Group of Ministers to discuss greater autonomy for CBI today
Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Thursday May 23, 2013
A Group of Ministers (GoM) will meet in the capital today to discuss granting greater autonomy to the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI. The ministers are expected to chalk out an action plan on the contentious issue, and could consider granting...
Expert panel to discuss greater autonomy for CBI today
Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Thursday May 23, 2013
A Group of Ministers (GoM) will meet in the capital today to discuss granting greater autonomy to the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI.
Government needs course correction: Union Minister Praful Patel tells NDTV
Edited by Mala Das | Tuesday May 21, 2013
Beset with a series of scams and allegations of corruption, the year gone by hasn't been particularly memorable for the UPA-II which completes four years in office tomorrow. A sentiment reflected in Union Minister and NCP leader Praful Patel's admiss...
The government's auditor (CAG) does not leak reports: Vinod Rai
Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, Vinod Rai, who retires tomorrow, dismissed charges that he was behind the leak of controversial audit reports on 2G spectrum and coal block allocations.
Congress workers protests against BJP attack on PM
Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Wednesday May 15, 2013
In a growing trend of political parties attacking each others headquarters, Congress workers had to be stopped with water cannons after over 200 people gathered outside the BJP headquarters in Delhi. They were there to protest against the earlier att...
Coal-Gate: Government sends showcause notices to 32 companies for lack of progress
Written by Sreenivasan Jain | Tuesday May 14, 2013
Even as the CBI investigation into allegations of corruption in the allotment of coal blocks gathers momentum, the Coal Ministry has sent show cause notices to 32 companies for not showing progress on captive coal blocks allotted to them.
Group of Ministers, headed by P Chidambaram, to decide on CBI autonomy
Reported by Sunil Prabhu; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Tuesday May 14, 2013
Severely reprimanded by the Supreme Court for influencing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the coal scam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today constituted a Group of Ministers to decide the plan of action to secure the autonomy of the inve...
Kapil Sibal takes charge as Union Law Minister
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday May 13, 2013
Kapil Sibal today assumed the charge of the Union Law ministry, taking over from Ashwani Kumar who resigned last week after he came under attack in the Supreme Court for vetting the CBI report on the allocation of coal blocks.
After ministers' exit, Prime Minister's Punjab club in disarray
Reported by Tanima Biswas; edited by Mala Das | Saturday May 11, 2013
As two of the government's senior ministers - smeared with scams - bowed out on Friday, their unprecedented exit has also dealt a blow to what is being called the Prime Minister's Punjab club.
Ashwani Kumar says he resigned to end controversy: Full statement
NDTV.com | Saturday May 11, 2013
Ashwani Kumar today addressed the media saying had done no wrong but resigned to put an end to the controversy. Mr Kumar resigned last night after being embroiled in a controversy that he vetted the CBI report of coal allocation submitted to the Supr...
Did nothing wrong, resigned to end controversy, insists Ashwani Kumar
Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Saturday May 11, 2013
Ashwani Kumar today insisted that his "conscience remains clear," and that he resigned as Law Minister "to put an end to controversy." Addressing the media at his residence, Mr Kumar added that his resignation does not "imply wrongdoing," that "certa...
Former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar speaks to the media: Highights
Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Saturday May 11, 2013
A day after he resigned as Law Minister, Ashwani Kumar spoke to the media. Mr Kumar had to resign after getting into trouble for making deletions in a CBI report on its coal allocation investigations meant for the Supreme Court.
Pawan Bansal, Ashwani Kumar resign as Union ministers; who will replace them?
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Saturday May 11, 2013
A day after Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar handed over their resignations to the Prime Minister, the focus has shifted to who would replace them in the union cabinet.
Coal-Gate: Focus could shift to officials from Prime Minister's Office and Coal Ministry
Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Saturday May 11, 2013
Following Law Minister Ashwani Kumar's resignation on Friday, the focus in the coal scam could now shift to government officials from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Coal Ministry, who have been slammed by the Supreme Court for tinkering wi...
Railway Minster Pawan Bansal, Law Minster Ashwani Kumar dropped from the Cabinet
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Saturday May 11, 2013
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar drove up to the 7 Race Course Road residence of the Prime Minister this evening and handed letters of resignation.
