An internal inquiry will be conducted by the CBI to probe how the report of the raid conducted on railway board member Mahesh Kumar's residence was leaked out. As a result of this information leak, sources say that Kumar managed to move his assets and document...
The government is trying to make amends after the Supreme Court made its scathing observations in the coal block allocation scam case. Sources claim that a group of ministers will be set up to determine a mechanism to impart functional autonomy to the CBI. P C...
The noose around Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal is getting tighter, as the CBI has managed to collect a lot of evidence against the Union minister. CBI may question the son-in-law of Bansal's sister, Vitul Kumar in connection with the scam. Pawan Kumar's ...
Sources have revealed that government finally has decided that it is time to ax Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. This decision by the government comes in the wake of the confessions of Bansal's nephew to CBI. However, the government reportedly has no...
Sources say the CBI may question the rail minister soon. There are fresh allegations against the rail minister PK Bansal. Bansal's CA Sunil Kumar was made director of a public sector bank in 2007. Several loans were granted to Bansal's family after Sunil's app...
CBI chief Ranjit Sinha, who remains evasive on the government interference into the coal block allocation scam, admits that the scathing observations by the Supreme Court are indeed correct.
Sources say the CBI may question the rail minister soon. There are fresh allegations against the rail minister PK Bansal. Bansal's CA Sunil Kumar was made director of a public sector bank in 2007. Several loans were granted to Bansal's family after Sunil's app...
Rail minister PK Bansal is not present in the cabinet meeting that is convened at the Prime Minister's residence. However, law minister Ashwani Kumar is attending the meet. Sources say that the rail minister may be asked to quit from his post. Preliminary inve...
The CVC seeks a report from the CBI on Coalgate. It wants to know why was CBI's status report on the coal block allocation scam shared with the government. It was the CVC that had referred the coal block allocation case to the CBI.
The CVC seeks a report from the CBI on Coalgate. It wants to know why was CBI's status report on the coal block allocation scam shared with the government. It was the CVC that had referred the coal block allocation case to the CBI.
There are indications that in the wake of the scathing observations by the Supreme Court over the Law Ministry's interference into the coal block allocation scam, the government is attempting to do the damage control. The government reportedly is planning to s...
Preliminary investigation of the CBI into the railway bribery case clearly implicates the railway minister PK Bansal. His nephew Vijay singla has named him, stating that the minister was in the loop. Phone records in CBI's possession have references to 'uncle ...
In what can only be a clear defence of his beleaguered Cabinet colleague, I&B minister Manish Tewari says the government holds the Supreme Court in the highest esteem and is duty-bound to clarify anything that has been asked of the apex court. Tewari, however,...
After the Supreme Court rapped law minister for interfering in the CBI's probe into the coal block allocation scam, Ashwani Kumar has been evasive about the latest development. He has been dodging direct questions regarding his involvement in the coal scam pro...
A day after the Supreme Court made scathing remarks about the government's interference in the coal scam probe report, Attorney General GE Vahanavati meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The apex court had yesterday pulled up the CBI for sharing the probe repo...
The Attorney General GE Vahanvati has gone into a meeting with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, following the comments made by the Supreme Court regarding the CBI and the coalgate report scandal. The Supreme Court has also mentioned Vahanvati in its comments...
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's problems just keep piling up as the CBI is getting ready to question the minister in connection with the railway bribery scam. The CBI is done questioning Bansal's personal secretary and will call Bansal for questioning an...
Trouble mounts for Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in the cash-for-posting scam as reports claim that his nephew Vijay Singla met with senior railway ministry official Mahesh Kumar at his home. The CBI questioned Bansal's private secretary Rahul Bhandari y...
Ranjit Sinha, the Director of the CBI, in an interview has accepted the Supreme Court's comments and has said that they were true. The court had called the CBI a caged parrot and that it just repeats what its master says. He also said that CBI would follow sug...
