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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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  I Went by Coal Secretary's Advice: Manmohan Singh to CBI

  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's request for allocation of Talabira-II coal block to HINDALCO was approved by him on the advice of then Coal Secretary PC Parakh and examined by PMO officials, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told the CBI.

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  Coal Scam: 'We Shall Defend Manmohan Singh With All Our Might,' Says Congress

  Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with former coal secretary PC Parakh and four others have been summoned as accused by a Delhi court in Hindalco coal block allocation case. The former PM has reacted saying that he is ready for legal scrutiny.

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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.

• 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...

• The Buck Stops With Prime Minister: Ex-Minister Dasari Narayan Rao on Coal Scam

  Speaking for the first time after he was named in the FIR in coal scam, former minister of state for coal Dasari Narayan Rao told NDTV, the Prime Minister could have thrown him out if there was something wrong with whatever he did as the junior minister.

• PM didn't understand coalition politics: Coal Minister Jaiswal to NDTV

  At a time two books have described Manmohan Singh as a Prime Minister who failed to provide strong leadership and surrendered to his Congress party and its allies, one of his ministers has made another embarrassing assessment.

• 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.

• Prime Minister didn't know telecom policy, didn't take him for a ride: A Raja

  Former telecom minister A Raja, who is accused in the 2G spectrum scam, has said that he never took the Prime Minister for a ride. "He did not know the telecom policy," Mr Raja told NDTV amid a controversy over two books that imply that Manmohan Singh had no control over his ministers.

• In midst of election, another insider's book deals blow for Congress

  A new book accuses Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of being weak and unable to stamp out corruption on his watch, the second recent attack by an insider that undermines the Congress party as it seeks re-election despite trailing in opinion polls.

• PM was unable to counter vested interests: former Coal Secretary PC Parakh says in memoir

  At a time when a book from Prime Minister's former media advisor Sanjaya Baru has created political ripples, a new book from former Coal secretary P C Parakh is going to add fuel to the fire.

• 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.

• 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.