Coalgate

CBI wasting time by dumping illegible documents: Court

CBI was on Friday at the receiving end of a special court which observed that it was wasting its time by "dumping" files of coal blocks allocation scam cases and filing "illegible" documents, making a "mockery" of the entire process.

Sep 12, 2014, 19:34 PM IST

Pranab Mukherjee had cautioned Manmohan Singh over Coalgate findings: Rai

Former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai has claimed that he and the then Finance Minister President Pranab Mukherjee had cautioned former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh over Coalgate, yet the latter had not taken any concrete steps to stop the proceedings.

Sep 11, 2014, 21:01 PM IST

Coal blocks allocation: SBI says has Rs 4,000-crore exposure

Country's largest lender SBI, which has Rs 4,000-crore exposure to coal mines, today said the banking system is unlikely to take a hard knock even if the Supreme Court cancels all the 218 coal blocks allocated between 1993 and 2010.

Sep 09, 2014, 23:10 PM IST

Roadmap for coal-block allocations after final verdict: Govt

As Supreme Court today reserved its order on coal-block allocations, the government said it would wait for its final verdict in order to move ahead in a transparent manner.

Sep 09, 2014, 21:43 PM IST

Coal scam: Court seeks clarification from CBI on closure report

Posing searching questions to CBI on its closure report, a special court today asked the agency to clarify as to what evidence "it could not collect" during probe to substantiate its findings recorded in FIR in a coal blocks allocation case against Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd.

Sep 09, 2014, 19:09 PM IST

Coals cam: Court returns CBI's charge sheet

CBI has got a jolt in the Coal blocks allocation scam probe as a special court has "returned" its charge sheet in a case involving a Kolkata-based company, saying it has failed to give any plausible explanation on its queries and reasons for dropping four accused from it.

Sep 05, 2014, 18:19 PM IST

Read SC's verdict before filing report: Court to coal scam IOs

A special court on Thursday asked CBI investigating officers (IO) in the coal blocks allocation scam cases to go through the recent Supreme Court judgement in which all coal blocks allocated during 1993 to 2010 were held illegal.

Sep 04, 2014, 20:38 PM IST

Coalgate: Ready to recuse myself if court orders so, says Ranjit Sinha

The director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Ranjit Sinha on Thursday said that he would recuse himself from the ongoing coal scam investigation if the Supreme Court ordered so.

Sep 04, 2014, 18:34 PM IST

Coalgate: CBI files closure report in case against K M Birla

In a reprieve to top industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and others, who were named as accused in its FIR in one of the coal blocks allocation scam cases, CBI has filed a closure report in a special court here.

Aug 29, 2014, 14:21 PM IST

Coalgate: CBI files closure report in Kumar Mangalam Birla case

CBI in its FIR had named former Coal Secretary P C Parakh and KM Birla in connection with alleged irregularities in the allocation of Talabira-II coal block.

Aug 29, 2014, 14:01 PM IST

Coalgate: Madhu Koda tampered with screening committee report, says CAG

The CAG report has blamed both the Centre and Koda for the tampering of recommendations for allocation of six coal blocks in Jharkhand.

Aug 27, 2014, 13:05 PM IST

Coal scam: CBI likely to close case against Kumar Birla, P C Parakh

CBI has failed to gather evidence against former PM Manmohan Singh, Kumar Mangalam Birla and former coal secretary P C Parakh, resulting in the closure.

Aug 20, 2014, 09:31 AM IST

CBI registers fresh case in Coalgate

CBI on Friday registered a fresh case against a Nagpur-based company for alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal block during the NDA regime in 2003.

Aug 08, 2014, 15:14 PM IST

Supreme Court appoints Special Judge, SPP for coalgate

The Supreme Court on Friday appointed Additional Sessions Judge Bharat Parashar to preside over the Special Court set up for exclusively holding trial in cases of coal block allocation scam.

Jul 25, 2014, 18:59 PM IST

SC orders setting up of special court to try coalgate cases

SC has asked the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court to nominate a judge.

Jul 18, 2014, 19:49 PM IST