New Delhi: Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran on Thursday defended the UPA government over the coal scam probe and said that it was not the first time that a Law Minister had met the CBI chief. "It happened in UPA-I and during the NDA rule too. We will have to restore public confidence in us which has eroded." Parasaran went on to add, "If the CBI or the Law Minister had...
06:22 PM, May 02, 2013
As Sarabjit Singh's condition continues to be serious, the Indian government on Wednesday made an official request to have him moved to a third country for further treatment. ...
10:38 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Wednesday denied that he had seen the CBI's status report on coalgate. At a Congress party briefing, Kumar is learnt to have told spokespersons and senior leaders, including those who represent the party in television debates that he has done "no wrong" and hence there should be no shyness in countering opposition charges. The briefing was attended by Union Ministers Jairam Ramesh, Pawan...
09:55 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: More allegations have surfaced against Law Minister Ashwani Kumar a day after the Supreme Court slammed the government for political interference in CBI investigations into the coal scam. CNN-IBN has learned that Ashwani Kumar was in touch with CBI director Ranjit Sinha till Sunday, April 28. Sources say the Law Minister was unhappy with the choice of UU Lalit as CBI counsel and reportedly wanted PP Rao to...
01:32 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Under fire from the Supreme Court over sharing the coal scam probe report with the political executive, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha on Tuesday maintained that the agency was not an "autonomous organisation" and that he had not shown it (report) to any outsider but to the Law Minister of the country. "I am a part of the government. I am not an autonomous body. I have not shown...
07:59 PM, Apr 30, 2013
CBI director Ranjit Sinha on Tuesday said that the agency was not embarrassed over the SC ire and said it will provide all the information sought by the apex court. ...
07:07 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: After the Supreme Court strong comments CBI Director Ranjit Sinha said that the agency will follow all the instructions of the apex court. Sinha welcomed Supreme Court's observations and said that the CBI will try to address all the issues raised by the court. He said that CBI will submit its probe report with all the informations to the Supreme Court. He added the perception about the agency...
05:52 PM, Apr 30, 2013
The Supreme Court has made scathing remarks on the present government while hearing the coal scam case. It has gone to the extent of labelling it as a massive breach of trust that has shaken the foundations of the country. How does the country's main Opposition party expect the ruling coalition to respond to these allegations? BJP's spokesperson Sidharth Nath Singh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue....
05:00 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: The opposition on Friday raised questions over the meeting between Minister of State in PMO V Narayanasamy and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Ranjit Sinha and said the probe agency is being "politicised". But the Union Minister has said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making an "issue out of nothing". "On the eve of the submission and such an important date if he (Narayanasamy) has...
11:24 AM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of reports that the government had allegedly vetted CBI's report on the coal block allocation scam, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar is learnt to have met top officers on Saturday to discuss the ramifications and the future course of action. Sources said during their meeting Kumar is learnt to have discussed the issue with ministry officials. There are indications that the Law Ministry is inclined to...
11:07 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Ranjit Singh appeared before the Parliament Accounts Committee on Wednesday and was questioned about the CNN-IBN story on alleged collusion between the agency's former prosecutor and a key accused in the 2G spectrum scam case. ...
02:16 PM, Feb 13, 2013
It is the last hearing of the Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the 2G scam on Tuesday. CBI director Ranjit Sinha and Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar are scheduled to appear before the committee and are likely to be quizzed over the latest 2G twist revealed by CNN-IBN. ...
07:49 AM, Feb 12, 2013
It has been a case which has involved some of the biggest names in politics, corporate India and the bureaucracy. For the last three years, the 2G case has become synonymous with a corrupt system and has had many twists and turns. Now, CNN-IBN reveals another dramatic twist, one which could throw the case into another spin. For, it reveals possible collusion between the prosecution and the accused in the...
12:20 AM, Feb 12, 2013
CBI finds its own prosecutor AK Singh colluding with one of the accused in 2G case. UP government denies lapse on its part in Allahabad railway station stampede. ...
11:49 PM, Feb 11, 2013
The CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry report, which names the lead 2G prosecutor AK Singh and Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra. ...
11:38 PM, Feb 11, 2013
In an exclusive interview to IBN18 Network Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha confirmed that the central investigating agency has registered a Preliminary Enquiry report, which names the lead 2G prosecutor AK Singh and Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra.? ...
10:36 PM, Feb 11, 2013
The CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry report, which names the lead 2G prosecutor AK Singh and Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra. ...
08:12 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Ranjit Sinha officially took charge as the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director on Monday for two year. The 59-year-old's appointment was clouded in controversy with the Opposition crying foul. ...
06:32 AM, Dec 03, 2012
Amidst the raging controversy over the appointment of the new CBI director Ranjit Sinha, the outgoing chief of the investigative agency AP Singh has gone on record to state that it was actually the CBI itself that had first mooted the idea of a collegium to appoint the CBI Director. Echoing the Opposition BJP's demand for a body, comprising of PM, the CJI and the Leader of Opposition in the...
02:34 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ram Jethmalani has taken his criticism of his party leaders one step further. On Tuesday morning, in a letter addressed to the BJP Parliamentary Board, the senior Supreme Court lawyer poured vitriol over not just party chief Nitin Gadkari, whom he has been pressing to resign for the past few weeks, but also Arun Jaitley, who, he alleged had a role to play in the...
10:21 AM, Nov 27, 2012
