Coal-gate Scam

Manmohan Singh today won support from the CBI, which told the Supreme Court during a coal scam hearing that the former prime minister's case was "different".

Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal is in a Delhi court today in connection with a coal scam case.

The Supreme Court will today hear former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's petition to exempt him from appearing in a Delhi court next month in connection with the mega coal scam dubbed "Coal-Gate."

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was summoned by a court today as an accused in a case linked to the coal scam that saw mining rights being assigned without transparency to private firms.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has been summoned by a court as an accused in a case linked to the coal allocation scam, said today that he hoped to establish his "total innocence".

Shares in aluminium maker Hindalco fell over 3.5 per cent on Wednesday after a Delhi court summoned the company's chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla as an accused in a case linked to Coal-Gate, the alleged scam that saw mining rights being assigned without any transparency to private firms.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh has been summoned as an accused in a case linked to the coal scam that saw mining rights being assigned without any transparency to private firms.

The CBI has filed a sealed report in court giving details of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's questioning about one of the cases linked to Coal-Gate, the alleged scam that saw mining rights being assigned without any transparency to private firms.

Just days after it questioned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about how a coal field in Odisha was given in 2005 to a company owned by billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has filed a new case involving the same firm, Hindalco, which produces aluminum.

The Congress today admitted that its top leader and former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has been questioned by the CBI about one of the headline cases that are part of Coal-Gate, the alleged scam that saw mining rights being assigned without any transparency to private firms.

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.

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.

The Supreme Court is expected to give its verdict today on 218 coal blocks it declared illegal in August, saying that allocations since 1993 by different governments were made arbitrarily.

The Supreme Court today is expected to pronounce its verdict on whether it will cancel the allotments of 218 coal blocks that it held as illegal.

The Supreme Court will next hear the case on Monday, September 15.

Manmohan Singh today won support from the CBI, which told the Supreme Court during a coal scam hearing that the former prime minister's case was "different".

Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal is in a Delhi court today in connection with a coal scam case.

The Supreme Court will today hear former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's petition to exempt him from appearing in a Delhi court next month in connection with the mega coal scam dubbed "Coal-Gate."

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was summoned by a court today as an accused in a case linked to the coal scam that saw mining rights being assigned without transparency to private firms.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has been summoned by a court as an accused in a case linked to the coal allocation scam, said today that he hoped to establish his "total innocence".

Shares in aluminium maker Hindalco fell over 3.5 per cent on Wednesday after a Delhi court summoned the company's chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla as an accused in a case linked to Coal-Gate, the alleged scam that saw mining rights being assigned without any transparency to private firms.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh has been summoned as an accused in a case linked to the coal scam that saw mining rights being assigned without any transparency to private firms.

The CBI has filed a sealed report in court giving details of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's questioning about one of the cases linked to Coal-Gate, the alleged scam that saw mining rights being assigned without any transparency to private firms.

Just days after it questioned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about how a coal field in Odisha was given in 2005 to a company owned by billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has filed a new case involving the same firm, Hindalco, which produces aluminum.

The Congress today admitted that its top leader and former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has been questioned by the CBI about one of the headline cases that are part of Coal-Gate, the alleged scam that saw mining rights being assigned without any transparency to private firms.

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.

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.

The Supreme Court is expected to give its verdict today on 218 coal blocks it declared illegal in August, saying that allocations since 1993 by different governments were made arbitrarily.

The Supreme Court today is expected to pronounce its verdict on whether it will cancel the allotments of 218 coal blocks that it held as illegal.

The Supreme Court will next hear the case on Monday, September 15.