New Delhi: BJP on Monday said it has no reservations on the CVC's order asking CBI to probe coal allocations 1993 onwards and alleged this was a "delaying tactic" of Congress as it does not want truth to come out. "We are not worried about the CVC asking the CBI to probe coal block allocations from 1993 as the NDA has nothing to hide. The issue here is who is...
07:55 PM, Sep 24, 2012
New Delhi: In a new development in the coalgate issue, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe all coal block allocations since 1993. The CVC has also forwarded a letter by Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal that coal block allocations since 1993 be probed. Jaiswal had earlier forwarded a letter by some MPs seeking a probe. Reacting to the reports, BJP leader Prakash...
06:24 PM, Sep 24, 2012
New Delhi: On the third day of questioning over the coal block allocations scam, Jayaswal brothers - Manoj and Arvind are being questioned together by the CBI. The Dardas may be next after the mining barons. Arvind Jayaswal is a shareholder in Jas Infrastructure and AMR Iron and Steel along with Congress MP Vijay Darda. Darda could be called in for questioning soon. Manoj, Anand and Abhishek Jayaswal are also...
05:04 PM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: Moving ahead with action against erring coal block allottees, the government on Monday decided to de-allocate one more mine and deduct bank guarantees of two others even as the ministerial panel recommended forfeiture of bank guarantee of a block allotted to Hindalco and Tata Power. The decision to de-allocate Gourangdih ABC coal block, jointly given to JSW Steel, a company owned by Sajjan Jindal, brother of Congress MP...
08:16 PM, Sep 17, 2012
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has hit back at those who accuse the government of being soft on graft. On Twitter, Digvijaya wrote< "Every person involved has been booked and action taken unlike the BJP which is shielding all their corrupt leaders." He also defended Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "If PM wanted to save, Raja would have never gone to jail," said Digvijaya. Senior BJP Leader LK Advani...
09:39 AM, Sep 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the UPA government over coalgate saying it will check if guidelines were followed in allocating coal blocks. "The government needs to explain coal allocations," the court said. "Coal allocation is distribution of state property," it added. Turning down the Centre's plea that the court should not go into the issue as it is being looked into by a Parliamentary committee,...
01:48 PM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: In the latest twist to the coal block allocations, sources said that BJP President Nitin Gadkari will be serving a notice to Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh. Digvijaya had targeted the BJP President for his closeness with BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Sancheti. Digvijaya had claimed, "Ajay Sancheti, BJP MP and close aide and business partner of Nitin Gadkari has been given coal block in single bidding while...
08:47 AM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: It seems the process of de-allocation of coal blocks is getting delayed. Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has said that the Inter-Ministerial Group probing coal block allocations will submit its report on September 16 or 17. "I have told the IMG to give report in phases. IMG may not submit recommendations on all 58 coal blocks at once," Jaiswal said. "I have said even earlier that the report will...
02:17 PM, Sep 13, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday on met President Pranab Mukherjee and sought his intervention to stop attacks on constitutional bodies. Senior BJP leaders LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Murli Manohar Joshi met the President in the hope of putting more pressure on the UPA government over the coal block allocation controversy. Advani said that he was disappointed the way Prime Minister Manmohan Singh questioned the CAG report...
01:24 PM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday defended itself over the CAG report on coal block allocation saying there was no scam in it. Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh claimed the Congress made no money out of the allocation of coal blocks and said that the CBI was only investigating whether some companies were eligible for getting coal blocks. The party also defended Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying he made no...
01:02 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Kolkata: Samajawadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday warned the UPA as well as the NDA that they would not be able to form the next government at the Centre without the support of smaller parties which are not part of their alliances. Making a pitch for a non-UPA, non-NDA Third Front, Mulayam urged his party workers to get ready for a larger role at the national level....
11:59 AM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: A group of senior BJP leaders is expected to meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday. Leaders like LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Murli Manohar Joshi are likely to build pressure on the UPA government over its demands related to coal block allocation. The BJP has been defiantly demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and an impartial probe into the matter. The Congress on Tuesday...
08:22 AM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: Demanding a probe into fresh reports in the allocation of 142 coal blocks by the UPA government, the BJP on Tuesday said it is "truly amazing" that relatives and associates of union ministers have gained soon after the latter occupied the high offices. "It is truly amazing that the enterprenuerial skills of the kith and kin of UPA ministers shine only when the brothers are ministers," BJP Chief...
06:34 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: In a stinging attack on the CAG, the Congress on Monday alleged that the government auditor was as much responsible as the BJP for the disruption of the just-concluded monsoon session of Parliament on the coal mine allocation issue. Party spokesperson Manish Tewari also sought to make a major issue out of a telephone call by a senior BJP leader to the CAG on a yet-to-be-tabled report by...
09:43 PM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI has shortlisted the people who are likely to be called for recording their statements in connection with five cases registered by it for alleged irregularities in allocation of captive coal blocks. Agency sources said in the first batch, the accused named in the FIRs against JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, JAS Infrastructure Capital Private Limited and AMR Iron and Steel are likely to be called at its...
07:14 PM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: In the latest on the coal blocks controversy, the Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) is likely to investigate as many as 31 government entities starting next week. According to sources, the IMG will look into the coal blocks allotted to the PSUs. Sources further told CNN-IBN that the group will prepare its report on 27 blocks, of which 19 have been mentioned in the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)...
05:41 PM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday promised that issues raised in the CAG report over coal block allocation would not be "swept under the carpet" and necessary "corrective action" will be taken even as he lashed out at BJP for pursuing obstructionist politics. He said the CAG, in its report on coal block allocation, has "rightly or wrongly" made certain allegations about public functionaries and the government was...
06:43 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday defended itself after a complete washout of the Monsoon session. The party that has been demanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over the CAG report on coal blocks allocation, blamed the Parliament deadlock on the government. "We did not want a straight discussion. We had three demands and we limited it to two demands and left the demand for discussion. But...
02:52 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: 12:05 pm: As an uproar continued in both the Houses over the CAG report on coal blocks allocation, the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day and the Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm. The Opposition MPs continued to demand Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation. 12 noon: The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha resume, uproar continues. 11:05 am: Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha...
11:21 AM, Sep 06, 2012
New Delhi: 4.39 pm: Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal hits out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its leader Arun Jailtley calling them liar. He said that the blocks were allocated by the state government and the Opposition wanted the blocks to be de-allocated so that the firms could go to court and get relief. 2.10 pm: Rajya Sabha adjourned. 2:00 pm: Rajya Sabha resumes. Uproar continues. 1.48 pm:...
11:45 AM, Sep 04, 2012
