New Delhi: Just a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case in the coal block allocations case of 2006-09, the Prime Minister's Office has turned the tables, accusing BJP President Nitin Gadkari's son of benefiting in the deal. "Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's government allocated coal blocks to those close to BJP President Nitin Gadkari. The issue was not allowed to be raised in the Assembly,"...
07:42 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on Thursday referred the coal block allocation between 2006 and 2009 for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The move has come following a complaint in this regard by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Prakash Javadekar. According to sources, the CVC believes that it is fit that the coal block allocation between 2006 and 2009 be referred for a preliminary...
07:51 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday issued a clarification on the coal block allocation, claiming that the step was essential for high growth. The PMO issued a seven-point clarification by the Coal Ministry on the allocation. In the statement, the Ministry has pointed that though the allocation to private companies for captive use commenced in 1993, the demand grew with the growing economy, which further pressed for the...
05:58 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office on Monday issued a clarification on allegations levelled by Team Anna with regard to the alleged corruption in allocation of coal blocks between 2006 and 2009. Reacting to the allegations, the PMO clarified its stand saying the coal blocks were privatised to meet the growing demand that Coal India failed to meet. In a press release dated May 27, 2011, the PMO said that...
04:32 PM, May 28, 2012
Despite PMO denial, controversy simmers over who leaked Army Chief General V K Singh's letter exposing the state of defence preparedness. ...
11:28 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Controversy simmers over who leaked Army Chief General V K Singh's letter exposing the state of defence preparedness. Despite PMO denial, CNN-IBN has learned that a 1987 batch woman officer in the Cabinet secretariat is under suspicion and has been transferred. The government had denied reports that a joint secretary level officer from the Economic Service leaked the Army Chief's letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on deficiencies...
09:58 PM, May 14, 2012
Mumbai: Two Air India employees were on Friday arrested for allegedly posting unparliamentary and derogatory remarks on popular social networking sites against Prime Minister office, National flag, Supreme Court and leaders of opposite employees association. According to the police, the two accused, identified as K V Janannathrao and Mayank Sharma, cabin crew of Air India, were nabbed and remanded to police custody till May 18. There are two groups in...
10:12 PM, May 11, 2012
JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, said on Thursday that it lost $2 billion in the past six weeks in a trading portfolio designed to hedge against risks the company takes with its own money. The company's stock plunged almost 7 per cent in after-hours trading after the loss was announced. Other bank stocks, including Citigroup and Bank of America, suffered heavy losses as well. "The portfolio...
09:59 AM, May 11, 2012
The shares of investment firm JPMorgan Chase plummeted on Friday after it reported a two billion dollar trading loss. ...
09:53 AM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi-based RTI activist has brought out a book containing various correspondences between the Prime Minister's Office and the Delhi Government secretariat related to Commonwealth Games. The 496-page book is titled 'PMO to Delhi Secretariat - RTIs expose Commonwealth scam' and is written by advocate Vivek Garg. The book is a compilation of letters and notes from Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Members of Parliaments, former and present...
12:29 PM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated the scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the successful test-fire of the Agni-V missile on Thursday. "I congratulate all the scientific and technical personnel of the DRDO and other organisations who have worked tirelessly in our endeavour to strengthen the defence and security of our country. Today's successful Agni-V test launch represents another milestone in our quest to add...
10:16 AM, Apr 19, 2012
The Central electricity authority has sent out a warning, over 55 power stations that supply electricity to Indian metros have coal to last for just 6 days. ...
11:58 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Lucknow: A query posted by a 10-year-old girl under the Right to Information Act (RTI) regarding father of nation status to Mahatma Gandhi has raised a piquant situation before the government. In February this year, Aishwarya Parashar, a class sixth student, sent an RTI application to the central public information officer of Prime Minister's office seeking a photocopy of the order through which Mahatma Gandhi was declared as father of...
03:37 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Puducherry: About 100 students from coastal villages in neighbouring Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu, studying in schools in Puducherry, have not been getting their educational allowance from the Tsunami Relief sanctioned by PMO for the past six years, a children's rights movement said in Puducherry on Saturday. MA Segar, convenor of 'Neithal Community Children's Rights Movement' (movement for protection of rights of fishermen's families in coastal hamlets) told newsmen on...
03:31 PM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: The board of Coal India (CIL) will meet again on Thursday to approve the new draft fuel supply agreement, as Wednesday's discussions on the issue remained inconclusive. The Coal India board meeting, held on March 22, had remained inconclusive in the wake of its independent directors resenting a clause in the FSA for ensuring at least 80 per cent supply of the commitment to the power plants. The...
05:08 AM, Mar 29, 2012
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