Rallying behind its tainted ministers, the Congress has decided that there needs to be some damage control. The Congress core group is likely to take a final call on the fate of its ministers Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Kumar Bansal tomorrow. There is pressure on ...
Sonia Gandhi has asked the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take a decision soon on both railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, as well as law minister Ashwani Kumar. According to sources, Gandhi has said that whatever happened in the past cannot be undone, but ...
The Congress is likely to take final call on its minister Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Kumar Bansal by tomorrow evening. The core group, which was slated to meet today, will be meeting tomorrow for a discussion on the fate of the two Cabinet ministers.
News Night | In the wake of the scathing observations by Supreme Court, the government reportedly is planning to sack Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and move Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar to another portfolio. Why has the government decided to mo...
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...
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...
Law minister Ashwani Kumar outrightly denies meeting the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today. There is tremendous pressure on the law minister to step down after his scathing indictment by the Supreme Court. Congress wants the Prime Minister to take a decision...
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...
Law minister Ashwani Kumar outrightly denies meeting the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today. There is tremendous pressure on the law minister to step down after his scathing indictment by the Supreme Court. Congress wants the Prime Minister to take a decision...
The PM met the President today to discuss the current political situation. Attorney general GE Vahanvati had met the PM earlier today. The A-G had told the SC yesterday that he had met the CBI director at the instance of the law minister. Congress wants the Pr...
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...
Congress' decision on Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar is expected to come by evening. The Congress core committee will meet to discuss the fate of the leaders at the Center. It is believed that Sonia Gandhi has already expres...
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...
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...
Newshour | Has the Supreme Court's observations on the Coalgate cover-up taken the sheen off Karnataka victory for the Congress? The Supreme Court came down heavily on the law minister, CBI, Attorney General GE Vahanvati, and former Additional Solicitor Genera...
News Night | The Supreme Court's scathing observations over the government interference into the coal block allocation report have done nothing to deter the government from continuing to defend and protect Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar. Can the Congress par...
Although Congress has managed to pull off a commendable victory in Karnataka Assembly elections, Supreme Court observations into the coal block allocation scam has taken away much of the glory from the victory. Will the government demand Law Minister Ashwani K...
Even after the Supreme Court came down heavily on the law minister, CBI, Attorney General GE Vahanvati, and former Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval, over their role in Coalgate cover-up case, Congress is not seeking the ouster of the law minister. The ...
After the indictment of the law minister and the government by the Supreme Court today, the Opposition is demanding Prime Minister's resignation. They say that the law minister was just a human shield for the PM. Even after the Supreme Court came down heavily ...
The Supreme Court came down heavily on the law minister, CBI, Attorney General GE Vahanvati, and former Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval. The Court asked the CBI director to give undertaking that probe report will not be shared. The government has been...
The Supreme Court comes down heavily on the CBI, Attorney General GE Vahanvati, and former Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval. The Court asks the CBI director to give undertaking that probe report will not be shared. The government has been asked to file...
After the indictment of law minister and the government by the Supreme Court today, BJP is demanding Prime Minister's resignation. They say that the law minister was just a human shield for the PM. BJP attacks PM and his role in the coal scam.
Even after the Supreme Court came down heavily on the law minister, CBI, Attorney General GE Vahanvati, and former Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval, over their role in Coalgate cover-up case, Congress is not seeking the ouster of the law minister. The ...
The Supreme Court came out with scathing indictment of the law minister and the CBI, saying the heart of the Coalgate report was changed because of the suggestions of government officials. The court has said that the CBI repeats the orders from the government ...
The continuance of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar in the ministry could be linked to the shape of things expected to unfold during the hearing in the Supreme Court on the Coalgate issue today. The Supreme Court has come out with scathing indictment of the law mini...
An Islamic cleric and 200 others have been arrested in Bangladesh as part of mass detention, in connection with the violent clashes that broke out over an anti-blasphemy law. The Islamic activists have been holding protests to demand that the government implem...
The Supreme Court has slammed government over its attempt to interfere with the CBI report into the coal block allocation scam. In the wake of the apex court observations, will the government ask Law Minister Ashwani Kumar to resign? How long can the governmen...
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 continuance of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar in the ministry could be linked to the shape of things expected to unfold during the hearing in the Supreme Court on the Coalgate issue today. The minister has drawn flak for meddling in the work of the CBI by sugg...
Congress is moving towards a single party majority in Karnataka while BJP has slid to the third spot in the state. While on the other hand, both the houses of the Parliament faced disruptions as the Opposition continued to demand the resignation of Law Ministe...
Today is a big day in the world of politics. The Karnataka state elections results as well the Supreme Court verdict on the coal scam report will be passed today. Law Minister Ashwani Kumar's future in the Cabinet will be determined by the verdict. On the oth...
The election results of the Karnataka Assembly elections will be announced by the end of the day. There is little doubt that the Congress will win a majority in this election. But the question arises is whether the result of the poll will be affected by the Su...
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...
Congress party is keen on getting the food security bill passed in Lok Sabha at the earliest, but BJP has made it clear that it will not allow the houses of the Parliament to function unless Congress makes Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar resign from their...
With just four days left for the session to get over, Congress is working steadily towards bringing in the food security bill ahead of the upcoming 2014 general elections. BJP has said that until the Railway Minister and Law Minister do not resign they will no...
