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.
A new petition has been filed in the Supreme Court in the coal scam case. This petition has been filed demanding appropriate action against the additional solicitor general, Harin Rawal, and attorney general, Goolam Vahanvati, for misleading the court, that is...
Three suspended Maharashtra MLAs, Pradeep Jaiswal, Jaikumar Rawal and Rajan Salve, have been asked to appear before the inquiry committee looking into the assault on a police officer case on Tuesday. Meanwhile the state home ministry has suggested that the CCT...
At least two MLAs could be arrested among those who had been named for beaten up a cop, ASI Sachin Suryavanshi for doing his duty, in the Maharashtra Assembly, yesterday. A group of crime branch officials are currently inside the Assembly conducting investigat...
Newshour | Assistant police inspector Sachin Suryavanshi was beaten up by several MLAs across party lines inside the Maharashtra Assembly after MLA Kshitij Thakur moved a Breach of Privilege motion against the policeman for stopping him for speeding the previo...
St George hospital in Maharashtra released a statement that assistant police inspector Sachin Suryavanshi, who was beaten up by several MLAs in the State Assembly, has suffered major internal injuries. The hospital has said that he has sustained injuries on hi...
Indian politicians are known to put their foot in their mouths. And recent months have delivered many such pearls of 'wisdom', similes and comparisons, that may have earned them a few claps from their audience. But for the larger world, it only appeared a case...
BJP supporters conduct mock wedding of Bollywood item girl Rakhi Sawant and Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal in Kanpur over his sexist remarks. The party supporters organized a wedding procession with posters of Sriprakash Jaiswal and Rakhi Sawant and danced o...
Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal is getting scorn poured on him in his hometown of Kanpur. BJP's Yuva Morcha carried out a procession with a banner depicting him as a groom, and Rakhi Sawant as the bride. But the moot point being why the BJP was insulting Rakh...
A petition has been filed in a local court in Kanpur, on Wednesday, against Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal, by Anita Dua, who runs an NGO Lakhsya, a day after he apologised for the derogatory comments he had made on women, but claimed that he had been quoted...
Watch how Sonia backfired at the BJP, Lalu slammed Nitish's government in Bihar, women filed petition against Jaiswal for sexist comments and how a train escaped an accident in spite of its bogie cutting loose from the engine.
A petition was filed on Wednesday against Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal, a day after he apologised for the derogatory comments he had made on women, but claimed that he had been quoted out of context. Earlier, during a poetry meet at KK Girls College in Kan...
Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal apologizes for his comments on women and says that it was misconstrued. He had earlier commented that a marriage becomes boring as times goes by. This was condemned by the NCW as it found the comment very demeaning to women.
Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal's remark that old marriages lack fun has send shockwaves across the nation. Women's activists have demanded an apology from the Union Minister. Jaiswal made this remark at a function in Kanpur.
Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal's remark at a function in Kanpur that old marriages lack fun has send shockwaves across the nation. Women's activists have demanded an apology from the Union Minister. Jaiswal has so far been silent over the entire issue.
The CBI now registers a preliminary inquiry into the coalgate scam since 1993 to 2004. The agency has already incorporated the names of 25 private companies in the probe. According to sources in the CBI, BJP MP Ajay Sancheti's company is also under the scanne...
Newshour | The CVC recommends that the CBI needs to widen the scope of investigation and include all coal block allocations done from 1993. This would mean that all allocations done during the previous NDA regime would also be scrutinized. Is there a politics ...
The CVC recommends that the CBI probe all coal block allocations done from 1993. This would mean that all allocations done during the previous NDA regime would also be scrutinized. The CBI has been checking allocations made since 2006.
The CVC recommends that the CBI probe all coal block allocations done from 1993. This would mean that all allocations done during the previous NDA regime would also be scrutinized. The CBI has been checking allocations made since 2006.
CBI summons Manoj Jayaswal for questioning in the coalgate scam. His brother Arvind Jayaswal had already been quizzed by the CBI in the same scam. Manoj and Arvind were in the news recently after it was revealed that Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal was named ...
