-The Indian Express The coal ministry is likely to tell the Supreme Court that allocations made through the screening committee route were "unimpeachable and unquestionable". A day after the Supreme Court rapped the government saying all coal blocks allocated during 2006-09 can be summarily de-allocated if breach of procedures in the defined allocation process is established, coal ministry officials are sure they can defend the policy. They aim to include the comments of...

-IANS Delhi Police on Tuesday gave clean chit to eight people booked in constable Subhash Tomar's death during the anti-rape protests here in December last year. Appearing for the police, additional solicitor general (ASG) Sidharth Luthra told the court that no evidence was found to link the eight accused to the constable's death. However, Luthra said that they were involved in destruction of public property near India Gate during the protests against the...

PTI Bhaiyalal Bhotmange, whose four family members were tortured and murdered at Khairlanji in Bhandara district in September 2006, on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra government to hand over the land promised by it in the aftermath of the killings, which sparked nationwide protests. Mr. Bhotmange, who met Home Minister R.R. Patil, told reporters at the Vidhan Bhawan that he was yet to get the promised land. Mr. Patil spoke to Social Justice Minister...

-The Hindustan Times The Centre and the CBI faced off before the Supreme Court over the coal scam on Tuesday, with the investigating agency pointing out flaws in the coal block allocation process. To ensure there is no political interference, the court asked the investigating agency not to share its probe report with the government. This is the first time the Central Bureau of Investigation has pointed out irregularities in coal block...

-DNA The Bombay High Court has transferred the investigation into the killing of RTI activist Premkant Jha to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) after the local police failed to make any headway in the case. Jha was shot dead in broad daylight in Virar on February 24, 2012. He was an RTI activist as well as the national level public relations officer of the Bhrashtachar Atyachar Virodhi Samiti. At first a...