-The Times of India The Central Bureau of Investigation is set to register FIRs in the Coalgate scam on Tuesday morning and conduct raids at the premises of those private players who got coal blocks by misrepresenting facts. Sources said the first set of FIRs into the alleged irregularities in the allocation and utilization of coal deposits may cover eight to ten private companies and are likely to be filed after these...
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CBI seeks more time from CVC to submit report on coal issue
-PTI CBI has sought more time from Central Vigilance Commission to submit its status report on its probe into alleged irregularities in coal blocks allocation and utilization. CBI, which has registered a preliminary enquiry after receiving a reference from CVC, could not finalise its report in three months time frame because of "complex nature" of the case, agency sources said. They said a three-month time limit, which expired on August 31, is a...
More »Start Mechanism to Root Out Graft in PDS: SC to Centre
-PTI The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to put in place proper vigilance mechanism to track corruption and leakage of foodgrains in public distribution system. A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur asked the government to file its reply how it intends to check the continuing ills in the implementation of PDS. It said that it will pass order if the government fails to put in place vigilance mechanism. "If you...
More »UP forms special court for all health scams -Neeraj Chauhan
-The Times of India Criticized for tardy probe progress coupled with acute shortage of officers to investigate cases, the CBI got a relief in National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam investigations as the Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a special court for all the health scheme fraud cases. The UP government issued a notification on August 28, constituting a Special Court especially for NRHM cases in Ghaziabad. The court of Session Judge...
More »RTI activists see hope in HC order to appoint 2 more ICs-Kumar Anand
-Express India Acting on a public interest litigation (PIL) on August 14, the Gujarat High Court (HC) directed the state government to appoint two more information commissioners (IC) at the office of the state Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) to clear the piling-up secondary appeals and complaints under the Right to Information Act (RTI). This was not for the first time the HC ordered the state government to fill the vacant posts at...
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