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In Sudden Transfer Of Officer Tipped To Be CBI Chief, Many Questions
The transfer on Wednesday evening of a CBI officer RK Dutta to another department of the Home Ministry stunned bureaucratic circles. Not because he was the senior-most in line to be the next CBI chief - that frequently happens if the government wants another officer in the post - but because Mr Dutta was in charge of investigations in the coal allo...
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Court Orders Framing Charges Against Naveen Jindal, Others In Coal Allocation Case
A special court today ordered framing of charges against industrialist Naveen Jindal, former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao and 13 others for criminal conspiracy, cheating and other offences in a coal block allocation scam case.
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Coal Scam: Court to Hear Arguments on Charges From December 7
Arguments on framing of charges in a coal scam case in which Congress MP Vijay Darda and six others, including ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta, are accused, would begin before a special court in December.
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Coalgate: Essar Group was in Touch With Former Finance Minister Over Coal Block Allocations, NGO Alleges in Court
The Essar Group was allegedly in touch with the then Finance Minister over the issue of Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted by the erstwhile UPA government for clearances on coal allocation issues, a non-governmental organisation has said in a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court.
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'Coal Blocks Were Given Away Like Handkerchief', Says PM Narendra Modi, Slamming UPA
In a scathing attack on previous UPA government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that it had allocated coal blocks like one gives away a pen or a handkerchief, resulting in loss of lakhs of crores of rupees.
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CBI Submits Sealed Report on Former PM Manmohan Singh's Questioning in Coal Scam
The CBI has filed a sealed report in court giving details of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's questioning about one of the cases linked to Coal-Gate, the alleged scam that saw mining rights being assigned without any transparency to private firms.
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Coal Scam: Court Asks CBI to Take Former PM Manmohan Singh's Statement in Hindalco Allotment
A special court today ordered the CBI to further investigate a 2005 coal block allocation involving top industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, and asked the agency to record the statement of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who was coal minister at the time.
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Some crucial Coal-Gate files missing, admits minister Sriprakash Jaiswal
There is more trouble for the UPA government in the coal block allocation scam. Coal Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal has admitted that some crucial files between 1993 and 2004, related to the scam, have gone missing.
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CBI's coal scam report was altered after review by Law Minister, PMO officials: report
The BJP has hit out at the government over a report that claims that the CBI's status report on the alleged coal allocation scam was vetted by the Law Minister and officials from the Prime Minister's Office. Calling it a "very serious matter", opposition leader Sushma Swaraj tweeted this morning, "This is evidence of the government's pressure on th...
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Coal fields were allocated without scrutiny and arbitrarily, says CBI
A report by the CBI has informed the Supreme Court that valuable coal fields were assigned to private firms via "a flawed and arbitrary process." The findings will further embarrass the government, which has been on the defensive since its auditor said that Rs 1.85 lakh cores were lost because coal blocks were allocated without transparency.
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Can't rule out corruption in coal block allotments, says former Coal Secretary to NDTV
As the heat on the government over allegations of corruption in coal block allocations increases, former Coal Secretary says yes, there was corruption in coal allocation. For the first time, a top official who had a ringside view of coal allocation has admitted the existing system of allotting captive mines, which gave huge profits to power compani...
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Coal-Gate: CBI says yes to preliminary inquiry
The CBI will conduct a preliminary inquiry into the scam that's been nicknamed Coal-Gate. The alleged swindle has provoked a new and sharp confrontation between the Prime Minister and the group of activists referred to as Team Anna. Dr Manmohan Singh has said he will resign if "even an iota of truth" is found in the allegations against him.
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CBI receives complaint about Coal-Gate, may investigate coal field allocations
The country's premier investigating agency, the CBI, has been asked to conduct a preliminary investigation on whether there was a scam in how coal fields were allotted to private companies during 2006-2009. During this period, the Prime Minister had direct charge of the coal ministry. The CBI has been asked to give its report within three months to...
