Pawan Bansal

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  Shashi Tharoor, Pawan Bansal Collect Forms Ahead Of Congress Polls

  In the build-up to the October 17 Congress president election, a new name emerged today. Former Union Minister Pawan Bansal became the second leader to collect nomination forms after Shashi Tharoor, but they might be for someone else.

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  After Punjab, Now Loyalty Affidavit For Ticket Seekers In Chandigarh Congress

  After introducing loyalty affidavits for ticket seekers in Punjab, the Congress has made it mandatory for the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls. The party has asked all ticket seekers to submit a public declaration form on stamp paper duly attested by notary.

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  Railway Bribery Scam: Court Allows CBI's Plea To Place CDs On Record

  A Delhi court has chided the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for "negligence" in delaying submission of two CDs containing purported telephonic conversations intercepted during its probe in a cash-for-post railway bribery case, allegedly involving former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla and others.

• Railway Bribery Scam: Pawan Bansal Seeks Exemption on Health Grounds

  Former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, who was summoned as a witness in the Rs 10 crore cash-for-post railway bribery case, today sought exemption from personal appearance on health grounds before a special court.

• Four-Day CBI Remand for Syndicate Bank Head SK Jain, Seven Others

  Chairman & Managing Director of Syndicate Bank SK Jain and seven others were on Sunday remanded in CBI custody for four days as the agency plans to probe various other angles into the case that may emerge from the telephonic transcripts of the official and conduits.

• Chandigarh thumakda: Gul Panag vs Pawan Bansal vs Kirron Kher

  In the city fashioned by French architect Le Corbusier, the Open Hand Monument, rising 85 feet high, is a symbol of peace, intended to signal that Chandigarh is open to giving and receiving.

• Candidate Pawan Bansal, linked to scam, is open to being stoned

  Pawan Bansal, whose nomination as a Congress candidate has been questioned because of a cash fror jobs scandal on his watch, today said he was "willing to be stoned in the middle of Chandigarh" if he was found guilty.

• Blog: Can Pawan Bansal distance himself from cash-for-promotion scam?

  Pawan Bansal may be let off by a court due to lack of evidence, but is it OK for the Congress to forget these details? Even the judge hearing the case reminded the CBI that Mr Bansal could be summoned at any stage during the trial.

• Pawan Bansal likely to get Congress ticket, Suresh Kalmadi may be dropped

  The Congress is likely to re-nominate former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal from Chandigarh, in a move that signals his political rehabilitation. But former Commonwealth Games organizing committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, who represents Pune in the Lok Sabha, is not likely to be as lucky. The party has, sources said, made up its mind to deny a...

• Railway bribery scam: Pawan Bansal may be probed during trial, says judge

  The judge handling the investigation into the railway scam that cost Pawan Bansal his job as Railways Minister in May has said that she may ask for the former minister's role to be examined during the trial.

• Ex-minister Pawan Bansal not in chargesheet for rail scam

  Pawan Kumar Bansal, who was forced to resign as Railways Minister in May over a corruption scandal in which his nephew allegedly played a starring role, is not among the 10 people accused of the scam in a charge-sheet filed by the CBI.

• Decision on Pawan Bansal, Ashwani Kumar jointly taken by Sonia Gandhi and PM: Congress

  Dropping of Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar from the Union Cabinet was the "joint decision" of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, the Congress said today, dismissing reports that the action was at the insistence of the party president.

• Resignations earlier could have saved Parliament session: BJP

  As Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal quit his post, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said had the step been taken earlier, the budget session of parliament would not have been wasted.

• Railway Minster Pawan Bansal, Law Minster Ashwani Kumar dropped from the Cabinet

  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.

• Pawan Bansal, Ashwani Kumar resign

  Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, the first Congressman to hold the key portfolio in 17 years, has resigned.There has been much pressure on Mr Bansal, who only took over in October last year, to quit after his nephew Vijay Singla was arrested last week for allegedly accepting bribe to organise a plum posting for a senior official in the Railways...