Coal Field Allocation

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  It Was PM Singh, Not Us, Say a Former Minister and Babu in Jindal Coal Case

  The decision to allocate a coal field in Jharkhand to industrialist Naveen Jindal's company was taken by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, two senior government officers accused of corruption said today in court.

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  Industralist Naveen Jindal Chargesheeted by CBI in Coal Scam

  Industrialist and former Congress lawmaker Naveen Jindal conspired with top government officials including former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayana Rao to acquire a coal field in Jharkhand in 2008, the CBI said today.

• Coal-Gate: PM will not be made a party, rules Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court has said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not be listed as an accused in the CBI's case that deals with alleged corruption and irregularities in the allocation of coal fields to private firms.

• Coal-Gate: documents stolen not missing, alleges belligerent BJP

  After reports that an officer handling investigations into the allocation of valuable coal fields suggested that the Prime Minister should be questioned, Dr Manomhan Singh's Office has said the "government will cooperate fully with the CBI and make available every document".

• Coal-Gate: seven files still missing, government tells Supreme Court

  Under attack for losing important documents that explain how coal fields were allocated to private firms, the government today told the Supreme Court that seven files remain missing and that it is trying to locate them.

• Coal-gate files missing, admits government; won't tolerate it, says BJP

  The BJP wants the government to urgently explain in Parliament why and how important files that explain how coal fields were allocated to private firms are missing.

• Coal-Gate: Attorney General GE Vahanvati's rebuttal appears thin in substance

  The CBI's investigation into how coal fields were allocated to private players has turned into a rip tide for the government, with some if its A-listers trying to stay afloat despite charges of brazen misconduct.

• Coal-Gate: Supreme Court hearing tomorrow, PM Manmohan Singh meets Attorney General GE Vahanvati

  Amid a controversy that the opposition cites as grounds for his resignation, the Prime Minister met Attorney General GE Vahanvati to discuss the government's strategy on the scandal nick-named "Coal-Gate," centred around coal fields that were allocated to private firms without a transparent bidding process.

• Coal scam: Prime Minister must quit, says BJP after CBI's disclosures

  The CBI has admitted to the Supreme Court that a version of its report on how the government mishandled the allocation of coal fields to private firms was seen before it was shared with judges last month by Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, and bureaucrats in the Coal Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office.

• Cancel all coal field allocations since 1993: parliamentary report

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has, last month, indicted the government for costing the country thousands of crores by allocating coal fields from 2004 to 2009 without checking the financial and other records of private firms who applied for coal licenses.

• Govt allegedly vetted coal report: who said what

  The government is under attack from the opposition over allegations that the Law Minister and senior officials in the Prime Minister's Office may have reviewed and altered a report submitted by the CBI to the Supreme Court on how coal fields were allocated to private firms between 2006 and 2009.

• Coal field allocation was arbitary, says CBI; BJP says PM was in charge

  The government faces new controversy over how it chose private players for coal blocks, a process indicted by the CBI as "arbitary and flawed" in a report shared in the Supreme Court today.

• 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.

• CAG is not a munim (accountant), says Supreme Court

  The comment was made as the judges rejected a Public Interest Litigation or PIL challenging the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on coal, which said that by allocating coal fields without transparency the government has allowed private firms to benefit by upto 1.86 lakh crores.

• Congress strikes back. CBI to investigate coal blocks allocated by NDA too

  The coal scam, centred on companies faking papers and expertise to corner under-priced coal fields, has so far offered corroborative proof of crony capitalism and circumstantial evidence of corruption. The CBI has so far filed seven cases against companies and their directors for charges that include cheating and conspiracy. Two Congress politician...