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In Sudden Transfer Of Officer Tipped To Be CBI Chief, Many Questions
The transfer on Wednesday evening of a CBI officer RK Dutta to another department of the Home Ministry stunned bureaucratic circles. Not because he was the senior-most in line to be the next CBI chief - that frequently happens if the government wants another officer in the post - but because Mr Dutta was in charge of investigations in the coal allo...
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Court Orders Framing Charges Against Naveen Jindal, Others In Coal Allocation Case
A special court today ordered framing of charges against industrialist Naveen Jindal, former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao and 13 others for criminal conspiracy, cheating and other offences in a coal block allocation scam case.
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Coal Scam: Court to Hear Arguments on Charges From December 7
Arguments on framing of charges in a coal scam case in which Congress MP Vijay Darda and six others, including ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta, are accused, would begin before a special court in December.
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Coalgate: Essar Group was in Touch With Former Finance Minister Over Coal Block Allocations, NGO Alleges in Court
The Essar Group was allegedly in touch with the then Finance Minister over the issue of Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted by the erstwhile UPA government for clearances on coal allocation issues, a non-governmental organisation has said in a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court.
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'Coal Blocks Were Given Away Like Handkerchief', Says PM Narendra Modi, Slamming UPA
In a scathing attack on previous UPA government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that it had allocated coal blocks like one gives away a pen or a handkerchief, resulting in loss of lakhs of crores of rupees.
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CBI Submits Sealed Report on Former PM Manmohan Singh's Questioning in Coal Scam
The CBI has filed a sealed report in court giving details of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's questioning about one of the cases linked to Coal-Gate, the alleged scam that saw mining rights being assigned without any transparency to private firms.
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Coal Scam: Court Asks CBI to Take Former PM Manmohan Singh's Statement in Hindalco Allotment
A special court today ordered the CBI to further investigate a 2005 coal block allocation involving top industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, and asked the agency to record the statement of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who was coal minister at the time.
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Some crucial Coal-Gate files missing, admits minister Sriprakash Jaiswal
There is more trouble for the UPA government in the coal block allocation scam. Coal Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal has admitted that some crucial files between 1993 and 2004, related to the scam, have gone missing.
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CBI's coal scam report was altered after review by Law Minister, PMO officials: report
The BJP has hit out at the government over a report that claims that the CBI's status report on the alleged coal allocation scam was vetted by the Law Minister and officials from the Prime Minister's Office. Calling it a "very serious matter", opposition leader Sushma Swaraj tweeted this morning, "This is evidence of the government's pressure on th...
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Coal fields were allocated without scrutiny and arbitrarily, says CBI
A report by the CBI has informed the Supreme Court that valuable coal fields were assigned to private firms via "a flawed and arbitrary process." The findings will further embarrass the government, which has been on the defensive since its auditor said that Rs 1.85 lakh cores were lost because coal blocks were allocated without transparency.
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Can't rule out corruption in coal block allotments, says former Coal Secretary to NDTV
As the heat on the government over allegations of corruption in coal block allocations increases, former Coal Secretary says yes, there was corruption in coal allocation. For the first time, a top official who had a ringside view of coal allocation has admitted the existing system of allotting captive mines, which gave huge profits to power compani...
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Coal-Gate: CBI says yes to preliminary inquiry
The CBI will conduct a preliminary inquiry into the scam that's been nicknamed Coal-Gate. The alleged swindle has provoked a new and sharp confrontation between the Prime Minister and the group of activists referred to as Team Anna. Dr Manmohan Singh has said he will resign if "even an iota of truth" is found in the allegations against him.
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CBI receives complaint about Coal-Gate, may investigate coal field allocations
The country's premier investigating agency, the CBI, has been asked to conduct a preliminary investigation on whether there was a scam in how coal fields were allotted to private companies during 2006-2009. During this period, the Prime Minister had direct charge of the coal ministry. The CBI has been asked to give its report within three months to...
