Coal Gate Files

• Coal-Gate: First chargesheet today, likely against promoters of Navabharat Power Pvt Ltd

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will file the first chargesheet in the coal blocks allocation scam in a trial court in Delhi today.

• Missing coal files: PM uses silence as a weapon, says BJP leader Arun Jaitley

  In a no-holds barred attack on the Prime Minister in connection with missing coal allocation files, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley has slammed Dr Manmohan Singh for using silence as a weapon of concealment.

• PM dines with BJP big hitters but 'Coal-Gate' impasse remains

  At a dinner meeting on Tuesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged top BJP leaders Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and LK Advani to allow Parliament to function so that important legislation can be cleared before the session ends on Friday, sources said. Dr Singh reportedly assured them that his government too wants a thorough probe into "Coal-gate", ...

• Coal officer under Supreme Court scanner now hunting for 'missing files'

  An officer in the coal ministry, who had been slammed by the Supreme Court for tinkering with the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) probe report in the coal scam, has now been tasked with hunting for the "missing coal files."

• Some crucial Coal-Gate files missing, admits minister Sriprakash Jaiswal

  There is more trouble for the UPA government in the coal block allocation scam. Coal Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal has admitted that some crucial files between 1993 and 2004, related to the scam, have gone missing.

• CBI files affidavit on autonomy in Supreme Court, opposes accountability panel

  The CBI has opposed an accountability panel suggested in the Centre's proposal for autonomy to the investigating agency, which had been described as a "caged parrot" by the top court.