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
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to file its affidavit in the Supreme Court on Friday on whether the government misled the apex court on the status report on the coal block allocation scam. While pressure had been building on the CBI to file the affidavit, the government had asserted it did not vet the the probe agency's status report. All eyes are on whether the...
07:30 AM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: Proceedings were washed out for the third consecutive day in Rajya Sabha as BJP created uproar on the coalgate issue demanding resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and dismissal of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar. Lok Sabha, which did not transact any business during the last two working days (Monday and Tuesday) on the coal block allocation and 2G spectrum issues, was adjourned for the day on Thursday as...
03:38 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha was on Thursday was adjourned till noon after opposition BJP and UPA ally SP created ruckus in the House over separate issues. While BJP persisted with its demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the coalgate scam, SP members trooped into the well raising the issue of Chinese incursion. Hardly had Chairman Hamid Ansari called the House to order, BJP, SP and Left members...
12:00 PM, Apr 25, 2013
The Opposition on Tuesday derailed both houses of Parliament with the Bharatiya Janata Party leading the charge against the UPA government. But the BJP seems to have been pushed to a corner over its demand for the PM's resignation. ...
11:26 PM, Apr 23, 2013
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11:16 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Three people were arrested on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with the West Bengal chit fund scam. ...
09:57 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday sharpened its attack on the UPA government demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the 2G spectrum scam and coalgate. Even as the Opposition appeared divided over seeking PM's resignation, for the Congress these are worrying times. The passage of crucial bills in the Budget Session including the Finance Bill are at stake if the deadlock persists. The NDA is upping the...
09:40 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: Seeking to buttress its case that there was no dilution of its initial findings, the CBI is likely to submit to Supreme Court both its reports on the status of investigation into the controversial allocation of coal mines. Highly-placed sources said on Tuesday that CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, who has been asked to submit an affidavit before the Apex court by April 25, is, however, expected to inform...
07:33 PM, Apr 23, 2013
A parliamentary panel on coal blocks allocations has suggested that all allotments between 1993 and 2008 be scrapped, effectively blaming the previous NDA government too. ...
07:04 PM, Apr 23, 2013
CBI report on Coal scam takes Parliament by storm, what lies ahead? CNN-IBN's national bureau chief Bhupendra Chaubey joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Its not the first time that the government had influenced CBI ..but how come this time CBI chief had raised his voice and come in public about it. Asked by: Rajneesh A. It's a good point you raise. I think difference this...
06:32 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Congress leader Manish Tewari said that the BJP should check its own record on coal and 2G during its rule from 1999 to 2004. ...
12:56 PM, Apr 23, 2013
The BJP parliamentary party has decided that its MPs will continue to press for the PM's and the Law Minister's ouster for allegedly vetting the CBI investigations into coal block allocations. ...
12:40 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: 2:05 pm: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day as BJP MPs continued to shout 'PM must quit' slogans. 1:00 pm: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has ruled out Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over the coal scam or the 2G scam. Meanwhile, the Opposition is divided over the demand for PM's resignation. BJP ally JD(U) is not pushing for the PM's resignation and wants to wait for...
11:30 AM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: A day after CNN-IBN revealed that the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) affidavit on coal block allocation scam says the Law Minister allegedly vetted the probe agency's status report on the scam, the main Opposition the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) parliamentary party has decided that its MPs will continue to press for the ouster of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Law Minister Ashwani Kumar. The CBI's affidavit...
11:24 AM, Apr 23, 2013
