Guwahati: Murder convict Mahendra Nath Das, whose death sentence was on Wednesday commuted to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court, thanked 'God for finally answering his prayers'. Das wept with joy when the news of the revised sentence was conveyed to him at the Jorhat Central Jail where he is currently lodged, jail officials said. "Atlast, God has answered my prayers. I am grateful to him", Das, who spends his...
04:47 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of Assam murder convict Mahendra Nath Das to life sentence. MN Das was convicted in two murder cases in Assam in 1997. The court has commuted the death penalty on the grounds of delay in execution. Mahendra Nath Das killed a man, Rajen Das, in Guwahati in 1990 and surrendered. On April 24, 1996, Mahendra Nath Das beheaded Harakanta Das...
12:23 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: The UPA-II is facing one of the biggest crisis in its tenure after the Supreme Court asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to explain the extent of political interference in its investigations into the coal block allocations scam and name the officials involved in the exercise. Harin Raval has already resigned as the Additional Solicitor General. The question now is whether the man at the centre of the...
08:40 AM, May 01, 2013
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10:54 PM, Apr 30, 2013
The Supreme court on Tuesday tore into the UPA government and the Central Bureau of Investigation demanding answers on the government's alleged interference in the CBI coal allocations probe. ...
10:50 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Left grappling with a mess after the Supreme Court's indictment, government and the Congress on deliberated at length on the continuation of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar in the Cabinet but a decision may wait till the next hearing in the Coalgate on May 8. As opposition mounted its demand for Kumar's removal, sections in the party as well as in the government are said to feel that instead...
10:31 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: The Ministry of Coal on Tuesday faced the ire of the Supreme Court for its non-cooperation with CBI in the coalgate scam probe by depriving the agency of crucial documents. The apex court was pained as the Ministry, whose senior official was named as one of the persons with whom CBI shared its draft status report, was running away from providing information to the agency. "It is very...
10:20 PM, Apr 30, 2013
The coal scam probe and the SC's indictment of the agency on Tuesday has brought the focus back on the need for a independent CBI. ...
09:55 PM, Apr 30, 2013
The Supreme court on Tuesday tore into the UPA government and the Central Bureau of Investigation demanding answers on the government's alleged interference in the CBI coal allocations probe. ...
09:50 PM, Apr 30, 2013
In a damning indictment of the UPA government, the Supreme Court on Tuesday came down hard on the UPA for interfering in the CBI's probe into coal allocations. ...
09:34 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: BJP on Tuesday said the acquittal of court Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in an anti-Sikh riot case should be challenged in a higher court and a Supreme Court-appointed SIT should probe the 1984 incident as has been done with the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat. Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said the clean chit given to Sajjan Kumar should be appealed against in a higher...
09:19 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court's observations on the CBI's affidavit on its coal scam report have been fodder for the opposition to step up the political heat. Law Minister Ashawni Kumar and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are in the line of fire. However, the UPA's crisis managers have said that no decision on the Law Minister's future will be taken until the Supreme Court passes a final order. Ashwani Kumar,...
09:02 PM, Apr 30, 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: Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval on Tuesday resigned over coalgate. In a statement, he said, "I am resigning as ASG in SC as desired. Please accept this with immediate effect and oblige. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve the government." Raval had represented the CBI in earlier hearings in the Supreme Court. His resignation comes just after his explosive letter to Attorney General GE Vahanvati whom...
06:47 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal was extremely cautious when CNN-IBN probed him on the coal scam. ...
05:59 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Terming it a "massive breach of trust" and a matter that has "shaken its foundation", the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday took a very serious note of the CBI affidavit on the coal block allocation scam. The Supreme Court bench said "suppression" of the fact that CBI has shared its probe report with the government is "not ordinary". CBI's former special director ML Sharma joined IBNLive readers for an...
05:54 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 on Tuesday tore into the UPA government and the Central Bureau of Investigation demanding answers on the government's alleged interference in the CBI coal allocations probe. ...
05:40 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Chandigarh: Expressing shock and anguish at acquittal of Sajjan Kumar in an anti-Sikh riots case, Shiromani Akali Dal Chief and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday attacked the Congress saying it would not be allowed to put a lid on the issue. Stating that the verdict had dashed hopes of people who waited for nearly three decades for justice, he expressed hope that the Supreme Court would...
05:17 PM, Apr 30, 2013