As BJP continues to protest and demand the resignation of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, the Lok Sabha had to be adjourned till 1 PM.
While Congress gets ready to get the food security bill to be passed in the Lok Sabha, BJP has said that it will not allow the Houses to function unless Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar resign from their posts. BJP leader Yashwant Sinha in an interview sai...
Despite all the protests in Lok Sabha, the Congress-led UPA government is determined to get the food security bill passed. The government tabled the report yesterday, but due to the disruption caused by the Opposition, the bill couldn't be taken up for conside...
As BJP continues to demand the resignation of the Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Congress is adamant that their ministers will not resign until the investigation reports on respective scams are submitted. The BJP has made i...
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...
BJP continues to demand the resignation of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal as well as Law Minister Ashwani Kumar. The BJP has threatened to disrupt the proceedings of Parliament if their demands are not met. The Congress government, in order to shift the f...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Law Minister Ashwani Kumar is caught in the eye of the coalgate storm. The CBI filed a fresh affidavit in the Supreme Court today, saying the status report was vetted by the Minister and the PMO, among others. The CBI has also put forth the changes made to its...
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.
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 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 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...
BJP has decided that it will not keep quiet on the coalgate report scandal as well as the railway scam and will bring up the issue in both the Houses of the Parliament today. They have been demanding the resignations of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar as well as Ra...
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...
Distancing himself from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, Solicitor General of India says that the Prime Minister was not aware of the controversial meet as he hasn't been monitoring every detail. Speaking about his meeting with the...
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...
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 ...
The Supreme Court's observations into the allegations that the government interfered with the report into the coal block allocation scam have left the Congress and government cringing. The ripples of this scathing attack by the apex court were felt in the Parl...
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...
Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi says that the party has never commented against the observations of any court and it will maintain the same stance in the Supreme Court's observations into the coalgate too. Is the Congress trying to distance itself from Union ...
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...
Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi has said that the discussion held with Saudi officials over the problems faced by Indians owing to the 'Nitaqat law' has been fruitful.
Sources claim that the BJP will stage a walkout in the Parliament tomorrow, when the finance bill is tabled. Sources further claim that BJP leader Sushma Swaraj will make a short speech at around 12:15 tomorrow, after which she will be leading the charge for t...
BJP leader Prakash Javadekar says that the BJP will continue protesting against the coal and 2G scams in both the Houses. Sources claim that party leader Sushma Swaraj will be leading the charge in the Parliament tomorrow, after her speech.
BJP leader Prakash Javadekar says that the BJP will let the Finance Bill pass, but continue protesting against the coal scam and the 2G scam in both the Houses. Sources claim that party leader Sushma Swaraj will be leading the charge in the Parliament tomorrow...
Despite an all-party meeting called before the sessions began in both the Houses of the Parliament, the Opposition leaders made sure that the proceedings were disrupted. They continued to shout slogans demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister, following...
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 ...
Newshour | CBI director has admitted that law minister Ashwini Kumar had wanted to see the draft report of the coal scam and that it was shared with him. Has the CBI affidavit eroded the credibility of the Law minister and the UPA? BJP leader Smriti Irani, ex-...
Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley has hit out at the government by asking them to answer key questions that were posed on the coal scam status report. He also presses for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and law minister Ash...
Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley has hit out at the government by asking them to answer key questions that were posed on the status report. He also presses for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and law minister Ashiwini Kuma...
CBI director Ranjit Sinha has admitted that law minister Ashwini Kumar had wanted to see the draft report of the coal scam. Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley has hit out at the government by asking them to answer key questions that were pos...
A Congress core group meet has been scheduled for today at 6PM over the CBI affidavit in the Supreme Court. The meeting will be chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence. Earlier today, CBI director Ranjit Sinha had admitted that law minister A...
The sources from the Congress have said that the government will be deciding the fate of law minister Ashwini Kumar only after the court hearing on April 30th, in connection with the coal block allocation scam. According to the sources, Prime Minister Manmohan...
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...
In the backdrop of the leak of the draft report of the coal scam, government sources reveal that law minister Ashwini Kumar will be asked to resign if the Supreme Court says that 'there was impropriety', however, there is no question of the Prime Minister's re...
The CBI's affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court today claims that the agency's earlier report on coal allocation scam was vetted by Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and the Prime Minister's Office.
Backing his Cabinet colleague Ashwani Kumar, Union Minister Kamal Nath says there is no question of the Law Minister's resignation now. The CBI has stated in its affidavit that only the draft report was discussed with the Law Minister and the PMO, not the fina...
The CBI's affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court today claims that the agency's earlier report on coal allocation scam was vetted by Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and the Prime Minister's Office. CPI leader Atul Anjaan says this is a clear violation of law.
The CBI has finally submitted its affidavit to the Supreme Court saying its earlier report on the coal block allocation scam was vetted by a political executive.
CBI Director Ranjit Sinha filed a two-page affidavit in Supreme Court claiming the Law Minister and the Prime Minister's Office had vetted the agency's draft report on coal block allocation.
Newshour | The Uttar Pradesh ministers make one bizarre comment after another. Three ministers of the Akhilesh Yadav government went on an unstoppable power trip and took the law and order situation in the state as a 'hostage'. Textile minister Shivkumar Beria...