Margao: Goals from Rohan Ricketts and Ryuji Sueoka helped Dempo beat Salgaocar 2-1 and regain the top position after their ninth round I-League match at the Nehru Stadium here on Saturday. Salgaocar, looking for their first win at home, started attacking from the word go and held the ball more in the first half, but their forays were thwarted by the rival defence. Dempo made two changes, bringing in Ricketts...
08:46 PM, Dec 01, 2012
Kolkata: East Bengal rode on a second-half strike from Edeh Chidi to pip Salgaocar 1-0 and go four points clear of Dempo at the top of the table after their round eight I-League fixture on Tuesday. In a match that was seen as a battle between the two Englishmen coaches - Trevor Morgan (East Bengal) and David Booth - the home outfit struggled to get the match-winner as the Goans...
07:10 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Former Director General of Audit, Post and Telecommunications, CAG, RP Singh on Saturday made a U-turn on his earlier claim that Public Accounts Committee Chairman and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi had influenced the 2G report that indicted the government. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the ex-audit officer said that he had been misquoted by the newspaper which had initially carried the report. Below is the transcript of...
07:18 AM, Nov 25, 2012
New Delhi: In a new twist to controversial elections of the IOA, the International Olympic Committee on Friday warned of a possible ban on the national sports body if government regulations are followed in its poll on December 5. In a joint letter to Indian Olympic Association acting president Vijay Kumar Malhotra and secretary general Randhir Singh, who himself is a presidential candidate, IOC and OCA chiefs Jacques Rogge and...
06:38 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Winding up the exercise of scrutiny of mines allotted to PSUs which failed to develop coal mines within stipulated timeframe, the Inter-Ministerial panel on coal blocks on Tuesday recommended de-allocation of three more blocks. "The IMG has recommended de-allocation of three blocks today including one allotted to Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation (JSMDC)," a source close to the development said. However, the names of other two blocks could...
08:51 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) is likely to meet on Tuesday to decide the fate of 14 more mines allotted to public sector firms. The IMG had recommended de-allocation of eight coal blocks allotted to PSUs earlier this month. The government had accepted IMG's recommendation of de-allocation of 13 mines. The IMG was formed by the government to review progress of coal blocks allocated to firms. Meanwhile, the...
06:50 AM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) after a PIL filed in connection with the coal blocks allocations controversy levelled allegations of unfairness and arbitrariness in the allocation of 194 blocks. The PIL demanded a SIT probe into the alleged scam. The apex court, however, refused to stay the government's decision by which coal blocks were allocated...
12:02 PM, Nov 19, 2012
New Delhi: After recommending deallocation of eight blocks alloted to PSUs, the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) is likely to meet on Monday to decide the fate of 14 more mines alloted to public sector firms. "The IMG is likely to meet tomorrow to decide the fate of 14 coal blocks alloted to public sector firms," an official in the coal ministry said. The IMG, early this month, had recommended de-allocation of...
10:57 AM, Nov 18, 2012
Kolkata: The Ministry of Coal has issued letters for deallocation of coal blocks of firms like Electrotherm and bank guarantee deduction for companies like DB Power. The letters were issued on the back of the recommendations of the Inter-Ministerial Group headed by Additional Secretary (Coal). In the case of DB Power, the IMG has recommended the deduction of bank guarantee to the extent of Rs 5.1 crore. "The BG as...
01:36 AM, Nov 18, 2012
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says it's good to be back in India after nearly 25 years. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, she said she was disappointed when India began engaging with the generals who had put her under house arrest, but added she held no hard feelings against India. Below is the full transcript of the interview: Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to a special...
01:50 PM, Nov 16, 2012
New Delhi: The government will begin on Monday the auction for telecom spectrum through which it is hoping to meet Rs 40,000 crore revenue target. The auction for the airwaves or frequencies freed from the cancellation of 122 telecom licenses, belonging to mainly eight companies, by the Supreme Court in February, will start at 0900 hours on Monday. "We have taken quick decision, firm decisions in the telecom sector. The...
03:34 PM, Nov 11, 2012
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, senior BJP leader and lawyer Ram Jethmalani criticised the Congress party as a government of crooks that had to be brought down and said that he will do so using "all his weapons". Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the outspoken lawyer said that he would not apologise to anybody for his remark on Ram, the protagonist in the epic Ramayana, whom he...
07:57 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Kolkata: Smarting from two consecutive losses, Pune FC will be up against in-form Pailan Arrows in a round five I-League fixture on Friday. Central midfielder Caitano Costa, who was red carded in their match against Churchill Brothers, will not be available as Derick Pereira's boys will look to return to winning ways. Pune FC's bright start to the campaign was halted here against East Bengal before they suffered their second...
09:48 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: If you're living in small-town UP (or for that matter, small-town anywhere in India), what is your experience of getting any government document from the local body? Let's say, a birth/death certificate, or applying for old-age pension? In a typical case, you may have to stand in a long queue to get the appropriate form, often after paying a fee for it, even though such basic government forms...
02:29 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Ludhiana: Sixteen students were injured after a school bus lost control, ran over a divider and turned upside down near Focal Point in Ludhiana on Thursday. The injured students were taken to a nearby hospital. Meanwhile, the driver's condition remains critical. "The bus hit the divider resulting in serious injuries to three students. All the students were rushed to a hospital, from where three have been discharged and ten were...
01:49 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: There is more trouble for BJP President Nitin Gadkari's aide Ajay Sancheti. Sources in the coal ministry say that the Inter Ministerial Group has deallocated a coal block in Chhattisgarh where Sancheti was a mine developer and operator. The block belonged to the Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation. Of all of the 19 blocks in the government sector, eight have been deallocated. This is a significant considering Chhattisgarh is...
03:48 PM, Nov 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) on coal blocks has recommended de-allocation of two coal mines allocated to PSUs on the ground of companies not developing them, sources said. The IMG on Monday reviewed 10 coal blocks allocated to public sector companies (PSUs), including Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation (CMDC) and Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC), an official said after the meeting. "Of the 10 coal blocks it reviewed, IMG has recommended...
09:41 PM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Inter-Ministerial Group on coal blocks is set to begin a two-day meeting on Monday. It will be deciding the fate of 33 public sector coal blocks that were served notices for delays in production. These blocks had been allotted to the Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp and the Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corp. The IMG will make recommendations with regard to 13 coal mines alloted to public sector...
06:30 AM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor claims that many Bharatiya Janata Party leaders had reached out to him to regret the comment made by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi against his wife Sunanda Pushkar. "A very very large number of BJP people, including some former ministers, reached out to me saying they regretted the deplorable conduct of one of their own," the newly-elected minister told...
07:59 AM, Nov 04, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Convenor Bhartuhari Mahtab on Saturday alleged coal blocks were allocated to different companies without consulting the states concerned. "The Centre allocated coal blocks arbitrarily without consulting the coal-bearing states," Mahtab said after reviewing coal block allocations in Odisha. Mahtab, a BJD MP, claimed PAC came to know that while the state government recommended one coal block in favour of one company, the Centre allocated...
08:41 PM, Nov 03, 2012
