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  Court Defers Hearing in Coal Case Involving Former PM Manmohan Singh

  A special court in New Delhi today deferred hearing in a coal block allocation case in which former prime minister Manmohan Singh was issued summons.

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  Kumar Mangalam Birla Played "Active Role" to Secure Coal Block: Court

  To tap bureaucratic and political channels, Mr Birla also joined in and roped in former Coal Secretary P C Parakh and the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who was holding the coal portfolio, it said.

• Coal Scam: Hindalco Drops Over 7% as Court Rejects Closure Report

  Hindalco shares dropped over 7 per cent on Tuesday after a Delhi court ordered the CBI to further investigate a 2005 coal block allocation involving the company.

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  Coal Scam: CBI Files Case Diary in Sealed Cover

  The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI today filed the case diary and crime files in a sealed cover in a coal blocks allocation case related to Hindalco before a special court, complying with its order.

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  Coal-Gate: Without Naming Him, Court Asks Why Former PM Wasn't Examined

  A court in Delhi today asked the country's premier investigating agency why it had not questioned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the controversial and allegedly illegal allocation in 2005 of a coal block to a firm owned by billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla. Dr Singh held direct charge of the Coal Ministry at the time.

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  Coal Case Against Birla, Parakh: Special Public Prosecutor Challenges CBI's Closure Report

  The controversial case against industrialist Kumaramangalam Birla and former coal secretary PC Parakh has again taken a strange turn. The Special Public Prosecutor appointed recently in the case seems to have taken a stand contrary to that of the investigating agency.

• Coal Scam: CBI Files Revised Closure Report in Kumar Mangalam Birla Case

  The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI today filed a "detailed and comprehensive" revised final closure report before a special court in a coal block allocation scam case involving top industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, former coal secretary PC Parakh and others.

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  CBI Drops Coal Scam Case Against Kumar Mangalam Birla

  The CBI filed the case against Birla and former Coal Secretary P.C. Parakh last year in relation to a block allocated in 2005 to Hindalco Industries, part of the $40 billion Aditya Birla Group led by Kumar Mangalam Birla.

• CBI Drops Coal Scam Case Against Industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla

  The CBI has said it would like to end its investigation into one of the most controversial episodes of the scandal known as "Coal-gate" - as it has found "no evidence of criminality" in the allegation that one of the country's most-respected industrialists, Kumar Mangalam Birla, colluded with a former top coal ministry bureaucrat, PC Parkah, to ill...

• Coal-Gate: former Coal Secretary Parakh to be questioned, Birla may not be

  The CBI has reportedly decided not to question one of India's richest industrialists, Kumar Mangalam Birla, in the coal allocation scam. Mr Birla has been charged with conspiracy and cheating to land two coal blocks in Odisha in 2005 for his firm, aluminium-maker Hindalco.

• Coal case: Kumar Mangalam Birla says 'let CBI do its work'

  The industrialist had met Mr Chidambaram earlier on October 18 and November 5 and Law Minister Kapil Sibal last week.

• Kumar Mangalam Birla meets Chidambaram

  Hindalco chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, who was named in an FIR in the alleged coal block allocation scam, met Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday for a second time in less than three weeks. Mr Birla did not offer any comment on the meeting that lasted for more than 20 minutes.

• 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 scam: Supreme Court to examine crucial CBI status report today

  The status report, filed on October 22, came a week after the CBI accused one of India's top industrialists Kumar Mangalam Birla of illegally bagging a coal mining license that was cleared by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

• Truth vs Hype: Hindalco, the Prime Minister's Office and PC Parakh- being economical with the truth

  The CBI's latest FIR into the allotment of the Talabira II coal block to Hindalco, a company of the Aditya Birla Group, has triggered a fresh crisis for the UPA government.