New Delhi: Parliament will resume on Monday after a wasted week that saw adjournments and uproar over various issues such as 2G scam, coal scam and the Delhi minor rape. The opposition, however, is still not in a mood to relent and is all set to attack the government over the coal scam yet again. In a bid to break the deadlock, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath is likely to...
07:56 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Vijayawada: CPM politburo member Sitaram Yechury said in Vijayawada on Sunday that the UPA government should reveal the names of those involved in the coal scam. "The government should reveal the names of the people involved in the coalgate scam. The resignation of either Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or Law minister Ashwani Kumar would not serve any purpose unless names of the people involved in it come out," Yechury said....
12:14 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has criticised the government for undue delays in allotment of coal mines through auction route amid dry-fuel crunch faced by the country. "The Committee cannot but deplore these prolonged consultations delaying the allocation through bidding system and strongly recommend the government to complete the process of consultation without any further delay to ensure early allocation of identified coal blocks through competitive bidding process to boost...
01:20 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: The main Opposition the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch an agitation against the government in all state capitals on May 4 and 5, attacking the UPA regime on various issues such as the 2G scam and the coal scam. "BJP has decided to take the fight against the massive cover up of Congress regime from Parliament to the people of country. On May 4 and 5, we...
12:07 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Rome: Italian centre-left politician Enrico Letta named a coalition government on Saturday, making one of Silvio Berlusconi's closest allies deputy prime minister and ending two months of damaging political stalemate. Letta has said his priorities would be the economy, unemployment and restoring faith in Italy's discredited political institutions as well as trying to turn Europe away from austerity to focus more on growth and investment. An inconclusive general election in...
06:35 AM, Apr 28, 2013
BJP leader Arun Jaitley said UPA's interference in the CBI is a clear case of immoral policing. ...
07:48 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath ruled out the possibility of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigning over the coal scam affidavit. ...
06:30 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath told CNN-IBN that the Law Minister was entitled to see the CBI report on coal scam. He also said the Opposition can bring a no-confidence motion if it wants to. ...
03:52 PM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday ruled out the possibility of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigning over the coal scam affidavit. "There is no question of the Law Minister resigning. The matter is in court and subjudice. Opposition should allow Parliament to function. We are making a mockery of the system. The whole world is laughing at us," Manmohan Singh said. This comes even as the Opposition continues...
12:50 PM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is carrying out raids at eight locations including Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Haryana in connection with the coal scam. The raids were conducted after an FIR was filed against a Delhi-based private company Pushp Steels. With the registration of this new case, the total number of FIRs registered in the coal allocation go up to 11. CBI sources said Pushp Steel and Mines...
09:56 AM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: Pressure seems to be growing on the UPA government from within its own constituents. With the first week of the reconvened session of Parliament almost being a washout, the National Congress Party (NCP) has thrown a sharp hint. It says that any failure to pass the Finance Bill in Parliament this session can bring the UPA government down. The NCP leaders will hold a two-day meet in Mumbai...
09:13 AM, Apr 27, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed its affidavit on the coal block allocation scam report with the Supreme Court, in which the agency's director Ranjit Sinha has said the draft of the report was shared with Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, a charge that the Congress has been rejecting. The director has also said the draft of the report was even shared with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) ...
11:49 PM, Apr 26, 2013
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11:39 PM, Apr 26, 2013
BJP leader Arun Jaitley spoke on a range of issues, including the coal scam. ...
10:57 PM, Apr 26, 2013
The CBI on Friday told the Supreme Court that it had shared its coal scam status report - a report meant to be confidential - with Law Minister Ashwani Kumar as per his desire. ...
10:39 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: With CBI admitting that it had shared its status report on coal block allocation scam with Ashwani Kumar, BJP on Friday demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh alleging that he was using the Law Ministry to save himself from the probe in the case. "CBI today has stated that its affidavit was filed after interference by the government and this proves that the Law Minister was...
02:37 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress core group met a short while back to discuss the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) affidavit on coal block allocation scam report with its allies and backed Law Minister Ashwani Kumar. Kumar told the core group his job was to look at the legal points in the draft and that he had done nothing wrong. Allies said the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would be the next...
02:25 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: Despite Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Ranjit Sinha informing the Supreme Court that the draft report on the coal block allocation scam was shared with Law Minister Ashwani Kumar before its submission, the government remained defiant and said there was no need for the minister to resign. The affidavit, which the probe agency filed with the Supreme Court on Friday morning, has given more ammunition to the...
01:53 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed its affidavit on the coal block allocation scam report with the Supreme Court, in which the agency's director Ranjit Sinha has said the draft of the report was shared with Law Minister Ashwani Kumar "as desired by him", a charge that the Congress has been rejecting. The director has also said the draft of the report was even shared...
11:39 AM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: The opposition on Friday raised questions over the meeting between Minister of State in PMO V Narayanasamy and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Ranjit Sinha and said the probe agency is being "politicised". But the Union Minister has said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making an "issue out of nothing". "On the eve of the submission and such an important date if he (Narayanasamy) has...
11:24 AM, Apr 26, 2013