CBI has recorded a telephonic conversation between the Railway Minister's nephew Vijay Singla and Mahesh Kumar. In the conversation, the two accused mention the name of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.
The Director of the CBI Ranjit Sinha has agreed with the comments on CBI passed by the Supreme Court yesterday. The court had called the CBI a caged parrot and that it just repeats what its master says.
CBI has found itself on the receiving end of one the harshest reprimands by the Supreme Court. The court call the CBI a caged parrot who repeats what its master says. The court also wanted to know who was the person behind the changes in the coal report and wh...
Even after the Supreme Court's stinging observations on the UPA government for interfering with the CBI probe on the coal block allocation scam, the government seems to be in no mood to take any action against law minister Ashwani Kumar. Sources reveal that th...
The CBI is likely to call in Railway Minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal, for questioning, in connection with the railway bribery scam involving his nephew Vijay Singla. The CBI will also present the four accused in the Patiala House court for hearing. The CBI is hop...
Even as the government is under fire to sack Union railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal over the bribery scandal, the CBI says fresh evidence of Bansal-Singhla links have emerged. Even though the investigating agency say there is no direct evidence against the ...
After the Supreme Court's scathing observation on the conduct of the law minister as well as the officials in Prime Minister's office over the coal scam probe, the Opposition and the Left have united in their demand for the resignation of Ashwani Kumar. Now, t...
In a press conference, Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury thanks the people of Karnataka for voting in their favour in the state Assembly elections and congratulates her party members who canvassed in the state for the victory. In the backdrop of the coal alloca...
Supreme Court has come down heavily on government and the CBI over the interference in the coal block allocation report. The apex court was extremely critical of the government's attempt to meddle with the report. The SC has also flayed the investigating agenc...
The Supreme Court has pulled up the government over its interference with the CBI report into the coal block allocation scam. The apex court has also made a few scathing observations about the CBI, calling it a caged parrot of many masters.
The Supreme Court has reprimanded the government and has also demanded to know why the CBI has not been made independent yet. The court also observed that since the CBI is controlled by so many people, it cannot function independently and objectively.
The government is not ready to let railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal resign, as they feel that there is no direct proof to prove his involvement in the railgate scam, but CBI's explosive revelation has the UPA running for cover. The phone number of a senior ...
The UPA tried to get its food security bill passed in the Lok Sabha, but the BJP is in no mood to relent. According to the BJP, it will not allow any bill to be passed, unless Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resign over the b...
Newshour | The continuance or otherwise of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar in the ministry could be linked to the shape of things expected to unfold during hearing in the Supreme Court on May 8 on the Coalgate issue. If Ashwani Kumar gets affected tomorrow, will th...
The CBI is carrying out a raid at the residence of Mahesh Kumar, accused of offering a huge amount of cash for a senior position in the railways. The investigating agency, which has already grilled Mahesh Kumar, is looking for specific documents and other evid...
BJP, which has been constantly demanding the resignation of Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal over the bribery scandal, demand that he be grilled by CBI. The party alleges that there is evidence that reveal the business link between Vijay Singla and Ba...
CBI plans to challenge the Delhi High Court's acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case as the investigating agency believes that it has strong grounds which could form the basis for the petition against the verdict.
CBI now wants to question Railway Minster Pawan Kumar Bansal in the bribery case that involves his nephew Vijay Singla. The BJP, meanwhile, has taken its fight to the streets with party workers in Kanpur taking out protests against the minister and demanding h...
BJP leader Ram Jethmalani gatecrashed the parliamentary party meet in Delhi and attacked the party's top leadership for not putting up a proper fight against the government. This incident has left the top leaders of the party red-faced and they are now contemp...
If the attack on UPA government and its ministers in Parliament was not enough, the BJP has launched an attack on Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on the streets of Kanpur too. Party workers agitated in Kanpur, demanding Bansal's resignation.