According to sources, the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) might recommend the deallocation of six more coal blocks on the basis of non-development within the stipulated time. Many companies also face withdrawal of bank guarantees. While the government is trying ...
The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) recommends the deallocation of three more coal blocks for non-development. The IMG has also recommended withdrawal of bank guarantees. The coal mines allocated to private firms are in the process of being deallocated on the ba...
Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal is nominated as an arbitrator in an internal letter by Manoj Jayaswal, who is named in three of the five FIRs filed by the CBI for coal block allocation irregularities. FIRs are also filed against unnamed Government officials i...
Newshour | Jharkhand CM Arjun Munda gets into trouble for allegedly recommending a coal block allocation to one of Jayaswal brothers' firms. Post the revelation, the CM tried hard to put the ball into the Centre's court, claiming that the final decision was fo...
Newshour | Coal Minster Sriprakash Jaiswal has always maintained a distance with the scam and said that he had nothing to do with it. But, fresh documents reveal that he was named arbitrator in 2008 in the dispute between the Jayaswal brothers of Nagpur. The s...
After it has been found that the Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal was named the arbitrator in the 2008 in the dispute between the Jayaswal brothers of Nagpur, BJP demands that the Minister be sacked. The Jayaswal brothers have been named in CBI FIRs for irregu...
Newshour | Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal speaks about him being named the arbitrator in the 2008 in the dispute between the Jayaswal brothers of Nagpur. The brothers have been named in CBI FIRs for irregularities in allocation of coal blocks.
Following IMG recommendations, the Government agrees to deallocate coal blocks. Four coal mines allocated to private firms will be deallocated on the basis of non-development of the coal mines within the prescribed time. The private firms that face deallocatio...
The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) recommends deallocation of four coal mines alloted to private firms. The IMG also recommends encashing of bank guarantee of three firms. All these deallocations are based on grounds on non-development of mines within the presc...
Sensational disclosures in the coal scam. Aaj Tak has documents that show the a few companies had submitted fake documents to support to their case for allotment of coal blocks. These documents specifically denounce the UPA government's claim that there was no...
Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has remained evasive when confronted with questions on the documents that revealed that he was nominated as the final arbitrator in the dispute between Jaiswal brothers who figure in three CBI FIRs into the massive irregu...
SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav says that the coalgate scam is on a much massive scale than the 2G spectrum allocation scam. He says that the coal scam happened because the Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal acted on his own accord. This sudden change of heart and...
The Inter Ministerial Group gears up for the meet in which the report on progress of coal blocks allotted to 29 private companies will be discussed. The report will then be sent to Prime Minister's Office. Meanwhile the BJP continues to attack Union Coal Minis...
Newshour | Union Coal Minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal is being linked with the controversial mining baron Manoj Jaiswal. Accusing the minister of foul play, the Opposition is demanding an explanation from him. Samajwadi Party too has joined BJP in attacking the C...
The coverage on the Coalgate scam began with the delay in tabling the CAG report on coal allocations in Parliament. This was followed by a 1000-page expose on the Screening Committee's report on the matter. In time, the links of nepotism and impropriety were u...
Facing the heat over Coalgate, so far the government's defence has been that the critical decisions regarding the controversial coal block allocations were being taken in continuation of the policies of previous governments including the NDA government. Howeve...
Hour by hour, session by session, the entire Monsoon session is washed out due to the Coalgate debate. The ruckus and disruption in Parliament have cost the taxpayer an additional 30 crore rupees, if the 1.87 lakh crore rupees loss estimated in the coal alloca...
The PMO note from 2005 clearly states that the PMO dismissed the power rate hike that would result from an auction. BJP leader Arun Jaitley says that placing the responsibility on the state governments is incorrect as it was the PMO and the Prime Minister Manm...
Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal assures that action will be taken against the culprits in the coal scam. He said both the IMG and CBI are looking into this. Meanwhile, the coal scam continues to hang over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as a note from a meetin...
