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Volkswagen CEO Agrees With Bill Gates On His Green Transportation Overtures
Volkswagen went all-in on its electrification efforts in 2015 in wake of its diesel-gate emissions scandal
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Steve Smith Will Always Be Remembered As A "Cheat": Ex-England Pacer's Astonishing Remark
Steve Smith is having a phenomenal Ashes series but still gets hauled over coal for his role in the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.
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Air India In Multiple Scams, Says CBI. Here's What It's Investigating
The CBI is investigating a decade-old deal which saw Air India and Indian Airlines acquiring 111 aircraft, saddling the national carriers with losses. The deal was approved by the cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh; the new inquiry adds to a list of scandals linked to his two successive terms in sectors including coal and telecom.
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PM Narendra Modi's Dig At Manmohan Singh On Corruption: 'Bathing With A Raincoat'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took on his predecessor, Dr Manmohan Singh, by stating that "there is not a single black mark against him despite all the corruption. Only Doctor Saab knows how to bathe with a raincoat in the bathroom." The remark references the many corruption scandals that erupted in the government on Dr Singh's watch when the ...
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Aam Aadmi Party Attacks Manpreet Badal For Joining Congress
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today attacked Manpreet Badal, who joined Congress by merging his party, saying the estranged nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal "shook hands" with a party which was accused of big scandals like 2G, coal scams.
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Big-Ticket Corruption Scandals A Thing of Past: Former CAG Vinod Rai
Former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai today said the big-ticket corruption scandals are a thing of the past and the recent auction of coal blocks and spectrum stand a "test of transparency".
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Exposure of Rs 4,130 Crore in Firms Impacted by Coal Order: SBI
State Bank of India said on Thursday that it has exposure of over Rs 4,100 crore to companies that will be impacted by the recent Supreme Court order quashing 214 coal blocks.
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Will Exit Coal Probe If Court Orders, Says CBI Chief After Petition in Supreme Court
CBI chief Ranjit Sinha must be removed from the coal scam that his agency is investigating, lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan has said in the Supreme Court, while also requesting that a special team be assigned to investigate Mr Sina's alleged abuse of his office to thwart an independent inquiry. The court will hear his petition on Tuesday.
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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...
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Supreme Court's Coal Block Ruling May Have Wider Economic Impact
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the allocation of more than 200 coal blocks at the centre of a cronyism scandal was illegal. The Supreme Court is due to decide on September 1 whether to cancel the allocations, or to impose some sort of penalty.
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BJP's 'chargesheet' against Congress targets Sonia Gandhi, Rahul
The BJP today said Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, the two top leaders of the Congress, cannot escape accountability for the string of alleged financial scandals during the two terms of the coalition that their party has led.
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CBI can ask me anything, have nothing to hide: PM on Coal-Gate
The Prime Minister, engulfed by an alleged scandal on irregularities in the allocation of coal licenses, today said, "I am not above law; am ready to face CBI in coal scam probe."
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Hindalco shares fall 5% after CBI books KM Birla in coal scam
The CBI is carrying out searches across Mumbai and Bhubaneshwar, sources said. The "Coal-Gate" scandal came to light in March 2012, when the government's auditor (CAG) said the country lost Rs. 1.86 lakh crore because coal fields were allocated without a transparent bidding process.
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Missing coal files: Govt to firefight in Parliament, Supreme Court
The government is likely to give an explanation to the Supreme Court today on missing files related to the allocation of coal mining blocks to private parties at throwaway prices at a huge loss to the government - the scandal known as 'coal-gate'.
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Coal-gate: don't share information with government, Supreme Court warns CBI
Coal scam: The Supreme Court today made it clear that the CBI should not share any information with the government on its investigation into alleged irregularities in how coal mining licenses were issued to private companies, a scandal dubbed "Coal-gate."
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Volkswagen CEO Agrees With Bill Gates On His Green Transportation Overtures
Volkswagen went all-in on its electrification efforts in 2015 in wake of its diesel-gate emissions scandal
-
Steve Smith Will Always Be Remembered As A "Cheat": Ex-England Pacer's Astonishing Remark
Steve Smith is having a phenomenal Ashes series but still gets hauled over coal for his role in the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.
-
Air India In Multiple Scams, Says CBI. Here's What It's Investigating
The CBI is investigating a decade-old deal which saw Air India and Indian Airlines acquiring 111 aircraft, saddling the national carriers with losses. The deal was approved by the cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh; the new inquiry adds to a list of scandals linked to his two successive terms in sectors including coal and telecom.
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PM Narendra Modi's Dig At Manmohan Singh On Corruption: 'Bathing With A Raincoat'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took on his predecessor, Dr Manmohan Singh, by stating that "there is not a single black mark against him despite all the corruption. Only Doctor Saab knows how to bathe with a raincoat in the bathroom." The remark references the many corruption scandals that erupted in the government on Dr Singh's watch when the ...
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Aam Aadmi Party Attacks Manpreet Badal For Joining Congress
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today attacked Manpreet Badal, who joined Congress by merging his party, saying the estranged nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal "shook hands" with a party which was accused of big scandals like 2G, coal scams.
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Big-Ticket Corruption Scandals A Thing of Past: Former CAG Vinod Rai
Former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai today said the big-ticket corruption scandals are a thing of the past and the recent auction of coal blocks and spectrum stand a "test of transparency".
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Exposure of Rs 4,130 Crore in Firms Impacted by Coal Order: SBI
State Bank of India said on Thursday that it has exposure of over Rs 4,100 crore to companies that will be impacted by the recent Supreme Court order quashing 214 coal blocks.
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Will Exit Coal Probe If Court Orders, Says CBI Chief After Petition in Supreme Court
CBI chief Ranjit Sinha must be removed from the coal scam that his agency is investigating, lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan has said in the Supreme Court, while also requesting that a special team be assigned to investigate Mr Sina's alleged abuse of his office to thwart an independent inquiry. The court will hear his petition on Tuesday.
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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...
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Supreme Court's Coal Block Ruling May Have Wider Economic Impact
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the allocation of more than 200 coal blocks at the centre of a cronyism scandal was illegal. The Supreme Court is due to decide on September 1 whether to cancel the allocations, or to impose some sort of penalty.
-
BJP's 'chargesheet' against Congress targets Sonia Gandhi, Rahul
The BJP today said Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, the two top leaders of the Congress, cannot escape accountability for the string of alleged financial scandals during the two terms of the coalition that their party has led.
-
CBI can ask me anything, have nothing to hide: PM on Coal-Gate
The Prime Minister, engulfed by an alleged scandal on irregularities in the allocation of coal licenses, today said, "I am not above law; am ready to face CBI in coal scam probe."
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Hindalco shares fall 5% after CBI books KM Birla in coal scam
The CBI is carrying out searches across Mumbai and Bhubaneshwar, sources said. The "Coal-Gate" scandal came to light in March 2012, when the government's auditor (CAG) said the country lost Rs. 1.86 lakh crore because coal fields were allocated without a transparent bidding process.
-
Missing coal files: Govt to firefight in Parliament, Supreme Court
The government is likely to give an explanation to the Supreme Court today on missing files related to the allocation of coal mining blocks to private parties at throwaway prices at a huge loss to the government - the scandal known as 'coal-gate'.
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Coal-gate: don't share information with government, Supreme Court warns CBI
Coal scam: The Supreme Court today made it clear that the CBI should not share any information with the government on its investigation into alleged irregularities in how coal mining licenses were issued to private companies, a scandal dubbed "Coal-gate."
