Dehradun: Claiming that development has gained pace in Uttarakhand over the past few months, Union Minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday exuded confidence about the ruling Congress's impressive victory in the civic body polls in the state slated for April 28, 2013. "Development oriented decisions taken by the state government over the last few months are bound to play a big role in ensuring the Congress' thumping victory in the forthcoming...
03:13 AM, Apr 24, 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
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 Parliamentary standing committee on coal and steel, which will submit its report on Tuesday, contains a few explosive conclusions. There could be trouble both for the UPA and NDA as the report says all the coal blocks distributed between 1993 and 2008 were unauthorised and not done in a transparent manner. Meanwhile, the report observes that no bidding process was held for coal allocations. Though it is...
08:16 AM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: Hours after he reiterated his allegation that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was aware of all the decisions taken in connection with the allocation of 2G spectrum, former telecom minister A Raja on Monday attacked the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for not allowing him to depose before it. The JPC is examining the 2G spectrum allocation. "This is not the way the JPC is expected to function," said Raja....
07:13 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in an affidavit, is set to tell the Supreme Court of India that the probe agency's report on coal block allocation scam was shared with the Law Ministry on its request and that Law Minister Ashwani Kumar had vetted the report, a charge the Congress has been rejecting. CNN-IBN has accessed the details of the CBI's affidavit that the agency will file...
06:28 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: The government was ready to debate all issues, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday as he appealed to the Opposition for smooth functioning of Parliament. "It is my sincere wish that house will function. If there are any concerns of the opposition we are willing to debate all those issues which are worrying the opposition," Manmohan Singh told reporters shortly before parliament resumed the budget session after...
11:40 AM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday fixed April 29 for hearing the matter in additional 2G spectrum allocation case in which Bharti Cellular CMD Sunil Mittal, Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia and others have been summoned as accused. Mittal, Ruia and former Telecom Secretary Shyamal Ghosh appeared before Special CBI Judge OP Saini and the court adjourned the matter in pursuance of the order passed by the Supreme Court...
11:30 AM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Parliament reconvenes on Monday for the second half of the Budget Session. The Opposition looks set to corner the government on a host of issues and the UPA will be manouvering with allies to get its way. The opposition is expected to blockade proceedings on the rape of the 5-year-old in Delhi, the JPC report on 2G that gave a clean chit to the PM and the government's...
09:59 AM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Karan Thapar spoke to Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Devil's Advocate about the governance of the Congress party, who calls the shots, the equation between Sonia Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh and the prospect of Rahul Gandhi being nominated as the party's prime ministerial candidate. Karan Thapar Hello and welcome to Devils's Advocate. I am in an interview with a Congress leader who is not afraid to...
09:00 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has said that Sonia Gandhi, being the president of the party, has the last word on many key policies of the UPA government. Singh said while there was no junior or senior within the party, Sonia being the face of the Congress, is at the top in party's hierarchy. He, however, clarified that Sonia never interferes in the functioning of the government except...
01:49 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has reiterated his opinion that the "dual power centre model" of the Congress with Sonia Gandhi as the party president and Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister has created a perception of uncertainty. He was speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate. Below is the transcript of an excerpt from the interview: Karan Thapar: The comment you made about the separation of powers...
09:01 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Kolkata: Former champions Salgaocar continued their unbeaten run when they bounced back from behind to defeat Pailan Arrows 2-1 in a penultimate round I-League fixture at Kalyani Stadium on Saturday. Joshimar da Silva Martins (43rd) and Gabriel Obatola (50th) scored for Salgaocar after Seiminlen Doungel had given Arrows a 36th minute lead. Salgaocar now have 33 points to be on sixth place, while Pailan Arrows remained on 23, occupying 11th...
10:37 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Kolkata: On a high after their 9-0 rout of United Sikkim, former champions Salgaocar will look to continue their winning momentum when they face minnows Pailan Arrows in a penultimate round fixture of the I-League at the Kalyani Stadium on Saturday. Salgaocar have remained unbeaten in the last six rounds where they picked up five wins and a draw to rise to the seventh spot in the standings with 30...
08:57 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Melbourne: An Indian-origin neurosurgeon, convicted in 2010 for manslaughter and supplying cocaine to two female escorts, has won a substantial reduction in his sentence, with an Australian court agreeing that one of the women willingly took the drug which killed her. Suresh Nair, 44, who pleaded guilty in late 2010 to manslaughter and supplying cocaine, has had a two year and three month jail term for supplying cocaine to escort...
04:10 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: As pressure builds on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ahead of the Supreme Court's deadline to file an affidavit in the coal scam, CNN-IBN has learnt that the agency will be submitting its original status report in the apex court. Sources, however, said that while the CBI will admit to the fact that there was a meeting with the Law Minister, there were no PMO officials at...
11:16 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not ask for any intervention on the coal scam affidavit issue, according to sources. Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday clarified that it is not under any pressure in the probe into the coal allocation allegations. The CBI reiterated that it is yet to file the said affidavit. "The CBI will strictly abide by the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme...
08:10 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has clarified that it is not under any pressure in the probe into the coal allocation allegations. The CBI reiterated that it is yet to file the said affidavit. "The CBI will strictly abide by the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, and is not under any pressure from any quarter," CBI said. This comes more than 96 hours after reports that...
02:18 PM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: Bharti Cellular CMD Sunil Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia on Tuesday appeared in a Delhi court in connection with the additional 2G spectrum allocation case and furnished personal bonds in pursuance of the Supreme Court's direction. Both the accused placed on record the apex court's order and submitted separate personal bonds. Special CBI Judge OP Saini accepted their bonds till the next date of hearing and...
11:30 AM, Apr 16, 2013
Amsterdam: A museum dedicated to Anne Frank defended Canadian pop star Justin Bieber on Monday for writing in its guest book that he hoped the young Holocaust victim would have been a "belieber", the popular term for his fans. Bieber, 19, came under fire on social media for his written comments after visiting the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam over the weekend, accused of being "self-serving" and "tasteless". But the...
11:28 AM, Apr 16, 2013
