New Delhi: Amid CBI booking Congress MP Naveen Jindal and former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao in a fresh FIR in coal scam, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Tuesday said that strict action would be initiated against all those found guilty of wrongdoings.
"We have forwarded to CBI all complaints between 1993 and 2009. CBI is taking action....Strict action would be initiated against all those who have indulged in wrongdoings and have given wrong statements," Jaiswal told a television channel.
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08:48 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an FIR against the Jindal Group in the coal scam. The FIR names Congress MP Naveen Jindal and former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao. The FIR has accused Jindal and his company Jindal Power and Steel Ltd of misrepresentation of networth and concealing previous allotment. They are also charged with cheating and forgery. Jindal Power and Steel...
10:34 AM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: Dismissing BJP's demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the Coalgate scam, Congress on Saturday reminded the Opposition party of its electoral defeat in Karnataka amid corruption charges against ministers of the previous state government. "There is no question of resignation. What will happen for them with the resignation of the PM? What will they (BJP) gain from the resignation? After all, they are not...
07:35 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Panaji: BJP President Rajnath Singh on Saturday demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the Coalgate scam in which the CBI's status report was vetted before being submitted to the Supreme Court. "When the Prime Minister himself is under suspicion... why was the CBI report in the Coalgate probe changed in former law Minister Ashwani Kumar's room?" BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said, giving details of Rajnath's inaugural speech...
02:59 PM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: Former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai spoke to CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar, in his first TV interview two, on two reports that attracted great public interest - 2G and Coalgate report. Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate and the first television interview with the former Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Vinod Rai. Mr Rai, you retired as the CAG last week. Looking back,...
05:50 PM, Jun 01, 2013
The former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai, who recently demitted office, has said that the CAG's report on coal allocation was based on facts. He said it was a conservative estimate and the real loss figure could be much higher. ...
10:43 PM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: Arrested CBI SP Vivek Dutt, a key member of the coalgate scam probe, and three others were on Monday remanded to judicial custody till June 7 by a Delhi court in connection with a corruption case lodged against them. The four arrested accused -- Dutt, CBI inspector Rajesh Chandra Karnatak, alleged middleman Rajesh Pachisia and businessman Dinesh Chand Gupta -- were produced before the court after expiry of...
03:44 PM, May 27, 2013
New Delhi: CBI has not been able to make any substantial recovery of cash or valuables from the office and residence of its Superintendent of Police Vivek Dutt, who was probing the high-profile coal block allocation scam when he was arrested under graft charges, sources claimed. The agency has deputed Vidhi Kumar Birdi, a 2003 batch IPS officer from Jammu and Kashmir cadre, to replace Dutt in the coal block...
09:42 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai, who demits office on Wednesday, will be remembered for turning the statutory body into a pugnacious watchdog of good governance and administrative integrity at a time when India is experiencing the need for greater transparency and a rebalancing of power that has tilted over the years towards the executive. Rai's five-year tenure (2008-2013) has been a tad controversial because of the unprecedented...
12:45 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: CBI will tell the Supreme Court on Tuesday about the arrest of its Superintendent of Police Vivek Dutt who was the Chief Investigator of the coalgate scam. The apex court had in its last hearing on coalgate scam said no officer will be taken off of the case without informing the bench hearing the scam case. Dutt was arrested by CBI sleuths along with an Inspector Rajesh for...
07:58 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to file a petition in the Supreme Court on Monday against the investigating officer in the coal allocation scam, who was caught taking a bribe of Rs 15 lakh on Friday. The CBI Internal Intelligence Unit nabbed Vivek Dutt in an operation that was personally supervised by the agency's director Ranjit Sinha. However, CBI sources said the bribe was not...
10:56 AM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday sent Vivek Dutt, a CBI officer heading the probe into the allocation of coal blocks, to the custody of the probe agency till May 21 for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 7 lakh from a businessman for settling a land dispute. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge VK Gupta sent Dutt, inspector Rajesh Karnatak, alleged middleman Rajesh Pachisia and businessman Dinesh...
04:41 AM, May 19, 2013
New Delhi: Two officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), including one reportedly investigating the coal scam, were arrested in Delhi while taking a bribe of Rs 7 lakh for settling down a land dispute, an officer said on Friday. Superintendent of Police Vivek Dutt and Inspector Rajesh Karnatak were arrested by the internal vigilance unit of CBI from Lodhi Colony area in south Delhi. "Dutt was taking bribe...
12:12 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official, who is also the Chief Investigating Officer probing the coal block allocation scam, was caught taking a bribe of Rs 15 lakh on Friday. The CBI Internal Intelligence Unit nabbed Vivek Dutt in an operation that was personally supervised by the agency's director Ranjit Sinha. However, CBI sources said the bribe is not related to the coal scam. Rs 15 lakh...
10:08 PM, May 17, 2013
Mumbai: Demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, BJP today said an independent probe in the coal allocation scam was not possible till he occupies the top post. Party Vice-President Balbir Punj told reporters here that the CBI which had acted swiftly in the Rail scam, involving Pawan Bansal, has chosen not to show enough activism in the coalgate investigation. "Some action has been taken against bribe givers, but...
08:59 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: There have been speculations of the growing rift between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. After CNN-IBN reported the inside story of how a section of the Congress wants the Prime Minister to make way for new leadership, the Congress clarified that Dr Manmohan Singh will be the Prime Minister till 2014. "There is absolutely no rift between the party and the Prime Minister. Prime...
07:50 AM, May 14, 2013
It is obvious to any dispassionate observer of Indian politics that PM Manmohan Singh has failed to keep his flock of ministers in check. From CWG to 2G, from coal block allocation scam to malpractices in the Railways, UPA-2 has been in the news more for the wrong reasons. In such a situation, is demand for his resignation justified? Ashutosh, managing editor, IBN7 joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on...
06:39 PM, May 13, 2013
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh questioned as to based on what law can the Supreme Court supervise a CBI investigation. ...
03:36 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has confirmed the questioning of former UPA ministers Dasari Narayan Rao and Santosh Bagrodia in connection with the coal scam. They were questioned a month back, confirmed the CBI. The CBI questioned the former ministers regarding the coal blocks allocated during their tenure in the Coal Ministry. This brings more trouble for the UPA, which is already under attack from the Opposition over...
12:00 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: Just two days after the removal of Ashwani Kumar as Law Minister over the coal scam, there seems to be more trouble for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. A Right to Information application shows that it was the Prime Minister's Office that put pressure on the Environment Ministry to ease environmental rules to allow expansion in coal mining projects. In a recent landmark judgement, the Supreme Court has upheld...
09:33 AM, May 13, 2013