Taking the offensive approach to a whole different level, the Congress has lashed back at the BJP harder than expected. Gunning for the jugular, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has attacked BJP President Nitin Gadkari. Jairam Ramesh has alleged that ...
After the BJP comes out all guns blazing against Congress MP Vijay Darda, for his alleged involvement in the coal allocation scam, the Congress hits back harder, gunning for none other than the BJP President Nitin Gadkari. Rural Development Minister Jairam Ram...
The Congress is turning the Coalgate heat back on the Opposition. While the BJP continues to stall the Parliament for the third consecutive week, the Congress is taking the protest to the opposition ruled states. Hundreds of Congress workers attempted to ghera...
BJP Spokesperson Prakash Javadekar lashes out at Union Minister Jairam Ramesh for dragging BJP President Nitin Gadkari's key aide into the 'Coalgate' battle. Rubbishing the allegations, the BJP calls Jairam's comments a diversionary tactic and promises to agit...
RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav speaks out regarding the logjam in the Upper House of Parliament over the SC/ST reservations in promotions Bill. Reiterating the necessity of clearing the Quota Bill, the RJD Chief takes on both the ruling UPA government and the BJP...
Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has said that the government is doing whatever it can as far as questioning companies, which failed to produce coal after they were allocated coal blocks, is concerned. The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) meet is looking no...
The government attempts to table the SC/ST reservations in promotions Bill in the Upper House of Parliament amidst absolute chaos. The BJP-led NDA opposition stubbornly refuses to relent, even temporarily, on its attack against the government. The BJP is deman...
BJP has disrupted the proceedings of Parliament again over coal block allocation, insisting on the demands that they have been putting forward. The CBI's chargesheet, in which Congress MP Vijay Darda and Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal's kin have been n...
BJP has disrupted the proceedings of Parliament again over coal block allocation, insisting on the demands that they have been putting forward. The CBI's chargesheet, in which Congress MP Vijay Darda and Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal's kin have been n...
Congress has began feeling the direct heat of coal scam after Congress MP Vijay Darda and Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal's kin have been named in the CBI chargesheet. Darda has been charged with deliberately misreporting financial and technical capabil...
The CBI teams fanned out in over ten cities raiding those companies named in their primary FIRs, which are said to have illegally benefited from nepotism in coal block allocations. Meanwhile, Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal reiterated that the policy fo...
The CBI conducted raids across 30 locations in Patna, Hyderabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Nagpur, Ranchi and Hyderabad. The companies that are being raided are JLD Yavatmal Energy, Vimmy Iron, Nabharat, GS Infra and Abhijit Group owned by Manoj Jaiswal. Cases have also...
This MLA of the Congress from Rudhauli (Basti) in Uttar Pradesh had an altercation with a doctor couple after he felt insulted that they did not treat a patients who was a relative of the MLA's supporters. The MLA and his supporters then attacked their house, ...
Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal takes on the Opposition for continually stalling the Parliamentary proceedings over coal block allocation saying that the people will not consider BJP to be a credible party if it continues to disrupt the Parliament. He a...
Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has said that there will not be any judicial probe into the coal block allocation scam. He has further said that it is not possible for the government to cancel all the licences.
Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has said that the NDA government had begun allocating the coal blocks. He has further said that the coal blocks were allotted during the UPA-I regime and therefore there is no base of linking the allocations to him. He has also...
Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid accuses the BJP of causing an immense loss to the country by disrupting the Parliament. Khurshid says that each time the Parliament is disrupted, not only is the exchequer's money being lost, but the valuable time that could ...
BJP again drowns the proceedings in the Parliament by shouting slogans in both the Houses. While the Congress tried to conduct business for a while, the sloganeering soon veered out of control and the House had to be adjourned.
The BJP agrees to allow Parliament to function normally if two conditions are met. The conditions include cancellation of all coal block allocations and a fair probe into the findings of the CAG report. However, the Congress refuses to agree to pre-conditions ...
