New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday issued a statement on the Supreme Court's observations on the CBI affidavit on coal scam probe. Citing the SC's observations, the AAP said that the CBI had been used as an instrument by the Government to protect their own people and to "protect/pressurise the leaders of other parties for their political end". "This again underlines the need for an independent Lokpal...
06:54 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a four-point directive to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the government during its observations on the CBI affidavit on the coal scam probe. First: The apex court asked the Centre to come out with a law before July 10 to insulate the CBI from external influence and intrusion. Second: The CBI chief to ensure no access to any person, including...
05:26 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday ruled out any action against Law Minister Ashwani Kumar in the coal scam case saying that the Supreme Court, hearing the CBI affidavit, did not name him anywhere during its observations. "There is no need for any action against Ashwani Kumar till a final court order," PMO sources said. The Congress also sought to reject charges that the CBI was under its control. "The...
05:12 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not to share details of its investigations into the coal scam with anybody. The apex court said that the CBI Director will be held directly responsible for it. "The report will not be shared with law officers or any minister concerned," the SC said. CBI Director Ranjit Sinha told CNN-IBN that the court orders will be...
04:55 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP upped the ante against Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Wednesday after the Supreme Court said that the heart of CBI's coal report was changed by the government officials. The apex court, while examining the affidavit submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with coal scam, on Wednesday took a very strong stand and called the investigating agency a "caged parrot speaking in its...
04:37 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed former CBI DIG Ravi Kanta to resume charge of the coal scam probe. Ravi Kanta was the main investigating officer in the case. However, he had been transferred recently to the Intelligence Bureau. Sources say that Kanta had himself sought deputation to the IB even before the coal scam probe was handed over to him. However, the then CBI chief AP Singh...
04:14 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, while examining the affidavit submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with coal scam, on Wednesday took a very strong stand and called the investigating agency a "caged parrot speaking in its master's voice". While seeking an undertaking from the government that the CBI would be made independent, the three-judge bench headed by Justice RM Lodha, also added that giving unbridled powers...
02:53 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has conveyed to some party leaders that she wants Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, who are facing allegations of corruption, to quit if the party's image is affected. Sonia told some Congress leaders that as the party had won Karnataka Assembly elections on the plank of providing a corruption-free government, so those facing serious allegations should resign. She told...
02:10 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Amidst reports that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi are divided over the decision on the fate of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, the Supreme Court will on Wednesday examine the affidavit submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with coal scam. In a major embarrassment for the government, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha in an affidavit told the Supreme Court on Monday that...
08:37 AM, May 08, 2013
The dual-power centre in the Congress now seems to be split wide open with differences emerging over the fate of the Law Minister and the Railway Minister. The PM is firmly backing Pawan Bansal and Ashwani Kumar, while many in the party, including Sonia Gandhi, believe their position has become untenable. ...
10:18 PM, May 07, 2013
Law Minister Ashwani Kumar avoided the media on Tuesday. He refused to respond to reporters' questions regarding the CBI coalgate row. ...
07:27 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Differences have reportedly cropped up between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi with the latter wanting the Prime Minister to address media on all issues plaguing the government, sources say. But Manmohan Singh is not keen to talk to the media on any of the corruption allegations including 2G spectrum scam, Railway Board bribery and Railway Protection Force officers transfer and posting scandal and the...
06:32 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: There seems to be a battle between the Prime Minister and the Congress over the resignations of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the Prime Minister wants both the ministers to continue, yet some in the party want them out. Both Pawan Bansal and Ashwani Kumari are reportedly close to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has been defending...
01:25 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Monday sought to blame the opposition for disruption in Parliament, saying they were "bursting debates" and "killing arguments" in the House as he backed the Food Security Bill in its present form. Sen, an eminent economist, said the essence of democracy is to have arguments and there is a need for skillful presentations of what the issues are. At a press conference along...
09:02 AM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Pressure has been building on Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal to quit over the coal scam and the Railway bribery case. The Congress has so far ruled out the resignations of the two ministers, saying the legal process has to be completed. However, the party did say that responsibility will be fixed. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Congress leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi said,...
08:24 AM, May 07, 2013
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11:34 PM, May 06, 2013
Part Two of the Cobrapost investigation on money laundering methods used by banks focused on 23 major public sector banks and financial institutions. This included the State Bank of India as also the Life Insurance Corporation. ...
09:34 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
New Delhi: A court here has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Zee News editor Sudhir Chaudhary in a fresh case registered against him by the Delhi Police for telecasting a show allegedly on the basis of forged documents against Jindal Group in connection with Coalgate. Additional Sessions Judge Daya Prakash brushed aside Chaudhary's contention that the fresh FIR has been filed against him due to "a grudge as he...
08:59 PM, May 06, 2013
The CBI on Monday in its second affidavit to the Supreme Court accepted that certain changes were made in its draft status report on the coal probe by the Union Law Minister, the Attorney General and senior bureaucrats. ...
07:03 PM, May 06, 2013
