New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday carried out searches of mining baron Manoj Jayaswal's residence in connection with the coal blocks allocations row. Jayaswal is a senior executive of the Abhijeet Group.
Sources said that the 57-year-old was being examined in his hometown of Nagpur.
The CBI first searched his residence for documents.
Sources said that Jayaswal was under scrutiny for inflating his company's financials and lying about coal block allocations....
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03:31 PM, Sep 08, 2012
New Delhi: Sources said on Saturday that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) would likely question Congress MP Vijay Darda, his brother Rajendra and mining baron Manoj Jayaswal of the Abhijeet Group, in connection with the coal blocks allocations next week. Sources said that the 57-year-old Jayaswal was being examined in his hometown of Nagpur. The CBI first searched his residence for documents. Sources said that Jayaswal was under scrutiny...
01:19 PM, Sep 08, 2012
New Delhi: Another Congress MP is in the eye of the storm over the alleged coal blocks allocation scam. After Vijay Darda, another Congress MP, Naveen Jindal is under scanner over coalgate. While an FIR has already been filed against one Congress MP, the other is now beginning to face the heat. Documents accessed by CNN-IBN have shown how Jindal Steel and Power got a coal block. Bharatiya Janata Party...
09:37 PM, Sep 06, 2012
Nashik: Under pressure to quit his post after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed an FIR against him in the coal block allotment scam, Maharashtra minister Rajendra Darda on Wednesday said he no longer has any relation with the company booked by the investigative agency. "I had purchased the company's shares worth Rs one lakh in 2006 and returned them in 2008, hence I have no relation with that...
05:09 PM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday named Congress MP Vijay Darda in one of the FIRs filed in the alleged coal scam. The investigating agency carried out raids at 30 locations across the country and filed cases against five companies for alleged criminal conspiracy to get coal blocks by fudging their net worth figures and misrepresentation of facts. Darda's brother Rajendra, who is a Cabinet minister...
08:06 AM, Sep 05, 2012
Congress MP Vijay Darda has been named in the CBI FIR on coal blocks allocation in the capacity of a Director of one of the benefitting companies. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Darda defended himself and denied the allegations. In its FIR on JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, which bagged Fatehpur East Coal Block in Chhattisgarh, CBI has named Darda along with his son Devendra and other former and present...
07:56 AM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress has decided to "ascertain the facts" regarding its MP Vijay Darda praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at a function in Ahmedabad on Sunday and said it will decide later if any further action was warranted. "As far as Vijay Darda is concerned, the general secretary who looks after both Gujarat and Maharashtra concurrently has been asked to ascertain all the facts and circumstances and once...
01:56 AM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: On day two of Anna Hazare's fast in the national capital, the focus was not on the Anshan but the moves and counter moves behind the Anshan. Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who is supposed to be joining Anna Hazare on his fast, has become a subject of bitter dispute within Team Anna for his alleged closeness to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Reacting to the development, Team Anna...
09:51 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Congress MP Vijay Darda retracted from his remark praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Darda earlier called Modi a tiger and a national saint. ...
09:01 AM, Jul 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday took dim view of party MP Vijay Darda's remarks at a function in Ahmedabad terming Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi a "lion" and will seek a report from the party's state in-charge. Party sources said that Gujarat in-charge Mohan Prakash will be asked for a report. "First of all we will seek a report from the state in-charge and determine the truth. We will...
01:59 AM, Jul 30, 2012
New Delhi: Congress MP Vijay Darda on Sunday night retracted from his remark praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Darda earlier called Modi a tiger and a national saint. "I was actually ridiculing Modi when I said 'the lion of Gujarat' what I actually meant was to mockingly refer to the man who has held the BJP and the RSS hostage," Darda said. Clarifying on sharing stage with Modi, Darda...
12:02 AM, Jul 30, 2012
New Delhi: In an embarrassment to the Congress, party MP Vijay Darda on Sunday praised Gujarat Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi and called him a tiger and a national saint. Darda's remarks are bound to spark a political storm across party lines. The Congress leader, however, quickly added his statement was out of respect for Modi. He said,"I am from the Jain community, what I said was...
02:51 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Yavatmal: City police on Sunday lodged an FIR against 16 persons, including former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, state Education minister Rajendra Darda, and MP Vijay Darda, besides other government officials, in connection with an alleged land scam. The offence has been registered on last week's directive of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Yavatmal KS Kulkarni, based on a petition filed by one Digambar Pajgade, police said. The complainant had alleged...
11:13 PM, Aug 28, 2011
