Suvendu's cabinet line-up has ministers embodying Bengal's geographical, ethnic divideWest Bengal witnesses the formation of its first BJP government with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and five ministers sworn in. The cabin...
09 May, 2026, 02.27 PM IST
What's at stake at the Trump-Xi summitPresident Donald Trump will meet President Xi Jinping in Beijing next week. The leaders aim to ease tensions over trade, Taiwan, and the Ir...
07 May, 2026, 02.42 PM IST
I-PAC director Vinesh Chandel sent to 10 days in ED custodyA special court in Delhi has remanded Vinesh Chandel, co-founder of I-PAC, to 10 days of ED custody after his arrest in a money laundering ...
14 Apr, 2026, 09.54 AM IST
Amid West Asia crisis: Santa Marta meet aims to drive fossil fuel shiftThe Santa Marta conference has been described as a meeting of the "coalition of doers", comprising countries and stakeholders committed to ...
13 Apr, 2026, 12.26 AM IST
PM Modi to sharpen BJP's Bengal campaign with three poll rallies on ThursdayPrime Minister Narendra Modi will hold three rallies in West Bengal on Thursday, visiting Haldia, Asansol, and Suri to intensify the BJP's ...
09 Apr, 2026, 08.08 AM IST
Major Coal India arms report drop in production in FY26Coal India subsidiaries BCCL, CCL, WCL, and MCL saw production drop in FY26. This occurred as India increased coal reliance due to global g...
03 Apr, 2026, 01.13 AM IST
CBI court discharges former coal secretary, 4 others in coal block allocation caseA Delhi court discharged former coal secretary HC Gupta and others in a coal block allocation case. The court found the allocation of the F...
03 Nov, 2025, 02.13 PM IST
Former Coal secretary HC Gupta given 3-year rigorous imprisonment in coal allocation scamSpecial CBI judge Arun Bhardwaj held that "sentencing should neither be too lenient, otherwise the law loses its deterrence, nor should it ...
08 Aug, 2022, 11.41 PM IST
Coal Scam: Court convicts former Coal Secretary H C Gupta, othersSpecial Judge Arun Bhardwaj also convicted Grace Industries Ltd. (GIL) and its Director Mukesh Gupta for criminal conspiracy and cheating, ...
29 Jul, 2022, 06.06 PM IST
Coal scam case: Former coal secretary H C Gupta convictedAround eight different charge sheets have been filed against Gupta and proceedings are going on individually.
19 May, 2017, 01.03 PM IST
Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta was aware that Coal Minister would go by recommendations: CourtFormer Coal Secretary H C Gupta was "well aware" that the Coal Minister would go by the recommendations of the screening panel, a Delhi cou...
02 Oct, 2015, 06.57 PM IST
Coal scam: Former Coal Secretary HC Gupta drags Manmohan Singh's nameGupta's counsel argued that he was empowered to only recommend allocation of blocks whereas the minister-in-charge of the Coal Ministry was...
27 May, 2015, 08.31 PM IST
Former Coal Secretary PC Parakh 'surprised' over summons in connection with coal scamSummoned by the government in connection with the coal scam, Former Coal Secretary P C Parakh today said it came as a "surprise" to him.
11 Mar, 2015, 02.20 PM IST
All ministers between 2004 & 2010 should be made accountable: PC Parakh, Former Coal SecretaryNow this proposal was approved by the Prime Minister as coal minister, but somehow for eight long years this decision could not be implemen...
25 Aug, 2014, 05.30 PM IST
Political powers and vested interests wanted PC Parakh out: Former Cabinet secretary BK Chaturvedi"There was immense pressure from vested interest groups to remove Parakh and some other honest bureaucrats," Chaturvedi said.
26 Oct, 2013, 12.42 PM IST
Coalgate: Former Coal Secretary quizzed by CBIFormer Coal Secretary H C Gupta was today questioned by CBI in connection with coal blocks allocation from 2006 to 2009 during his tenure.
20 Jun, 2013, 06.13 PM IST
Coalgate: CBI to question former coal secretary HC GuptaThe CBI is also planning to question the present advisor to the Prime Minister, TKA Nair, and two senior bureaucrats.
13 Jun, 2013, 06.36 AM IST