Am upset, will prove my innocence: Manmohan Singh on summons

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 17:59

"I am upset," reacted former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was on Wednesday summoned as an accused by a special court in a coal scam case by a special court but expressed confidence that he will prove his innocence in a fair trial.

Coal scam: Manmohan Singh made accused, summoned by court

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 16:21

The special court observed that Manmohan Singh was roped into the criminal conspiracy to "accommodate" M/s HINDALCO in Talabira-II coal block allocation in 2005.

Coal scam: CBI draws flak for taking "U-turn" in final reports

Last Updated: Friday, January 30, 2015, 17:17

CBI on Friday drew flak from the Special Court for taking "U-turn" on investigation of various coal scam cases and filing final reports, without giving any plausible reasons for arriving at such conclusions.

Bagrodia, Gupta "prima facie committed misconduct" in Coalscam

Last Updated: Friday, January 30, 2015, 15:30

Former Minister of State for Coal Santosh Bagrodia, ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta and an official of Coal Ministry prima facie committed criminal misconduct and facilitated AMR Iron & Steel Pvt Ltd to obtain coal block "unlawfully", a special court on Friday said.

Coal scam: Court tells CbI to file progress report involving AMR Iron & Steel Pvt

Last Updated: Friday, January 30, 2015, 14:26

A Special court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to further investigate a coal scam case involving allocation of coal block to AMR Iron & Steel Pvt.

Coalscam: Passport authorities can't sit over matters, says court

Last Updated: Thursday, January 29, 2015, 16:27

A special court on Thursday rapped passport authorities for "sitting over" matters relating to impounding of or releasing passports and directed them to fix a time-frame to decide on such issues.

Coal scam: SC to examine allegation of interference by Ranjit Sinha

Last Updated: Monday, January 12, 2015, 18:14

The Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine the allegations of interference and scuttling of investigation into the coal block allocation scam by former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, who refuted the charges.

SC to consider plea for SIT probe against Ranjit Sinha on Feb 15

Last Updated: Monday, January 12, 2015, 16:36

The Supreme Court will consider on February 15 a plea for SIT probe against ex-CBI Chief Ranjit Sinha for his alleged interference in coalgate probe.

Coal scam case: ED registers 17 new money laundering FIRs

Last Updated: Friday, January 9, 2015, 15:14

The ED had already filed 16 PMLA FIRs in this probe.

Coal scam: Court to consider CBI's closure report on Jan 20

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 14:31

A special court on Tuesday said that it would consider the CBI's closure report filed in a coal blocks allocation scam case in which the agency had earlier lodged an FIR against Prakash Industries Ltd and others on January 20.

After pitch-dark 2014, coal aims to discard scam taint in 2015

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 12:30

In an urgent need for its image makeover, the scam-tainted coal sector will require mammoth efforts in 2015 from the government and the corporates, after a year full of adversities and stuck projects undermined investments totalling billions of dollars.