Jammu: In an effort to facilitate the registration process for pilgrims visiting Vaishno Devi, the Shrine Board on Monday launched online registration system. "Online registration for procuring a Yatra Slip is part of the Board's ongoing efforts to facilitate pilgrims and to improve existing procedures, apart from enhancing accessibility of services to Yatris," said Chief Executive Officer, Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Navin K Choudhary. "This initiative is a part of...
11:05 PM, May 06, 2013
As the Congress continued to insist Railway Minister Pawan Bansal had no direct link to the job-for-sale scam, CNN-IBN accessed a detailed account of the CBI probe into the role of Bansal's relatives in recent postings and transfers in the Railway Protection Force. ...
10:20 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was on the backfoot on Monday after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed its second affidavit on the coal scam probe in the Supreme Court, stating that Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, Attorney General GE Vahanvati and officials from the PMO and the Coal Ministry had seen the report and suggested changes to it. The revelations came as huge embarrassment to the...
09:19 PM, May 06, 2013
Speaking to CNN-IBN, BJP leader Arun Jaitley said the PM, the Railway Minister and the Law Minister must resign in the wake of the latest scams. ...
07:04 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has now widened the ambit of its probe after the Railway Board bribery case. CBI sources say that the agency is now looking at a jobs-for-sale nexus between Railway Protection Force officers' association and middlemen. According to CBI sources, the transfers, postings and promotions in the Railway Protection Force (RPF) are not based on merit. The CBI probe widened after the interrogation...
06:24 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The troubles are mounting for the UPA as the Opposition turns up the heat on two of its ministers, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, demanding that they be sacked over the coal blocks allocation scam probe case and the Railway Board bribery case respectively. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj threatened that Parliament will be allowed to function until the two...
04:40 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: As the Opposition stepped up pressure on Pawan Kumar Bansal seeking his resignation over the railway board bribery controversy, the Samajwadi Party (SP) also joined it in the demand saying the Railway Minister "cannot be protected for long". "When non-Congress officials are caught, they are quickly investigated. But Congress ministers accused of corruption are protected. This is a serious matter and Pawan Bansal cannot be protected for long....
03:34 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress has put its weight behind its ministers under fire and has decided that both Union Railway Minister Pawan Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar are not going to resign just as yet. Sources say the allies are also backing the Congress on both these issues, but the Samajwadi Party is demanding the resignation of Bansal. "When non-Congress officials are caught, they are quickly investigated. But Congress...
12:18 PM, May 06, 2013
Karachi: Pakistan's top cricketers are expecting the PCB to give them another pay hike when the new central contracts for the year 2013 are given before the team leaves for the ICC Champions Trophy. Sources close to some of the players told PTI Sunday that they were expecting a pay raise as their options for revenue earning were limited in comparison to players from other countries. "Two senior players are...
10:30 AM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Pawan Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar are not going to resign just as yet. The Congress Core Group, which met on Sunday evening, has decided to fight it out with the Opposition over the railway bribery and coal scam controversies. Sources say that the allies, too, are backing the Congress on both these issues. "I don't think it is in keeping with the canons...
07:53 AM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI on Sunday arrested one more accused in the Railway bribery scandal involving Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew and a board member, taking the total number of those apprehended to nine. Sunil Dagga was apprehended by a CBI team in the capital, a CBI official said. The investigators are also on the look out for Ajay Garg, an alleged middle-man. Meanwhile, three persons, arrested for their...
09:46 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday launched an all out attack on Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and questioned his business links with his nephews. Meanwhile, protests were held outside Pawan Kumar Bansal's Chandigarh residence. ABVP protesters burned effigies of the Railway Minister and raised slogans against him. The police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the protesting crowd. Rajya Sabha Opposition leader Ravi Shakar Prasad on Sunday said that the...
05:24 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: Intensifying its attack on Railway Minister PK Bansal over the alleged involvement of his nephew in the Railway Board bribery scandal, the BJP on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the case. BJP leader Satyapal Jain while addressing a press conference, demanded the Railway Minister's resignation and said Bansal should clear whether his nephew Vijay Singla was given contract to supply 'Rail Neer' water bottles in trains. Jain...
04:07 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI on Sunday arrested two more accused in the Railway bribery scandal involving nephew of Railway Minister PK Bansal and a Board member, taking the total number of arrests by the agency to eight. Rahul Yadav, one of the middlemen, named in the FIR, was arrested by the agency on Saturday night. Meanwhile, Samir Sandhir, associate of Rahul Yadav was arrested by CBI on Sunday. Two courier...
11:56 AM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: Decision on Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's offer to resign will be taken by Monday morning i.e. after voting ends in Karnataka on Sunday evening and before Parliament resumes on Monday, said sources on Sunday. Bansal had offered to resign after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested his nephew Vijay Singla on Friday evening for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 90 lakh to ensure a...
08:58 AM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI on Saturday arrested one more accused in the Railway bribery scandal involving nephew of Railway Minister PK Bansal and a Board member, taking the total number of arrests by the agency to seven. Rahul Yadav, one of the middlemen, named in the FIR, was arrested by the agency, CBI sources said. Earlier on Saturday, two courier boys, who allegedly delivered Rs 90 lakh cash as bribe...
01:40 AM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: Amid allegations that Railway Board Member Mahesh Kumar had offered bribe to get the plum posting as Member (Electrical), Railway Ministry on Saturday said no "relevant" Board level job is vacant at present and denied any wrongdoing in his present appointment as Member (Staff). In a statement issued, the ministry said Mahesh Kumar was the senior-most eligible officer fulfilling the tenure linked norms. It said his career performance...
10:24 PM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: India's Railway Board is vested with the powers to oversee and manage what is ranked among the world's top five railroad networks and one of the largest employers, with an estimated 1.4 million people on its rolls. The board, including its chairman, comprises seven members, each entrusted with a specific area of operation, reporting directly to the Railways minister. The members oversee areas related to mechanical, traffic, engineering,...
05:50 PM, May 04, 2013
Mumbai: A special court in Mumbai on Saturday granted the CBI two days' transit remand of a Railway Board member in an alleged corruption case involving Railway Minister PK Bansal's nephew. Mahesh Kumar, recently promoted as Member (Staff) of the Railway Board from the post of Western Railway General Manager, was arrested late on Friday night at the Mumbai airport on arrival from Delhi. He was produced before a special...
03:57 PM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday rejected demands for Railway Minister PK Bansal's resignation over the arrest of his nephew for allegedly fixing top level promotions in the Railway Board. The party said it has become a "disease" of the Opposition to make such demands. "For those who are demanding resignation, it has become a disease," Congress General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi said. He said Bansal has given a clarification in...
03:25 PM, May 04, 2013
