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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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 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.
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 | 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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Central government was pulled up by the Supreme Court, not just for interfering in the Coalgate probe today, but for a massive 'breach of trust'. Shaken by the scathing observation made by the top court in the country, the Manmohan Singh government has bee...
The Supreme Court has made damning observations about the government. The court has observed that the premier probing agency of the country, the CBI does not have any independence. The observations were made as the court looked into the affidavit submitted by ...
Reacting to the Supreme Court's observations on the CBI affidavit on sharing its report into the coal block allocation scam with the Law Ministry, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said he is studying the apex court's directives and will take the necessary act...
Reacting to the scathing observations by Supreme Court over the allegations of government interference in the coal block allocation scam report, CBI director Ranjit Sinha says that the investigating agency will abide by the directives of the apex court and wil...
Unoin law minister Ashwani Kumar finds himself in the middle of a huge political controversy after the CBI affidavit says that its status report on coal scam probe had been vetted by Kumar and his ministry. The next hearing of the case has been scheduled for M...
Supreme Court has breathed fire on the CBI over allegations that the agency allowed the government to make changes in the report into the coal block allocation, saying that the investigating agency needs to free itself from political clutches.
CBI is holding a meeting with Joint Director Policy to discuss the investigating agency's response to the observations made by Supreme Court over the allegations that there were attempts from the government to tamper with the CBI report into the coal block all...
Pressure mounts on Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar to resign as the Supreme Court came down heavily on the government over allegations that there were attempts to meddle with the CBI report on coal block allocation. Congress attempts to be distancing itself f...
An ugly war of words has broken out between two of country's top legal officials. Additional Solicitor General Harin Rawal has written an angry letter to Attorney General GE Vahanvati for making him a 'scapegoat' in the coal allocation issue. He has accused Va...
Hours before the highly important Supreme Court hearing on the allegation that government tried to influence the CBI's investigation into the coal scam, Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval has written an accusatory letter to Attorney General GE Vahanvati.
Newshour | An unexpected fight breaks out between top government law officers. Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval has written to Attorney General GE Vahanvati, accusing him of trying to shape not just the coal block allocation scam but also the other cas...
Sources claim that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met the attorney general GE Vahanvati to discuss the government's defence in the coal block allocation scam. The meeting happened during the weekend. The Supreme Court hearing on the scam is scheduled for the 30...
Sources claim that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met the attorney general GE Vahanvati to discuss the government's defence in the coal block allocation scam. The meeting took place during the weekend. The Supreme Court hearing on the scam is scheduled for the ...
The CBI has agreed that changes were made to the report on the coal scandal. According to sources Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) made changes that accounted for around 15 to 20 percent in the document.
According to sources, the report on the coal scandal was tampered with before it was released. Changes were allegedly made at two levels. First the Law Minister, Ashwani Kumar, made changes after which the PMO and the Coal Ministry also made changes.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has come to the rescue of Union law minister Ashwani Kumar, who has been named by the CBI in its affidavit on coal allocation scam report. According to the PM, there is no question of Kumar resigning and it will not be prudent to ...
Union Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanaswamy denies any interference in the CBI probe into Coalgate. CBI has submitted an affidavit on the coal block allocation in the Supreme Court today.
CBI director has submitted the affidavit on the coal block allocation scam to the Supreme Court. In the affidavit he admits that the law minister Ashwani Kumar wanted to see the draft report and it was shared with him.
The UPA government has been cornered after the CBI submitted an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying that the status report on the coal block allocation scam was seen by law minister Ashwini Kumar. The CBI director told the apex court that the report was not ...
A huge crisis hits UPA government over the affidavit submitted by the CBI director in the Supreme court. The director, in his affidavit, has said that the draft report on the coal block allocation was shared with the law minister. The Opposition is demanding t...
Documents relating to the Central Empowered Committee, that was set up by the Supreme Court, reveals that the Amelia coal block in Madhya Pradesh comes up to Rs 2000 per ton of coal obtained from an open cast mine. The documents also reveal that the Comptrolle...
Documents relating to the Central Empowered Committee, that was set up by the Supreme Court, reveals that the Amelia coal block in Madhya Pradesh comes up to Rs 2000 per ton of coal obtained from an open cast mine. The documents also reveal that CAG was playin...
Investigating officer and Superintendent of CBI, AG Kaul, has testified in a Ghaziabad court and said that no one could have killed Aarushi Talwar and Hemraj, implicating Aarushi's parents, Nupur and Rajesh Talwar. The CBI officer was deposing in the special c...
Prashant Bhushan had asked the Supreme Court to look into the allegations of governmental interference in the ongoing CBI probe into Coalgate. CBI director Ranjit Sinha evades questions on Coalgate and says that he will respond to the Supreme Court on 26th Apr...
In the backdrop of the Coalgate scam, Congress spokesperson denies allegations against the CBI and says that the investigation agency doesn't face any pressure from the government and functions independently. He also says that the Supreme Court has directed CB...
In the wake of the allegations that Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar interfered with the CBI report into coal scam, Opposition has questioned the autonomy of CBI and has demanded an SIT probe. Meanwhile, reports reveal that CBI is gearing up to file an affidav...
The BJP has hit out at former union minister Jagdish Tytler who was involved in the 1984 Sikh riots, as the Congress leader questioned the credibility of eyewitnesses. BJP says that the CBI has been repeatedly misused and no cases were filed against Congress l...
Supreme Court has asked the CBI to reopen the 1984 anti-sikh riots case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler. The CBI had earlier given Tytler a clean chit in the case. In an interview Tytler said that the Court hasn't declared him guilty but since the new w...
