Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Coalgate: One family that struck gold in coal mines

Coalgate: One family that struck gold in coal mines

Coalgate: One family that struck gold in coal mines

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 07:52 PM PDT

Of the five companies raided on Tuesday, three belong to one family - the Nagpur-based Jayaswals.

Coalgate timeline

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 04:57 PM PDT

TOI digs deep into the scam to bring you the definitive story on Coalgate

Coalgate: Essar and its mystery Neptune link

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 04:46 PM PDT

The story of Nav Bharat Power is symptomatic of what appears to be a pattern in coal block allocations where small companies that acquired coal blocks were sold to bigger companies.

Coalgate: Jharkhand ex- chief secretary now director in coal firm

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 04:44 PM PDT

In the summer of 2005, Nagpur-based Abhijeet group struck gold in Jharkhand — it got four coal blocks in the state in quick succession. The Jharkhand chief secretary at the time was PP Sharma, a 1971 batch IAS officer.

Coalgate: One family that struck gold in coal mines

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 04:37 PM PDT

Of the five companies raided on Tuesday, three belong to one family – the Nagpur-based Jayaswals.

Coalaveri: When netadom went mining

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 04:28 PM PDT

Most of the companies against whom FIRs were filed by the CBI on Tuesday have either direct or indirect links with the politically powerful.

HRD ministry has poor record in filling SC/ST teaching slots in central varsities

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 03:28 PM PDT

The HRD ministry has overwhelmingly supported the proposed legislation that seeks to give reservation to SC/ST central government employees in promotion.

August rally, Sept rains may see monsoon lose its deficit tag

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:55 PM PDT

Spurred by late rally and predictions of good showers till September 10, the monsoon is close to beating the deficit tag and could just about creep into the 90% of long period average (LPA) bracket.

Firms made windfall gains, fudged facts: FIRs

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:52 PM PDT

The CBI FIRs against the five companies named in the Coalgate scam have given details of how they misrepresented facts to corner coal blocks and profited from the allocations.

Govt shies away from tabling CAG report on 16 urban local bodies in Parliament

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:50 PM PDT

Reacting swiftly on the top auditor's report, the government summoned 16 municipal commissioners, 16 mayors heading these urban local bodies and 16 principal secretaries from as many states for a conference at CAG headquarters here.

11 trade unions give strike call on February 21, 22

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:48 PM PDT

A convention of all the 11 centrally recognized trade unions — held at the Talkatora Stadium here on Tuesday—decided to call a two-day countrywide general strike on February 21 and 22, 2013, to protest against the economic policies of the UPA government.

House nod to help fill 16,864 SC/ST vacancies in central jobs

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:45 PM PDT

If the proposed legislation, providing reservation to SCs and STs in promotions in government jobs, gets the mandatory Parliament nod, it will pave the way for filling as many as 16,864 vacancies in central services.

Smoking scenes in films get Centre nod

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:43 PM PDT

The Centre's decision came following protests from the counsel for UTV Software Communications Pvt Ltd, which is planning the release of its Heroine and filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt.

NIA to probe Pak 'hand’ in cross-border smuggling racket

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:42 PM PDT

A case of seizure of arms, narcotics, fake currency and Pakistani phones from Amritsar in July has been transferred to the National Investigation Agency by the home ministry for investigation into a suspected larger conspiracy by the ISI.

Home ministry refuses nod for foreign funding to NGO

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:41 PM PDT

The home ministry has refused to give approval to Institute for Policy Research Studies (IPRS), an NGO, to receive funds from US-based Ford Foundation under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.

Cabinet nod for special status for six most-backward dists of Karnataka

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:40 PM PDT

Six most-backward districts of Karnataka will soon get an exclusive status for receiving additional funds for development and providing reservation to people of that region in government jobs and educational institutions.

Funds crunch hits BPL housing scheme

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:38 PM PDT

At a time when the Centre is trying to curb expenditure, one of the government's key programmes — Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) — aimed at people living below the poverty has been hit hard, thanks to severe funds crunch.

Headley carried fake currency notes to India

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:37 PM PDT

During reconnaissance for 26/11 Mumbai attacks, US-born LeT operative David Coleman Headley carried counterfeit currency notes for use in India.

CDSCO to crack down on illegal sale of drugs distributed as free samples

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:35 PM PDT

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization is all set to crack down on illegal commercial sale of drugs distributed as free samples to doctors or those meant for the Employers State Insurance Corporation — the Central government health scheme — the government medical stores depots, the Armed Forces' medical stores or government institutions.

Coalgate: Clean chit for CVC Pradeep Kumar in coal block allocations

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:29 PM PDT

Central vigilance commissioner Pradeep Kumar has been given a clean chit by both the CBI and the CAG on the coal block allocations as having no role in any allocation when he was special secretary in the coal ministry.

Coalgate: State firms too will have to fulfil tough conditions

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:27 PM PDT

The guidelines being framed for government dispensation makes it tough for such allotments that would depend on the state's size and past record of the entity applying for a mine.

Coalgate: 'All Jaiswals are related to me'

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:24 PM PDT

Denying any link with businessman Manoj Jayaswal against whom CBI has filed an FIR in the Coalgate scam, coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said a wrong impression was being created that a relative of his was allocated a coal block.

BSF maps vulnerable spots along border with Pak, Bangladesh

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:16 PM PDT

The BSF identified spots along India's boundary with Pakistan and Bangladesh vulnerable to crime, illegal migration and border firing. The highest number of such spots is in West Bengal on the eastern side and Jammu and Punjab on the western border.

India looking at opening two border points with Pakistan

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:06 PM PDT

Union commerce minister Anand Sharma said on Tuesday that India was also willing to start talks with Pakistan to open the Husseiniwala-Sialkot border point.

ISI reviving Sikh militant groups

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 02:05 PM PDT

Pakistani intelligence agency ISI is infusing fresh life into various Sikh terrorist groups, including Babbar Khalsa International (BKI).
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