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TopicCoal scam

Topic: Coal scam

Washed coal bid, gold bars in bank locker. Inside NALCO graft case that ended in ex-chief’s conviction

Former NALCO chairman & MD Abhay Srivastava, his former colleague BL Bajaj & their wives were convicted in money laundering case stemming from a 2011 bribery case.

How CBI charged Dalit IAS officer repeatedly in coal block scam when he wasn’t even in allocation dept

5 yrs after approving CBI request to prosecute KC Samria in 4 cases, DoPT backtracked on 5 others after learning KC Samria wasn’t in the coal allocation section when companies applied.

‘Pliable officers, kickbacks’ — ACB names two Baghel govt ministers in coal & liquor ‘scam’ FIRs

Probe agency accuses multiple Congress leaders & state officials of being involved in two syndicates that extorted money from coal transporters and through illegal liquor supply.

CBI raids West Bengal law minister’s residence amid coal smuggling scam

Three houses of Bengal law minister Moloy Ghatak were raided, with the CBI stating they have evidence of his involvement in the scam.

Remember a convicted ‘non-guilty’ IAS officer, HC Gupta, when fretting over stalled economic reforms

The 2010-13 season of scandal-mongering still casts a shadow on Indian politics, and the victims are those at the lowest end of the decision-making chain.

‘Shakespearean tragedy’— why IAS fraternity is rallying behind ‘coal scam’ convict HC Gupta

Former coal secretary H.C. Gupta, a 1971-batch IAS officer, was this week given 3-year jail term in the latest among a string of ‘Coalgate' cases dating back to UPA era.

ED summons 8 West Bengal IPS officers to Delhi in ‘coal smuggling’ case

As state opposition alleges involvement of more police officers in case, Trinamool announces state-wide protests Friday claiming central agencies targeting opposition-led states.

Anatomy of Gujarat’s ‘Rs 6,000-cr coal scam’: UPA-era MSME subsidy that beneficiaries ‘never got’

A scheme guaranteeing subsidised coal for MSMEs was formulated in 2007-08 under the Manmohan Singh govt. Its implementation in Gujarat has spawned allegations of corruption.

Behind Bengal’s Rs 1,900-cr ‘coal scam’ story is Class 8 dropout who began as ‘petty coal thief’

Top politicians like Mamata’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee have been grilled in connection with the coal mining scam. At the centre of it is a man called Anup Maji.

Mamata shadow on Oppn unity as she says BJP can ‘silence’ Mulayam, Pawar, Congress but not TMC

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee slams BJP for summons to her nephew in ED's coal scam probe, comments come on a day Congress decides to not field candidate in Bhabanipur bypoll.

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India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.