Reiterating his party's demand, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said if UPA is serious about people's welfare, it must sack the two minsters accused in cases of corruption.
This session of the Parliament may be running out of time to pass important bills, such as the one on food security, but that has not stopped the Opposition from halting its attack on the government, disrupting House proceedings.
BJP workers take out protests against Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in Kanpur. The Minister's kin was caught accepting bribe worth Rs 80 lakh in return for a plum post for a Railway Board member. The BJP has been vehemently demanding his resignation over...
The Congress core group has decided that the Parliament is not going to be adjourned sine die. The Opposition has kept up its demand for the sacking of UPA ministers and threatened to stall Parliament proceedings.
Another accused in the bribery scandal, Ajay Garg, has been arrested from Chandigarh. Garg is close associate of Union Railway Minister Pawan Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla. He owns the multi-crore IEC Gensets Limited - one of the major suppliers of electrical e...
Nupur and Rajesh Talwar have stalled CBI's attempt to make them give a statement in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case. The dentist couple are the key accused in the murder of their teenage daughter and their domestic help. They were asked to record their s...
CBI is likely to call Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in for questioning in connection with his role in the 90 lakh bribery scam. Bansal's nephew has been accused of taking bribes in his uncle's name. So the CBI is looking to find out if Bansal was aware o...
The BJP has strategically crippled the Parliament and put the UPA government in a spot by deciding to stall bills in the House until Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal have been sacked.
BJP cooks up a storm in Rajya Sabha, holding the government accountable for large-scale corruption and multiple scams. It continues to demand the resignation of two of its Ministers associated in cases of misdeed.
After an internal meeting, the BJP has come out with its strategy against the UPA government. It will not let the Parliament function or allow bills to pass till the Law Minister and Railway Minister resign in the wake of allegations of misdeeds.
Reports suggest that Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal could be questioned by the CBI in connection with his nephew Vijay Singla's involvement in a bribery case. The CBI will also question Singla along with Mahesh Kumar to find out the final beneficiary of t...
Railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal is likely to be questioned by the CBI in the case concerning his nephew Vijay Singla allegedly taking a bribe from a Railway Board official. Sources claim that there is enough reason to believe that Singla might not be the ...
According to a report in English daily The Indian Express, the bribe amount of Rs 90 lakh would have ultimately reached Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. The report is based on information provided by a top-level official in the CBI. It is believed that the...
The BJP is mounting pressure on the Centre to sack two of its Ministers, Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar, over allegations of corruption. It has decided in an internal meeting to not allow any bills to pass until the government concedes to the demand.
Sources reveal that there is evidence that links Vijay Singla with Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in the bribery case, even as the Centre continues to back its Minister.
Rajesh and Nupur Talwar will be recording their statements, in a special CBI court in Ghaziabad, in connection with the double murder case of their daughter Aarushi Talwar and domestic help Hemraj. The CBI had earlier told the court that Hemraj and Aarushi wer...
The CBI has issued a look-out notice against former Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi, in connection with the multi-crore VVIP chopper deal. This has triggered speculations that the former IAF chief is absconding, The news of the look-out notice has been confirmed by...
The CBI will produce Railway Minister's nephew Vijay Singla along with three others accused in Patiala Court today, in the Rs 90 lakh bribery scam. The CBI may also question Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in connection with the scam. BJP has demanded the...
The Supreme Court will be hearing the CBI's affidavit on the coal scam report tomorrow. The affidavit states that Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, officials in the Prime Minister's Office and the coal ministry, as well as the Attorney General viewed the CBI's statu...
In the wake of the coal scam probe report scandal, the Congress-led central government has been facing the flak as the Opposition demands nothing less than the resignation of the Prime Minister, the law minister and also senior law officials, saying that Ashwa...
In a major embarrassment to the UPA government, the CBI filed its second affidavit in the Supreme Court, which gives details of the alterations that were made on the insistence of the Prime Minister's Office, the Law Minister and senior legal officers.
