJP were hand-in-glove on the coal block allocation issue, the erstwhile Team...
10:28 AM, Aug 25, 2012
