-The Hindustan Times The Central Bureau of Investigation said on Friday that the law minister had been given access to a draft copy of its report into the coal blocks allocation scam, prompting furious Opposition calls for his resignation and putting at risk the functioning of Parliament next week. CBI director Ranjit Sinha submitted a highly unusual affidavit to the Supreme Court saying the agency had shared the draft with minister Ashwani...
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Truth is now grey matter
-The Hindustan Times It never rains, it pours as far as the troubles of the UPA Government go in recent times. Any hope that the scams which have been unearthed and their aftermath could be put behind it as it enters the final phase of its tenure before elections 2014 has been belied after the disclosure by the Central Bureau of Investigation director Ranjit Sinha that the agency had shown its...
More »Normal monsoon may give UPA some help
-The Times of India Rains could bring some relief to the UPA in the pre-election year with the meteorological department on Friday projecting a countrywide normal monsoon for 2013. The forecast should allay government's fears of food inflation jumping again over the 10% mark after being only partially tamed in the last quarter of the financial year. The weather office said that rainfall would be within the normal range - 98% of...
More »WB chit fund scam: Governor calls special Assembly session next week
-CNN-IBN Kolkata: West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan has called a special session of the state Assembly next week beginning April 29 to discuss the chit fund scam. Speaker Biman Banerjee, in fact, has called an all-party meeting at 3 pm on Friday to discuss the special session. But the TMC wants the West Bengal Protection of Depositors' Interest in Financial Institution Bill to be returned by the Centre so that it could...
More »CBI chief to SC: Yes, shared last coalgate report with govt. No, latest report not shown
-The Telegraph Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held consultations with senior leaders of his government after the Central Bureau of Investigation admitted to the Supreme Court that it had shared its status report on the coal-block allocation scam with ministers and officials. CBI director Ranjit Sinha said in his affidavit that the agency had shared the report with Union law minister Ashwani Kumar "as desired by him" and that senior officials of the...
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