New Delhi: CBI may record statement of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's advisor TKA Nair in the coal block allocation scam though the agency denied any such move officially. The agency, meanwhile, summoned as accused former Coal Secretary HC Gupta and quizzed two former officials in the Prime Minister's Office(PMO).
CBI sources said on Tuesday the agency may call Nair to record his statement as witness in connection with the alleged irregularities in the allocations made during 2006 to 2009 but the agency spokesperson denied any such move. "Media reports have been published/telecast that CBI is set to summon a senior officer presently serving in PMO in connection with coal probe. These reports are baseless and incorrect," agency spokesperson Dharini Mishra said.
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03:50 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Mumbai: Reliance Industries on Tuesday toppled state-run oil major ONGC to become the country's second most valued firm after TCS. Shares of ONGC on Tuesday fell by 1.47 per cent, bringing its market valuation down to Rs 2,63,466 crore, which was lower than RIL's m-cap of Rs 2,66,548 crore at close. Reliance Industries dropped by 0.18 per cent on BSE. IT major TCS holds the top slot with a market...
03:24 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday distributed 5,000 mobile phone sets among farmers while launching the scheme. "The farmers can access the market information related to agriculture through the mobile phones," Patnaik said, adding that they would get voice calls and SMS in Odia language. Inaugurating the Digital Bazaar programme at Exhibition ground in Bhubaneswar, Patnaik said about 15,000 beneficiaries will get the free phones in the first...
01:41 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: A government panel on Tuesday proposed raising foreign investment limits in sectors like defence, multi-brand retail and telecommunications, to spur investment in the country and tide over the Current Account Deficit woes. "We have submitted the report to the Finance Minister. Action will be taken on it as and when the government decides. Policy is with DIPP so finally they will take a call. This is just our...
12:08 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Kingston: Twice Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown could avoid a maximum two-year doping ban because she declared a cream containing a banned diuretic, sources close to Jamaican athletics told Reuters on Tuesday. Jamaica's most successful female athlete tested positive for a diuretic, which can be used to mask the use of performance-enhancing drugs, at the International Invitational World Challenge on May 4. The sources said the banned drug was...
11:24 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Bridgetown (Barbados): West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been forced to withdraw from the first ever Caribbean Premier League (CPL) because of his contractual obligations with English county team Derbyshire. Organisers say Chanderpaul signed a contract with CPL, offering himself for selection but later realised that his commitment to Derbyshire provided for release only if it pertained to West Indies duty, reports CMC. "I am extremely sorry that...
10:53 PM, Jun 18, 2013
A new set of Cabinet ministers were sworn in on Monday evening at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. ...
10:46 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: The impasse regarding who will be India's representative at the Annual Conference of the ICC took a new turn as senior vice-president Arun Jaitley's name cropped up as a likely choice for the high-profile meeting in London on June 25. "Mr Jaitley is in London right now. There is a possibility that he might represent BCCI at the Conference on March 25. If Mr Jaitley agrees, he will...
10:31 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New York: Starbucks has a new way to wake up its US customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts on menu boards nationwide next week, ahead of a federal regulation that would require it to do so. Calorie counts on menus are already required in some parts of the country, including New York City. But starting June 25, Starbucks...
10:23 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: A high level meeting between Defence Secretary, National Disaster Response Force and other agencies has been convened to expedite the relief process after 58 people died in Uttarakhand following heavy rains that have caused massive landslides and floods in the state, Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth told CNN-IBN. "We are going to take Indian Air Force's help to evacuate people from all corners of the state," Singh said. "We...
10:03 PM, Jun 18, 2013
London: England have an Ashes series looming ahead of them and South Africa a lingering history of one-day failures behind them. Both will try and convert those distractions into motivation for Wednesday's first Champions Trophy semi-final at the Oval. There's no doubt that in the scheme of England's busy summer, the Champions Trophy is a distant second in importance to the clash with fierce rival Australia and defending the Ashes....
09:02 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Kolkata: Angry netizens on Tuesday lashed out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and sternly told her to "shut up and do some work", a day after she lost her cool and branded as "CPI-M people" anti-rape protestors as also rapists of a college girl. Facebook users and Twitterati assailed the Trinamool Congress supremo for asking a resident of Kamduni village in North 24 Parganas district to "shut up"...
07:23 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: Former BCCI president and a member of the anti N Srinivasan group, IS Bindra, has lashed out at the Board's interim head Jagmohan Dalmiya for accepting what he termed an "illegitimate stop-gap" arrangement. Bindra, who now regularly writes blogs stated his views to a question posed to him about whether the BCCI has gone a decade back by appointing Dalmiya as the head of the interim group after...
07:19 PM, Jun 18, 2013
London: South Africa skipper AB de Villiers on Tuesday expressed concerns over allegations of ball-tampering against the English side and seemed a bit amazed at the host bowlers' ability to reverse swing the ball "a bit quicker than the rest of the teams" in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy. The hosts have been hit by allegations of ball-tampering ahead of their high-voltage semi-final, slated to be held here on Wednesday...
07:18 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: Intelligence Bureau Special Director Rajinder Kumar, who was interrogated in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, on Tuesday told the CBI that the inputs generated by the intelligence agency were genuine and based on intercepts of terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba. The interrogation details accessed by CNN-IBN reveal that Rajinder Kumar has denied any involvement in the alleged fake encounter and said that he didn't advice the Gujarat Police to...
07:04 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Amit Bansal, CEO and co-founder of PurpleLeap, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on how to plan a career in management. Q. They say Management is 90 percent leadership and 10 percent technical skills. can leadership be acquired? Asked by: sundar1950in A. It is true that most of the management is beyond the use of tools (technical skills). However, there is quite a misconception on the concept of leadership. When...
06:52 PM, Jun 18, 2013
India takes on Sri Lanka, and England and South Africa will battle it out in the Champions Trophy semi-finals. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the teams and what is expected? James Alter, editor, Cricketnext.com, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Hi Jamie! Let me, for a change, reverse the question for you.India, we all know, are firm favorites to go all the way, but...
06:48 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Hyderabad: A war of words broke out between the main opposition TDP and ruling Congress members in Andhra Pradesh Assembly this afternoon as Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy sought to defend the "tainted ministers," who were under the CBI scanner in Jagan's illegal assets case. The Telugu Desam Party demanded that all tainted ministers be dropped from the Cabinet while the Congress took strong exception to the "tainted" tag....
06:29 PM, Jun 18, 2013
IBNLive Sports gives you Tuesday's round-up of all the latest transfer news and gossip from the leading clubs and top players around the world. Manchester City's new boss Pellegrini targets Robben, Sneijder: Report Manchester City's newly-appointed manager Manuel Pellegrini is planning to bid for Dutch internationals Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder, a report said on Tuesday. Robben and Sneijder were the two players Pellegrini never wanted to sell during his...
06:20 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: After the popularity of Bollywood hit film "3 Idiots" in China, official level talks were held here Tuesday on working out ways to screen more Indian films in that country as well as enter into film co-production. Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari held delegation level talks with his visiting Chinese counterpart Cai Fuchao here over lunch. According to the details worked out, China is to be the...
06:07 PM, Jun 18, 2013