An Inter-Ministerial group (IMG) will decide what action to take against the 58 companies that were alloted coal blocks but had not begun production yet. This is seen as a sign of stepping up exercises to ensure production and resolve the Parliament logjam as ...
The 'coalgate' war has now hit the streets. BJP workers have organized a protest outside the residence of Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal in Kanpur which turned violent. Police was forced to resort to lathicharge to disperse the rioting crowd.
The 'coalgate' war has now hit the streets. Supporters of Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal have clashed with BJP workers who have allegedly torn down the posters of Jaiswal. BJP workers had organized a protest outside the residence of Jaiswal in Kanpur w...
Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has said that no decision has been taken over the cancellation of coal block licenses. The Opposition, which has been demanding the resignation of Prime Minister over coal block allocation, has now shifted its demands to ...
The 'coalgate' war has now hit the streets. Supporters of Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal have clashed with BJP workers who have allegedly torn down the posters of Jaiswal. BJP workers had organized a protest outside the residence of Jaiswal in Kanpur w...
Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has said no decision has been taken over the cancellation of coal block licenses. The opposition, which has been demanding the resignation of Prime Minister over coal block allocation has now shifted its demands to cancel...
Headlines Today has exposed Coal Minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal's nepotism in coal block allocation. The coal block was allotted to Jaiswal's kin Manoj Jayaswal's Abhijeet Infrastructure Ltd. But the company hasn't produced any coal at all since its allocation i...
The opposition has stepped up its pressure on the government, attacking the Prime Minister directly over Coalgate saying that the PM Manmohan Singh is responsible for the alleged scam as he was the then Coal Minister. The CAG report on coal allocations during ...
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev toes the BJP line demanding the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The BJP is also demanding the immediate resignation of Subodh Singh Sahay for his misdemeanor and lack of propriety in office. The Union Minister has ...
A day after Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay admitted that he lobbied for his brother with the PMO for coal block allocation, the opposition is gunning for the Tourism Minister. The BJP is demanding the immediate resignation of Subodh Singh Sahay for h...
After creating a furore in Parliament for over a week, the BJP has now taken its protest against the government to the streets. The BJP-led opposition is demanding the cancellation of the 142 coal blocks that have been allocated during the UPA tenure. The BJP ...
Clearly cornered by the Opposition on all fronts and with almost no escape routes left following the untimely 'confession' of Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi meets President Pranab Mukherjee, the former Congress troubleshooter ...
After being targeted time and again, the Congress has been pushed into choosing an offensive strategy as the best defense. The UPA government is now going out of its way to justify the graft allegations leveled against Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay. The U...
A day after Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay admitted that he lobbied for his brother with the PMO for coal block allocation, the opposition is gunning for the Tourism Minister. The BJP is demanding the immediate resignation of Subodh Singh Sahay for h...
Editor-in-Chief of Times Now, Arnab Goswami, moderates a discussion between BJP leader Ravishankar Prasad and Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari on Subodh Kant Sahay's gaffe. Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay denies has denied allegations of any wrongd...
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is planning to hold a meeting of all UPA allies to attempt formulating a strategy to combat the opposition in Parliament. Sonia Gandhi is likely to discuss the demands of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav. The SP supremo h...
Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay denies has denied allegations of any wrongdoing or nepotism in the allocation of coal blocks. However the Minister was forced to admit that the company SKS Ispat, which he recommended to the Prime Minister, had his brot...
Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay allegedly went out of his way to lobby with the Prime Minister's Office for a coal block for his brother. The opposition demanded the Tourism Minister's resignation following his confession that he wrote a letter to the PMO req...
The Congress-led UPA government is brazenly trying to defend the indefensible. Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has openly defended Tourism Minister Subodh Singh Sahay's statements. The Coal Minister claims that there is nothing wrong in the letter written by ...
The Congress attempts a comeback after its own Union Minister shoots the party in the leg. Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal attempts to clarify the Congress-led UPA government's stand on Tourism Minister Subodh Singh Sahay's gaffe. The Congress is put in a tig...
Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal attempts to clarify the Congress-led UPA government's stand on the latest gaffe in the Coalgate. Tourism Minister Subodh Singh Sahay put the Congress in a tight spot after confessing to 'nepotism' in the allocation of coal bloc...
Tourism Minister Subodh Singh Sahay's acceptance of nepotism in coal block allocations has left the Prime Minister's office in a soup. Sahay goes to the extent of saying that he received the a green signal from the Prime Minister in this regard. The letter wri...
The BJP has unleashed another scathing attack on the Congress, particularly on the Prime Minister, over the coal allocation scam. This time it was Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay's statement that led to the party's undoing. Tourism Minister Subodh Singh Sahay...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has refused to be drawn into a war of words with the BJP over the Coalgate scam. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returns from the NAM summit in Tehran and speaks to the media onboard Air India One. Making it clear that he has to mai...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returns from the NAM summit in Tehran and speaks to the media onboard Air India One. Making it clear that he has to maintain the dignity of his office, the Prime Minister makes it clear that he will not exit office over baseless ...
Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay has refused to quit over allegations of nepotism in coal block allocations. The Union Minister's weak defense over the allegation that he sought favour for his brother for coal block allocations has given credence to charges ...
Days after Times Now exposed Tourism Minister Subodh Kant's letter to the PMO, which lobbied for coal blocks for his brother's company, the Union Minister reacts. In a shocking reply to a frenzied question, the Tourism Minister admits on camera his role in the...
BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar, says that it is a shame that Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai has recommended his own brother's company for the coal block allocation. A Screening Committee document has revealed that Sahai favored his brother Sudhir K Sah...
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajiv Shukla lashes out at the BJP for holding proceedings in the Parliament hostage to their demands yet again. He asks the BJP-led opposition to stay at home and shirk their responsibilities rather than causing an uproar ...
The BJP has upped the ante against the Congress-led UPA government following the Tourism Minister's confession to nepotism in coal block allocations. The BJP slams the government for questioning the veracity of the CAG report, and raking up issues at the state...
Senior CPM leader Sitaram Yechury takes the fight back to the Congress following the 'Sahay' controversy. The Left demands that the Union Minister be sacked immediately and that all the licenses be cancelled with immediate effect. The Left claims that proceedi...
Left leader Sitaram Yechury says that West Bengal had asked for 20 coal blocks and the Government had allocated only six. Those six blocks were also allocated to public sector companies and therefore West Bengal Government has been very straightforward and hon...
The BJP and Left demand that the Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai resign on moral grounds as he has been found guilty of promoting his brother's company for coal block allocations. Documents of the Screening Committee name Sudhir K Sahai, the brother of Subo...
On moral grounds, should Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai resign? The Minister had agreed that Sudhir K Sahai, named in the Screening Committee documents was indeed his brother. The documents name a particular Sudhir K Sahai who is also a director of the SK...
Former Comptroller and Auditor General TN Chaturvedi has spoken out strongly against Congress leader Digvijaya Singh's jibe against Vinod Rai. Digvijaya Singh had accused Vinod Rai of having political ambitions. He had hinted at a biased CAG report that was me...
After a starling revelation on his involvement in the coal allocation scam, Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay goes into damage-control mode at a press conference. In a complete U-turn, he rubbishes allegations of being involved in illegal lobbying for coal bl...
In a desperate attempt to soothe the troubled water, Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay addresses the media. He denies allegations of nepotism that are leveled against him. The Union Minister refuses to resign but justifies his 'confession' stating that his br...
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav along with the TDP and the Left take on the BJP and the Congress in Parliament. In what is being viewed as the 'Third Front' the SP, Left and the TDP protest the continued stalling of Parliament proceedings. The grou...
The story repeats itself day-after-day as the Parliament gets adjourned due to chaos. The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha reconvened after the adjournment in the morning to more sloganeering and noise.
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi calls for a meeting of top Congress leaders presumably to discuss the strategies for breaking the deadlock in the Parliament. She will also discuss how to tackle the SP's sudden decision to stage dharna.