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 ...
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...
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 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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 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 ...
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...
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 ...
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj says that the current government is the most corrupt. She said that the BJP is forced to disrupt the Parliament over massive issues of corruption. She attacked the government's controversy surrounding CBI's C...
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj says that the current government is the most corrupt. She said that the BJP is forced to disrupt the Parliament over massive issues of corruption. She attacked the government's controversy surrounding CBI's C...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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.
Opposition disrupts the functioning of both the Houses of Parliament over the coal block allocation scam, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar over the matter. It appears the Budget Session of Parliament is ...
BJP is all set to take on the government in both Houses of the Parliament. BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Murli Manohar Joshi said that they would protest in the well of the House. BJP has accused the UPA government of tampering with the 2G report as well as th...
The Parliament, which reconvenes today, is likely to witness dramatic scenes as the NDA and the Left are planning to corner the government over the issues of JPC draft on 2G which exonerated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram and ...
The Parliament, which reconvenes today, is likely to witness dramatic scenes as the NDA and the Left are planning to corner the government over the issues of JPC draft on 2G which exonerated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram and ...
There is fresh controversy in the coal block allocation scam as a media report has brought fresh embarrassment for the UPA government. A media report shows that the law ministry, under the UPA government, vetted the coal scam probe status report before its sub...
The UPA government is facing major embarrassment over the allegations that the law minister and officials in the Prime Minister's Office had reviewed and altered the probe status report submitted by the CBI to the Supreme Court, about the coal block allocation...
The law ministry is now in a huddle after reports came out how law minister Ashwani Kumar forced the CBI director Ranjit Sinha to water down the coal scam probe report. Attorney General GE Vahanvati meets with the law minister, who refuses to respond to any me...
Hitting back at BJP's accusations about the government trying to influence the CBI, Congress leader Rashid Alvi says that the investigating agency has always functioned independently and there has been no outside influence by the central government. Alvi was r...
Congress leader Rashid Alvi, speaking out about the latest revelation that the UPA government had vetted the coal scam investigation status report before it was submitted in the Supreme Court, says the CBI has always functioned independently and there has been...
Training his guns on the UPA government, BJP's leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley says that the government is trying to save Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. According to a media report, the UPA government had vetted the coal scam investig...
The Deputy leader of BJP Ravishankar Prasad in a press conference today made allegations against the Congress, after the Congress attacked the party using RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy's controversial Twitter post. The BJP demanded answers as to why the Congress ...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has attacked the media, asking the media to avoid the desire and tendency to be sensational. Further on he has said that although the desire to be sensational is highly tempting, it has to be avoided so that nothing that divides t...
Taking on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA government, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu has asked why the government has not initiated any action on coal block allocation scam and other scams like 2G. Further on, he has said that blaming the Opposition or the ...
There are indications that those ministers who are under the scanner over coal block allocation scam may face the axe. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to demand the replacement of those ministers against whom the needles of suspicion have been turned.
Taking on the government over coal block allocation scam, BJP has questioned the silence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the matter. The party has said that the Centre's claim that the state governments are responsible for the coal block allocations is u...
The PMO responds to the PMO note exposed by Times Now and insists the decision to allocate coal through a Screening Committee was a collective decision of both the States and the Centre. The meeting minutes state that the bidding process was put on hold and a...
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...
Addressing a press conference at the end of the monsoon session of the Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blames the BJP for a wasted session of the Parliament. But on the other hand, BJP says Manmohan Singh is the only Prime Minister who is proud of hi...
At the end of the last day of the Parliament's monsoon session, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks to the media outside the Parliament building. He says the there were two forums open to the Opposition to discuss their issues with the coal block allotment --...
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...
The minutes of a meeting held at the PMO on Jul 25, 2005 states that the Prime Minister in his capacity as the Minister of Coal had approved the allocation of coal through the Screening Committee. It was decided that amending the Coal Act to introduce competit...
It is the last day of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament, and by the looks of it this is also going to be a washout. MPs of NDA trooped outside the Parliament and sat on dharna. Their single-point refrain: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should resign over th...
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...
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...
Headlines Today exposes the massive hole in the government's 'zero-loss' theory with regard to the coal allocation scam. Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram questioned how any loss could be incurred if not even a single block of coal had been mined. This expo...
The CBI probe unearths documents into the coal allocation scam that have raised many political eyebrows. All coal block allocations made during the UPA government's tenure in 2004, were reportedly signed off by the then Coal Minister, Manmohan Singh. Prime Min...
