New Delhi: The Ministry of Coal on Tuesday faced the ire of the Supreme Court for its non-cooperation with CBI in the coalgate scam probe by depriving the agency of crucial documents. The apex court was pained as the Ministry, whose senior official was named as one of the persons with whom CBI shared its draft status report, was running away from providing information to the agency. "It is very...
10:20 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Attorney General GE Vahanvati on Tuesday found himself on the backfoot in the Supreme Court while reiterating his stand of not knowing the contents of the CBI probe report in coal scam in the wake of allegations of his colleague Harin Raval that he had perused and settled the draft report. "Since a lot of things have been said and the letter (of ASG Raval) has been leaked...
10:10 PM, Apr 30, 2013
The coal scam probe and the SC's indictment of the agency on Tuesday has brought the focus back on the need for a independent CBI. ...
09:55 PM, Apr 30, 2013
The Supreme court on Tuesday tore into the UPA government and the Central Bureau of Investigation demanding answers on the government's alleged interference in the CBI coal allocations probe. ...
09:50 PM, Apr 30, 2013
In a damning indictment of the UPA government, the Supreme Court on Tuesday came down hard on the UPA for interfering in the CBI's probe into coal allocations. ...
09:34 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: In what is likely to spell more trouble for the government, sources on Tuesday said that the CBI's draft status report on coal scam was vetted by Attorney General GE Vahanvati. According to sources, Vahanvati settled the status report himself by making hand written changes on a draft copy. Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval, who resigned earlier in the day, had in his letter to Vahanvati on Monday...
09:20 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court's observations on the CBI's affidavit on its coal scam report have been fodder for the opposition to step up the political heat. Law Minister Ashawni Kumar and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are in the line of fire. However, the UPA's crisis managers have said that no decision on the Law Minister's future will be taken until the Supreme Court passes a final order. Ashwani Kumar,...
09:02 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Kolkata: Police sources on Tuesday indicated that more politicians apart from Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh will be questioned in connection with the West Bengal chit fund scam. This would be done to probe if there is any proof of money exchanging hands amongst lobbyists and political leaders who assured Saradha promoter Sudipta Sen of political protection, the sources said. The sources added that the police was seeking the help...
08:50 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Under fire from the Supreme Court over sharing the coal scam probe report with the political executive, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha on Tuesday maintained that the agency was not an "autonomous organisation" and that he had not shown it (report) to any outsider but to the Law Minister of the country. "I am a part of the government. I am not an autonomous body. I have not shown...
07:59 PM, Apr 30, 2013
CBI director Ranjit Sinha on Tuesday said that the agency was not embarrassed over the SC ire and said it will provide all the information sought by the apex court. ...
07:07 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval on Tuesday resigned over coalgate. In a statement, he said, "I am resigning as ASG in SC as desired. Please accept this with immediate effect and oblige. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve the government." Raval had represented the CBI in earlier hearings in the Supreme Court. His resignation comes just after his explosive letter to Attorney General GE Vahanvati whom...
06:47 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Kolkata: In a fallout of the Saradha chit fund scam in West Bengal, the state Assembly on Tuesday passed a new bill on protecting investor interests in chit fund companies. The Bill was passed with minor amendments in a special session of the Assembly. However, there was no amendment in the most controversial portions of the Bill, namely the definition of Competent Authority (clause 8) and Section 22 (2) which...
06:03 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal was extremely cautious when CNN-IBN probed him on the coal scam. ...
05:59 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Terming it a "massive breach of trust" and a matter that has "shaken its foundation", the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday took a very serious note of the CBI affidavit on the coal block allocation scam. The Supreme Court bench said "suppression" of the fact that CBI has shared its probe report with the government is "not ordinary". CBI's former special director ML Sharma joined IBNLive readers for an...
05:54 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: After the Supreme Court strong comments CBI Director Ranjit Sinha said that the agency will follow all the instructions of the apex court. Sinha welcomed Supreme Court's observations and said that the CBI will try to address all the issues raised by the court. He said that CBI will submit its probe report with all the informations to the Supreme Court. He added the perception about the agency...
05:52 PM, Apr 30, 2013
The Supreme court on Tuesday tore into the UPA government and the Central Bureau of Investigation demanding answers on the government's alleged interference in the CBI coal allocations probe. ...
05:40 PM, Apr 30, 2013
The Supreme Court has made scathing remarks on the present government while hearing the coal scam case. It has gone to the extent of labelling it as a massive breach of trust that has shaken the foundations of the country. How does the country's main Opposition party expect the ruling coalition to respond to these allegations? BJP's spokesperson Sidharth Nath Singh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue....
05:00 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme court on Tuesday tore into the UPA government and the Central Bureau of Investigation demanding answers on the government's alleged interference in the CBI coal allocations probe. The Supreme Court sought to know why it was kept in the dark about the CBI sharing the investigation with the government. It called the government's vetting of the coal report a "massive breach of trust which has shaken...
04:48 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party on Tuesday declined to comment on BJP's demand for the Prime Minister's resignation over the coal scam issue, saying "every party has its own opinion". "We have said it earlier also. The CBI director himself has admitted it so what is there to say?" SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav told reporters outside Parliament. He was asked to give his party's view on BJP's demand for resignation...
03:15 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: In the wake of embarrassing comments against the government by the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said any action required will be taken after he studies the observations made by the top court. "I have not studied the Supreme Court's observations. Whatever action is called for will be taken after studying it," the PM told reporters. His remarks came when asked to comment on the embarrassment faced...
03:12 PM, Apr 30, 2013
