New Delhi: The CBI will be questioning former coal secretary HC Gupta on Thursday in connection with the coal block allocation scam. CNN-IBN has learnt that the investigative body will interrogate Gupta about why allocations were rendered to ineligible companies.
Gupta is also expected to explain on how he failed to check the incorrect information from various applicants. CBI has so far questioned two PMO officials in connection with the coal allocations.
HC Gupta was Chairman of Screening Committee and was Secretary Coal between 2006-09.
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10:55 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Mumbai: The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Wednesday appointed former India opener and state captain Sudhir Naik as the chairman of the selection panel after national chief selector Sandeep Patil had resigned from the post in April. The 67-year-old former India opener, Naik, was named the chief selector for the senior and U-25 teams with Karsan Ghavri, Deepak Jadhav and Raju Sutar as his colleagues on the panel, according to...
09:06 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: With Yamuna crossing the danger mark in Delhi and threat of low-lying areas being flooded looming large, Reliance-owned discoms BRPL and BYPL have suspended electricity supply to the areas falling along the river bed. "Advised by Delhi government, BRPL has suspended power to the residents in low-lying areas along the river bed. Electricity has been suspended in areas, like Vishkarma Colony, Jaitpur, Dhobi Ghat, Near Masjid Khallilullah Batla...
09:00 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Brussels: European antitrust regulators fined nine drug makers, including Denmark's Lundbeck and India's Ranbaxy, a total of 146 million euros for blocking the supply of a cheaper anti-depressant to the market, the first EU sanction against such deals. The punishments follow a 2009 report by the European Commission on the pharmaceutical sector, which said "pay-for-delay" agreements between companies lead to consumers paying as much as 20 per cent more for...
08:22 PM, Jun 19, 2013
CNN-IBN's cricket expert Maninder Singh previews the second Champions Trophy semifinal between India and Sri Lanka on Thursday. ...
08:14 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Los Angeles: 'Hangover' star Bradley Cooper has been voted 'the man with the sexiest hair' in a survey carried out by hair brand Fudge. He has beaten Canadian actor Ryan Gosling and footballer David Beckham to secure the top position, reports contactmusic.com. The 38-year-old star was previously named the world's Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine editors. Prince Harry and One Direction's Harry Styles round up the top five list....
06:26 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to give an urgent hearing to a PIL on the issue of US National Security Agency snooping on Internet data from India and seeking to initiate action against Internet companies for allowing the agency to access the information. Agreeing to hear the PIL filed by a former Dean of Law Faculty of Delhi University Professor S N Singh, a bench of justices...
06:20 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani was indisposed on Wednesday and put off by a day his meeting with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. Sources close to Advani said that all his engagements for the day have been cancelled. He will now have a meeting with Bhagwat on Thursday, the sources said. Advani also skipped a public meeting on Ganga river issue organised by BJP vice president Uma Bharati. Thursday's...
04:31 PM, Jun 19, 2013
San Francisco: Nvidia Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang said he will license graphics technology to other companies, a new model for the chipmaker that could lead to new business with Apple, Samsung and other mobile device makers. Huang told the Reuters Global Technology Summit in San Francisco on Tuesday that licensing graphics cores and visual patents would help Nvidia take greater advantage of the booming market for smartphones and tablets and...
01:43 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Mumbai: The rupee recovered by 15 paise to 58.62 against the dollar in early trade on Wednesday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on increased selling of the US currency by exporters. However, dollar's strength against other currencies overseas capped the rupee's gain as investors await the conclusion of the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting and a weak opening in the domestic equity market. The rupee sank by a whopping...
09:42 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced more than a dozen sops in the past one year with an eye on the Assembly elections. He's announced everything from laptops, shoes and umbrellas to free mobile phones for over 15,000 farmers. With laptops, mobiles, shoes, umbrellas, blankets, cycles and Re 1 per kg of rice, Patnaik is on a distribution spree in Odisha. Since the aborted coup by his former...
09:30 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Mumbai: Reversing early losses, the S&P BSE benchmark Sensex on Wednesday closed 22 points higher on fag-end buying in bluechips including Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank and RIL amid investors awaiting the outcome of the two-day Federal Reserve meeting in the US. Sensex, which had lost 102.59 points in Tuesday's trade, recovered by 22.42 points, or 0.12 per cent, to close at 19,245.70 points. It had moved between 19,100.13 and 19,274.26...
09:14 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Milan: Months after the shocking revelations of the AgustaWestland bribery case, Finmeccanica ex-CEO Giuseppe Orsi's trial begins on Wednesday. A CBI team will also be attending the trial in Milan. Orsi and the CEO of its chopper unit Bruno Spagnoli, will go on trial on Wednesday in a Milan court. Orsi was arrested on February 12 on charges of international corruption, bribery and billing fraud over the sale of 12...
08:41 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena will celebrate their 47th foundation day in Mumbai on Wednesday- the first since the demise of their founder Bal Thackeray. Party president Uddhav Thackeray is expected to address a crucial meeting that will set the tone for next year's Lok Sabha elections. The party has invited all leaders from the districts, villages, towns and cities, besides its elected representatives at various levels, for Wednesday's meeting. Party...
08:14 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's business capital, Kochi will host the prestigious the World Economic Forum's India meet November 8-9, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday. Chandy told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram that this is a rare honour for the state. "India has hosted this event 28 times in the past, of which Mumbai hosted it once, while Delhi played the host on all other occasions," he noted. "More than 250 top notch...
05:25 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: A decision on the way ahead for the ambitious Food Security Bill is expected to be taken on Wednesday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi holding deliberations on the matter. A meeting of the Congress core group is scheduled to take place on Wednesday in which Food Minister KV Thomas will also be present. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath, who along with Home Minister...
02:45 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Washington: A group of major American business organisations and advocacy groups on Tuesday launched a new alliance against what they allege as India's "discriminatory" economic policies, including intellectual property issues, which they claim hurt US jobs and economy. Co-chaired by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the US Chamber of Commerce's Global Intellectual Property Centre (GIPC), the Alliance for Fair Trade with India (AFTI) was launched in Washington ahead...
01:02 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: A government panel on Tuesday proposed raising foreign investment limits in sectors like defence, multi-brand retail and telecommunications, to spur investment in the country and tide over the Current Account Deficit woes. "We have submitted the report to the Finance Minister. Action will be taken on it as and when the government decides. Policy is with DIPP so finally they will take a call. This is just our...
12:08 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Bhopal: It is not easy to tell a complaint by listening to the sound of a bike. The fact that you have to identify the complaint without having a look would make it difficult for most of us, isn't it? Well, not for Munne Blind of Bhopal, whose name is synonymous with the Enfield motorcycles in Bhopal. As his name suggest, Munne is visually impaired since 1972. The fact that...
10:45 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: A high level meeting between Defence Secretary, National Disaster Response Force and other agencies has been convened to expedite the relief process after 58 people died in Uttarakhand following heavy rains that have caused massive landslides and floods in the state, Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth told CNN-IBN. "We are going to take Indian Air Force's help to evacuate people from all corners of the state," Singh said. "We...
10:03 PM, Jun 18, 2013