The Congress-led UPA government seems to have pulled off a masterstroke as far as the SC/ST reservation in promotion Bill is concerned. The quota Bill is scheduled to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha again tomorrow. The Congress is attempting to put the BJP on...
A new revelation into the Coalgate probe has raised eyebrows. All coal block allocations made during the tenure of the UPA government's tenure in 2004, were reportedly signed off by the then Coal Minister, Manmohan Singh. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was...
The Congress has also called for a probe into the allegations made by the BJP. the Congress MPs are expected to approach the Central Vigilance Commission with a petition soon. The Congress has now sought an expansion of the CBI probe now going on in the alloca...
The Rajya Sabha is adjourned yet again as the BJP holds the Parliament hostage until their demands, in connection with the coal allocation scam, are met. The impasse in Parliament now enters the third consecutive week. The BJP and the Congress have both harden...
In an attempt to end the logjam in both Houses of Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is now taking matters into his own hands. The Prime Minister has called a meeting with all senior UPA leaders to formalize a strategy to combat the BJP's stubborn attit...
BJP Spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad reiterates the opposition's stand against the government in connection with the coal block allocation scam. The BJP has three demands. They have called for the resignation of the Prime Minister because he was the Coal Minist...
BJP leader Ravishankar Prasad claims that the Opposition is not to blame for the logjam in Parliament. He blames the arrogance of the UPA government for the washout of the entire monsoon session of Parliament. The BJP has three demands. They have called for th...
BJP's message to BSP leader Mayawati is back us and we will back the bill. The BJP has agreed to allow the quota bill to be passed in the Rajya Sabha if Mayawati supports it in its demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation and the cancellation of ...
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...
BJP leader Sushma Swaraj takes on the government for being 'stubborn' and not conceding its 'obvious' role in the massive coal allocation scam. The Opposition continues to stall proceedings in the Parliament, as the standoff enters the third consecutive week....
Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal addresses a press conference and rebutts some of the charges made by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj. The BJP-led opposition continues to hold the Parliament hostage, creating an uproar in the Parliament as...
BJP Spokesperson Prakash Javadekar lashes out at the Congress government in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the Centre for the misuse of law and order personnel. The BJP demands an answer from the Congress, as to why the Telangana protestors were lathicharged ...
The BJP-led opposition continues to hold the Parliament hostage, creating an uproar in the Parliament as the impasse enters the third consecutive week. The BJP and the Congress have both hardened their stand on the issues brought to light by the controversial ...
The BJP questions the CBI probe into the coal scam and if it will be impartial. It maintains its stand that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is liable. After the Lankan pilgrims were mobbed in Thanjavur, Sri Lanka has issued a travel advisory asking Lankans to av...
Udhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray indulge in hate politics. Udhav says they will not support Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as a prime ministerial candidate if he continues to support anti-national elements; the CBI has filed FIRs against five companies and...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh refuses to buckle under pressure from the BJP. His tweet asks BJP to allow the Government to function as it is elected by the majority. The coal blocks allocated so far will not be cancelled. The Government will wait for the final...
The Congress plans to launch a counter-attack on CAG and the Opposition after the Parliament's September session. It will be led by top UPA ministers and other key leaders.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ruled out immediate cancellation of coal block licenses and has expressed readiness to fight out the issue. The government has decided to stick to this stand because if it agrees to the Opposition's demand and cancel license, ...
Holding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh directly responsible for the coal block allocation scam, leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley says that accountability and silence cannot coexist. He further remarks that right to silence is not available to ho...
Holding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh directly responsible for the coal block allocation scam, leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley says that accountability and silence cannot coexist. He further remarks that right to silence is not available to ho...
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 ...
Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj has said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is directly responsible for coal block allocation scam and has sought his resignation. She has further said that until and unless the government yields to BJP's demands, the Parliament...
Intensifying its attack on the government over the Coalgate issue, BJP leader LK Advani says the Prime Minister's explanation regarding the coal block allocation is unconvincing. Advani's blog demands for cancellation of the allocations, however it does not me...
Despite being repeatedly exposed by the Times Now, Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai has reiterated his claims of innocence over the coal block allocation. Sahai was instrumental in illegally allocating a coal block to a company, SKS Ispat. Even as the ...
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 ...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has shot down BJP's demands for him to resign in the light of the Coal-Gate controversy. In conversation with the media, the Prime Minister dismissed questions about his resignation. Instead he shifted focus on the opposition BJP'...
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 ...