Newshour | Now that it is proven that the PMO and the coal ministry officials changed the CBI report on the coal block allocation scam, what are the implications? Does the CBI director's affidavit put the government in a tough spot? Can the government retain t...
Centrestage | The fresh affidavit filed by CBI in the Supreme Court revealed how changes were made in the report into the coal block allocation scam by government officials to protect the interests of a few top leaders. How long can the government live in deni...
Newshour | The Opposition condemns the government's attempt to take advantage of the situation in the House and says that the Food Security Bill was brought to deflect attention from various scams. Will the government be able to counter the Opposition charge o...
Newshour | Can the CBI justify allowing the government to alter a report on the massive Coalgate scam? Is the blame to be equally shared between the CBI and the government on the Coalgate cover-up? Arun Jaitley, the leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha,...
News Night | CBI has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, explaining how its status report into coal block allocation scam was vetted and watered down by the government. Crucial changes were made in the report in order to protect the interests of a few at ...
Advocate Prashant Bhushan says he will move the courts to ask the joint secretaries of the PMO and coal ministry to file their affidavits to disclose at whose instance did they meet the CBI and make the changes in the Coalgate status report.
Railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal refuses to answer any questions in connection with his involvement in his nephew's business. He also evades questions as to whether he would be resigning from the ministry because of his alleged involvement in the business. ...
Deputy leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad hits out at the UPA government over Coalgate. In the affidavit to the Supreme court, CBI has said that changes were made to the 2G report at the meeting between the law minister and the CBI...
After the CBI filed an affidavit in the Supreme court alleging that the coal block allocation scam report was edited by the law minister, the attorney general and the Prime Ministers Office, the Opposition has been demanding the resignation of the law minister...
Deputy leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad hits out at the UPA government over Coalgate. In the affidavit to the Supreme court, CBI has said that changes were made to the 2G report at the meeting between the law minister and the CBI...
On a day when the CBI filed a damned affidavit to the Supreme Court, admitting that its coalgate report was changed by law minister Ashwani Kumar and the attorney general, the government has launched a counter attack after BJP criticised it. The government amb...
Union Coal Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal remains evasive on the questions concerning CBI's damning affidavit on the coal block allocation scam. He ducks the questions saying he cannot comment on the affidavit without seeing it first.
The 2G-JPC term is likely to be extended. The Speaker will be moving a motion at 2PM. The JPC meeting for tomorrow has been cancelled. CBI director Ranjit Sinha has tendered an unconditional apology before the apex court for misleading the court in connection ...
CBI submits another affidavit in connection to the 2G status report to the Supreme Court. In this letter, CBI says changes were made in the report in consultation with the law minister, PMO and attorney general. It also admits that the law minister removed a p...
Despite the Congress backing railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, the Opposition claims there is clear documentary evidence linking the minister to his nephew's business. They continue to say that the CBI should question the minister. Senior BJP leader Ravi Sh...
Sources reveal that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has distanced himself from the PMO officials and law minister Ashwani Kumar. Sources close to the attorney general reveal that Dr Manmohan Singh was very upset as he had no idea as to what was go on in connecti...
The CBI, today, filed an affidavit in the Supreme court alleging that the coal block allocation scam report was edited by the law minister, the attorney general and the Prime Ministers Office. The Opposition has been demanding the resignation of the law minist...
The 2G-JPC term is likely to be extended. The Speaker will be moving a motion at 2PM. The JPC meeting for tomorrow has been cancelled. CBI director Ranjit Sinha has tendered an unconditional apology before the apex court for misleading the court in connection ...
Law Minister Ashwani Kumar's name has been mentioned in the affidavit submitted by the CBI in the Supreme Court. He met with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for half an hour. Following the meeting, Ashwani Kumar said that he would not resign any time soon.
In its second affidavit, the CBI has claimed that its probe report was vetted by Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and the Prime Minister's Office, among others. The, Centre, however has maintained a stoic silence on the issue as the fate of its Minister hangs in the...
