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
New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, who met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence 7RCR on Saturday, has offered to quit over the Railway Board bribery controversy. Sources, however, said no decision has been yet taken on Bansal's offer and the final call was likely to be taken at the Congress core group meeting on Saturday evening. Bansal, who was at 7RCR for 20 minutes, left the...
01:50 PM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: As Pawan Kumar Bansal meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speculations are rife that the Union Railway Minister might resign over the Railway Board bribery case. The Prime Minister, however, is unlikely to accept his resignation, said sources on Saturday. The Congress has already clarified that Bansal doesn't need to resign over the issue as he has explained his position both to the government and the party. The issue...
01:26 PM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: Attacking the government over the alleged Railway Board bribery case, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday demanded Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's resignation and said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should prosecute the Union Minister. The main Opposition party also alleged that because Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi protect their ministers, they indulge in corrupt activities. "This government is no more a common...
11:38 AM, May 04, 2013
BJP leader Ram Asrey Kushwaha said the PM and Sonia Gandhi should remove corrupt ministers from the government and Bansal must resign on moral grounds. ...
09:59 AM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: Sources said on Saturday that the government might ask Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal to explain his role in the bribery case, in which his nephew Vijay Singla was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday. Bansal, however, has claimed that he had no knowledge about the matter. "I had no knowledge or clue about the matter at all. He or any other relative of...
09:14 AM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday arrested Vijay Singla, the nephew of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, in Chandigarh on bribery charges. His arrest was followed by that of Railway Board Member (Staff) Mahesh Kumar in Mumbai. Mahesh Kumar was accused of paying Singla Rs 90 lakh to get a lucrative position as Railway Board Member (Electrical). The money was caught in Chandigarh, which led to a spate of raids...
10:39 PM, May 03, 2013
Mumbai: Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew faces bribery charge now. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday evening arrested a Railway Board member in Mumbai. He was reportedly carrying Rs 90 lakh in cash. During interrogation, he revealed that the money was meant for payment to Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla. The CBI said that the Railway Board member Mahesh Kumar wanted his posting to be changed. He had...
10:15 PM, May 03, 2013
London: England offspinner Graeme Swann has been penalised for 'showing serious dissent' during his comeback game for Nottinghamshire against Durham in the County Championship this week. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Friday that Swann had been found guilty of a "level two" disciplinary breach but had escaped a ban. Swann stayed in his crease for several seconds and lifted his hands above his head after being...
09:51 PM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested a Railway Board member on bribery charge. The Railway Board member was reportedly carrying Rs 90 lakh in cash. The CBI said it was a bribe money received from a private party. A case has been registered. ...
08:15 PM, May 03, 2013
Karachi: Shahid Afridi has irked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for giving an interview to the media after his omission from the 15-member squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in England, following which the board is contemplating a disciplinary action against the flamboyant allrounder. Afridi told the Jang newspaper that it was captain Misbah-ul-Haq who didn't want him in the team. "It's the captain's decision to drop me," he told...
08:59 AM, May 02, 2013
Port of Spain: Kitts and Nevis government minister, Richard Skerrit, has been appointed a director of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). Skerrit, the federation's tourism minister, was one of two new directors appointed to the WICB at its board meeting in Trinidad last weekend. Skerrit was nominated by CARICOM while the other Director is Don Wehby, Group chief executive officer of GraceKennedy, one of the Caribbean's largest corporate entities....
03:53 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: With lakhs of investors believed to have been defrauded by Ponzi schemes in West Bengal, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairman UK Sinha on Wednesday said there should be a single regulator for all collective investment schemes, including chit funds. "Within the powers given to us, SEBI is working extremely hard to ensure that savings of small investors are not put to risk," he added. Sinha,...
12:28 PM, May 01, 2013
Port of Spain: Former West Indies cricketer Bryan Davis says the side's progress in Test cricket could suffer if they do not get more matches under their belt. Davis was reacting to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announcement that Pakistan's upcoming tour of the Caribbean will not include Tests. The West Indies will be limited to playing just four Test matches in 2013, two of which were against Zimbabwe...
01:35 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Mumbai: The smart watch revolution is only just about beginning but is expected to pick up great speed later this year when Apple unveils iWatch. Even Microsoft is said to be preparing a smart watch, while LG and Samsung have also announced that they are working on their versions of a connected wrist watch. With devices like Pebble already out in the market, research on how to best use the...
09:21 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) would legally examine the dismissal of the appeal made by leg-spinner Danish Kaneria against his ban on charges of spot-fixing. An ECB panel in London had rejected Kaneria' appeal against the life ban, handed out to him over charges of spot-fixing. PCB Chairman, Zaka Ashraf said the Board lawyers will examine Kaneria's appeal verdict. "We will ask our lawyers to analyze the outcome of...
08:18 PM, Apr 27, 2013
London: Former Pakistan legspinner Danish Kaneria has lost his appeal against a lifetime ban by the England and Wales Cricket Board for his role in a corruption scandal. Kaneria was banned by the ECB last year for pressuring former Essex teammate Mervyn Westfield into spot-fixing in an English county one-day game in 2009. The ECB released a statement on Friday saying an appeals panel of the Cricket Discipline Commission dismissed...
10:52 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Karachi: The independent panel holding the hearing of Pakistani Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria's appeal against the life ban imposed on him by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is expected to give its verdict on the case on Friday in London. Sources aware of the case said the four-day proceedings of the hearing had nearly been completed with Kaneria also having recorded his statement after his former Essex teammate,...
10:42 PM, Apr 25, 2013
