New Delhi: Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Sunday said that the Lokpal, if made a law would create fear among wrongdoers like the way the "chopping of hands of thieves" does in UAE. Addressing protesters at the fast venue of Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev, Bedi also asked people not to vote for those politicians who are opposed to Lokpal in the next elections. "There is no democracy...
03:49 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Hitting back at Union Minister V Narayanasamy for alleging that his close associate benefitted from coal allotments, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said all those making such baseless charges should apologise or face criminal and civil suits from him. "Honesty is my only capital. UPA leaders are levelling false charges against me. I have already discussed this particular issue with two of my advocates...
11:29 PM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Starting the probe into alleged irregularities in coal block utilisation, the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) officials are likely to visit Coal Ministry next week seeking clairification on some points. The officials are likely to visit the offices of Coal Ministry on Monday and might collect some documents related to allocation and reports of utilisation of the coal blocks by private allottee companies, CBI sources said. The agency...
07:42 PM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Launching a fresh attack against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare called him a remote-controlled leader. Rejecting CBI probe into the alleged coal block allocation scam between 2006-09, Anna asked why an independent probe had not being ordered. "If there is no problem then why are you (PM) scared from investigation? And I think we should not call for a CBI investigation into this. There should...
12:59 PM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Just a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case in the coal block allocations case of 2006-09, the Prime Minister's Office has turned the tables, accusing BJP President Nitin Gadkari's son of benefiting in the deal. "Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's government allocated coal blocks to those close to BJP President Nitin Gadkari. The issue was not allowed to be raised in the Assembly,"...
07:42 AM, Jun 02, 2012
The CBI on Friday began a preliminary probe into coal block allocation from 2006 to 2009. ...
11:43 PM, Jun 01, 2012
The CBI on Friday registered a preliminary enquiry into the coal block allocation. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has asked the investigating agency to complete the inquiry in three months. ...
11:31 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The preliminary probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the coal scam has failed to impress both Team Anna as well as the Opposition. While both demand a separate independent probe, the government has rejected it saying that the CBI probe has nothing to do with the Prime Minister or the Coal Ministry. "If we are not afraid of an independent probe, why is the Prime...
09:00 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday registered a preliminary enquiry into the coal block allocation. This comes a day after the CVC referred the allocation between 2006 and 2009 for a CBI probe. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has asked the investigating agency to complete the inquiry in three months. However, the preliminary probe will not look into the policy matters. According to reports, the CBI...
06:15 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: A day after the Chief Vigilance Commission (CVC) referred that coal block allocation between 2006 and 2009, which has put in question the role of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe, Team Anna hit out at the government saying the outcome of the investigation was already known. Pointing that the CBI functions directly under the Prime Minister, key Team Anna member Arvind...
05:39 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Team Anna Member Shanti Bhushan has said if the Prime Minister is found guilty, he should be sent to jail. ...
02:11 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has decided to hold a preliminary probe into the controversial coal block allocations and this could mean more direct trouble for the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister's Office was the incharge of the coal ministry between the probe period of 2006 and 2009. The CBI will be acting on an order by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). Sources say the CBI will...
08:04 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on Thursday referred the coal block allocation between 2006 and 2009 for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The move has come following a complaint in this regard by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Prakash Javadekar. According to sources, the CVC believes that it is fit that the coal block allocation between 2006 and 2009 be referred for a preliminary...
07:51 PM, May 31, 2012
Has Team Anna exceeded the bounds of decorum both with its language and the substance of its criticism of the prime minister? Or was the Prime Minister's response over the top? ...
09:22 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Rubbishing Team Anna's charges of irregularities in allocation of coal blocks when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held the portfolio, the government on Wednesday insisted that it was not aware of any report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on the basis of which the allegations were levelled. A day after the Prime Minister offered to quit public life if allegations of corruption against him were proven, Coal...
08:31 PM, May 30, 2012
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