Missing Coal Scam Files

• CBI registers two enquiries on missing coal files

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today registered two preliminary enquiries to look into the issue of missing files on coal block allocations from the Coal Ministry.

• Coal-Gate: all files aren't missing, some never existed, says government

  Sources say that at a meeting with the CBI today, they will argue that the government is being wrongly accused of allowing important documents to disappear; instead, the government will claim that some of these files never existed.

• 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.

• Missing coal files: the government has nothing to hide, says Prime Minister

  Targeted by the opposition on missing coal allocation files in Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government had nothing to hide.

• 'Is it an attempt to destroy records?' Supreme Court slams govt on missing coal files

  The Supreme Court today slammed the CBI for the 'slow pace' of its probe into the allegedly illegal allocation of coal blocks to private parties at throwaway prices.

• Coal-Gate: seven files still missing, government tells Supreme Court

  Under attack for losing important documents that explain how coal fields were allocated to private firms, the government today told the Supreme Court that seven files remain missing and that it is trying to locate them.

• 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."

• PM 'may intervene' on missing coal files: Govt appeases belligerent opposition

  The government today said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh "may intervene" on missing coal allocation files, in a major concession to the Opposition at a time it is desperate to pass the Food Security Bill.

• PM must explain missing coal files, Arun Jaitley tells NDTV: Highlights

  Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, speaks to NDTV in an exclusive interview over the storm in Parliament over the alleged coal scam which has blocked the UPA's Food Security Bill in Parliament. Here are the highlights from the interview:

• Coal allocation scam: Government didn't respond to request for crucial documents, says CBI

  As the Opposition today targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the missing files related to the coal allocation scam, the CBI today said the government had not responded to its request for documents related to all 13 FIRs, or police complaints, registered in the case - including those linked to the involvement of Congress MPs Naveen Jindal and...

• Food Security Bill stalled over coal scam protests, Bill to be taken up on Thursday

  The government's flagship Food Security Bill, stalled again on Tuesday amid repeated disruptions in Parliament over missing coal allocation files, will now be taken up on Thursday.

• No Food Security Bill today as BJP targets PM on missing coal files

  The BJP today launched a direct attack at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the missing files related to the coal allocation scam, blocking the government's bid to push its landmark Food Security Bill to coincide with the 69th birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.

• I am ready for any punishment if proved guilty, says Coal Minister

  The opposition today targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the missing files connected to the coal allocation scam, forcing both houses to adjourn several times.

• Missing Coal-Gate files: BJP accuses government of destruction of evidence

  The Opposition today targeted the government in Parliament and demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement on missing files related to the alleged violations in the allocation of coal blocks.

• Coal-gate files missing, admits government; won't tolerate it, says BJP

  The BJP wants the government to urgently explain in Parliament why and how important files that explain how coal fields were allocated to private firms are missing.