The Aarushi-Hemraj murder case gets a new lease of life when an official from the Gujarat Forensic Science University testifies in the CBI court that the murder was committed with a golf club and a surgical knife. He also added that Hemraj was killed in the sa...
Kerala High Court is set to hear a plea by CPI(M) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, requesting to speed up the proceedings in the SNC Lavalin case. CBI had earlier opposed the request to speed up the trial in the case.
BJP general secretary and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's key aide Amit Shah gets a relief from Supreme Court as the apex court has observed that there is no need for a fresh FIR against Shah in the fake encounter case. The apex court has said that the ...
BJP general secretary Amit Shah gets a relief from Supreme Court as the apex court has observed that there is no need for a fresh FIR against Shah in the fake encounter case. The apex court has said that the CBI chargesheet in the Tulsiram Prajapati fake encou...
In a landmark judgment, a CBI court has handed death penalty to three policemen, including one serving officer, in the 1982 Gonda fake encounter case. In all, eight accused in the case have been convicted in the case.
A petition demanding a CBI probe, has been filed in the Deepak Bhardwaj murder case, in the Delhi High Court. The realty tycoon and BSP leader was murdered by unidentified men in his farmhouse last week. The police are questioning the kin to obtain clues regar...
Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Court is set to consider the bail application of VM Radhakrishnan of the Soorya business group who has been arrested by CBI in connection with the murder of former Malabar Cements Limited (MCL) company secretary V Saseendran...
The CBI team along with the Defence Ministry representatives left to Italy for further investigation into the Rs 3,700 crore VVIP AgustaWestland helicopter scam. But sadly, the Italian officials have said that they wouldn’t be able to share details regarding...
The Prime Minister's Office is upset and angry with the Defence Minister, AK Antony as he cancelled the VVIP AgustaWestland helicopter deal with Italy without informing the office. The CBI team is all set to leave to Italy for further investigations into the s...
India's investigative agency, Central Bureau of Investigation, will arrive in Italy later in the day. The CBI team will be accompanied by officials from the Defence and Foreign Ministry. The group will meet the Italian court officials to garner more informatio...
The CBI will leave to Italy for further investigations into the AgustaWestland helicopter scam. The team will consist of two CBI officials and one member each from the Defence and Foreign Ministry. The team will meet the Italian court officials to gather more ...
The Opposition is gearing up to corner the government in the Parliament during the Budget session over the VVIP chopper scam. There is also a growing demand for SIT probe into the scam. BJP, which appears to be dissatisfied with the CBI probe which has been or...
What could only mean to be a huge setback to the CBI investigation into the allegations of kickbacks paid for the AgustaWestland helicopter scam, Italian court refuses to share documents related to the deal. The court refuses the Indian probe team access to It...
CPI leader Brinda Karat says that the report issued by the CBI on the chopper scam cannot be trusted and therefore the Supreme Court should monitor the probe and that the contract with AgustaWestland should be immediately terminated.
There is no immediate relief for Om Prakash Chautala, as the Delhi High Court rejects his interim bail application. The former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala were sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment in the illegal...
The Bharatiya Janata Party says that the Central Bureau of Investigation's probe into the VVIP helicopter procurement scam is not enough and wants the government to order a Special Investigation Team, monitored by Supreme Court of India, to investigated the sc...
The Bharatiya Janata Party says that the Central Bureau of Investigation's probe into the VVIP helicopter procurement scam is not enough and wants the government to order an investigation monitored by Supreme Court of India. According to BJP leader Mukhtar Abb...
Former Union minister during the NDA regime Jaswant Singh speaks up on the chopper deal scam. According to him, media should not indulge in wild speculations but wait for the probe report to come out. He says that the investigators should first find the money ...
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court in connection with the Agusta Westland helicopter deal, seeking probe by a Special Investigation Team or a Central Vigilance Commission probe. The Defence Minister AK Antony has already ordered a CBI probe in the matte...
Jagan Mohan Reddy's illegal assets case is getting murkier day by day as the CBI has filed a petition, questioning the Supreme Court's decision to grant bail to the second accused Vijay Sai Reddy. The hearing for the same will take place on 22nd Feb. Reddy is ...
The Supreme Court has demanded explanation over delay in filing appeal against Allahabad High Court verdict which granted relief to BJP and VHP leaders. The BJP leaders, who are accused in the case, were contesting the delay of CBI in filing appeal.
Thursday was a busy day at the Nampally criminal courts. The special CBI court gave orders relating to the extension of remand of the accused and also took on record the presence of minister Dharmana Prasad Rao who was asked to appear before the court in the J...
Court of Special Judge CBI, Panchkula has directed the CBI Magistrate Panchkula to hear Anand Prakash's application challenging CBI's closure report on cases against SPS Rathore. The court has been asked to give Anand Prakash, who is the father of one of Ruchi...
Denying the reports by the State committee’s deliberations on VS seeking Nandakumar's help to influence Supreme Court judges to implicate Pinarayi Vijayan in SNC Lavalin case, VS Achuthanandan said the people would reject such reports with contempt. He also ...
Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the incumbent chief minister of Haryana, appeals to the people to maintain peace after a Delhi court sentenced former state chief minister Om Prakash Chautala in the illegal teachers' recruitment scam. Hooda, talking to the media, says t...
Supporters of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala who went on a rampage while protesting his arrest in the teachers recruitment scam, are under control. Hundreds of supporters of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader, who was found the main c...
Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala were sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment in the illegal teacher's recruitment scam. The two were taken into custody on January 16, after being found guilty by a court of illeg...