CBI has filed a fresh affidavit in the Supreme Court, explaining how changes were made in the report into the coal block allocation scam at the behest of Law Ministry and Prime Minister's Office. In the wake of this affidavit, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar is hol...
The CBI has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court with regard to the coal block allocation scam. It will be showing the changes made by law minister Ashwani Kumar in the affidavit in the report. Earlier, the CBI had alleged that he had changed three paragrap...
CBI director Ranjit Singh has apologised to the Supreme Court in the nine-page affidavit submitted today. He said that he is extremely sorry if he broke rules and disgraced the CBI. The CBI was asked to submit a report with names of the people who were behind ...
CBI has submitted a nine-page affidavit in the Supreme Court which consists of details of the interference of the Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and the changes made in the reports by him.
The Congress has defended its minister under fire, Pawan Kumar Bansal. Senior Congress leader Rashid Masood attacked the BJP, accusing it of double standards. Masood said the BJP doesn't want the session to function as it will be exposed and that Bansal has we...
The UPA is facing it's biggest credibility crisis and the government has decided to stand by both its ministers -- law minister Ashwini Kumar and railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. Senior Congress leaders feel that the resignations will give a political win ...
Trouble seems to continue for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with the CBI set to submit a second affidavit in the Supreme Court regarding the vetting of the CBI's status report on coal scam. It is believed that Law Minister Ashwani Kumar made changes in three m...
Top sources in CBI reveal that substantive changes were made to three key paragraphs in the status report, in connection with the coal block allocation scam, by law minister Ashwani Kumar. CBI said that it will reveal the changes made to the Supreme Court toda...
The CBI is expected to file a new affidavit in the Supreme Court in an endeavour to clear its name in the coalgate report case. According to sources, the CBI will name Law Minister, Ashwani Kumar in its report. It is also believed that Ashwani Kumar has alter...
The BJP has rejected Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran's arguments after he came out in the media, trying to distance the government from Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, clearly passing the buck to the CBI in coal scam cover-up.
The government has finally spoken up on the coal allocation scam mess, albeit through the Solicitor General of India. In an exclusive interview, Mohan Parasaran says the Prime Minister was unaware of the controversial meeting between the CBI director and the l...
Five days before the Supreme Court verdict on CBI's Coalgate affidavit, solicitor general Mohan Parasaran, in an exclusive interview to the channel, distances the Prime Minister from law minister Ashwani Kumar. He says the PM is not monitoring every detail and...
CBI chief Ranjit Sinha says 'my hands are tied' after the scathing reaction from the Supreme Court on the 2G spectrum allocation issue. In conversation with Mail Today, he says that the CBI is dependent on the government for everything. He aggressively asserts...
Five days before the Supreme Court verdict on CBI's Coalgate affidavit, solicitor general Mohan Parasaran distances the Prime Minister from law minister Ashwani Kumar. He says the PM is not monitoring every detail and was not aware of the controversial meet be...
Newshour | Is the Coalgate cover-up the UPA 2 government's Watergate moment? Has the government invited this entire crisis on itself by trying to cover up the law minister's interference with the CBI? Sanjay Jha of Hamaracongress.com, Janata Party president Su...
News Night | The coal scam and the Supreme Court's scathing remarks about the government's interference in CBI's draft report on the scam has destroyed the PM's squeaky clean image. Can the Prime Minister shun moral responsibility? Former cabinet secretary TSR...
Assistant Solicitor General Harin Raval has put down his papers after the government asked him to do so. He had allegedly written a damning letter to Attorney General GE Vahanvati, accusing him of trying to make him a 'scapegoat' to shape not just the coal blo...
In a news conference, CBI director Ranjit Sinha says that he is a part of the government. When asked whether he was under any kind of pressure from the Central government, he says 'I don't think so'. He says that he would inform everything regarding the coal b...