Coal Scam Case

The Enforcement Directorate(ED) on Monday conducted raids at over a dozen locations in Chhattisgarh including at premises linked to state Congress leaders as part of an ongoing probe into the alleged coal levy scam, officials said. The raids that were underway over 12 hours after they were launched early this morning come days before the start of the three-day plenary session of the Congress party which is in power in the state. The three-day session begins on February 24 in Raipur. The Congress and state Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel cried foul over the raids calling it "vendetta politics" by the Centre, a charge rejected by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The Congress also raised questions over the timing of the raids. The Congress described the searches as an example of "third-rate politics" of "vendetta, vengeance and harassment", and asserted that the party will not be intimidated by such "tactics". Hitting back, Sitharaman said the Congress should not speak on corruption

After a seven-hour long grilling by ED officials, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Friday dared Union Home Minister Amit Shah to prove charges of wrongdoing in an alleged case of coal pilferage and to put him behind bars. The Trinamool Congress MP, considered number 2 in the party, also advised Shah to teach nationalism to his son and make sure that the law and order situation improves in Delhi. "If needed, I am ready to face questioning 30 times, but will not bow my head before the BJP. I have attacked his (Amit Shah's) son over the national flag issue but that does not mean the ED and CBI can be used to threaten me, he told reporters. Video footage of BCCI secretary Jay Shah, son of the Union home minister, appearing to turn down an offer to wave the national flag after India beat Pakistan in an Asia Cup match in Dubai on August 28 has sparked a controversy. Banerjee wondered why the top BJP leader who "teaches patriotism to the entire country has failed to educate his son". The

Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned a high-profile minister of West Bengal and a legislator of the ruling Trinamool Congress in connection with the coal smuggling case in the state

CBI arrested seven officials, including a serving general manager of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), in connection with the coal smuggling scam in West Bengal

ED, which is conducting a parallel probe along with CBI in the coal smuggling case in West Bengal, has summoned Rujira Narula Banerjee, wife of TMC's national general secretary, MP Abhishek Banerjee

West Bengal Police on Tuesday filed an FIR against several Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers including the one who is heading the central probe agency's probe in the coal smuggling case

The CBI interrogated TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira at their south Kolkata residence in connection with the coal pilferage scam, a senior officer said

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) wants to question Rujira Narula Banerjee, wife of TMC MP, Abhishek Banerjee in the multi- crore coal smuggling case in West Bengal

A CBI special court here on Tuesday convicted five persons in connection with a coal scam case related to Lalgarh (North) coal block allocated during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 2003

The SC will hear a plea challenging the Calcutta HC's order which allowed the CBI to investigate a case of alleged illegal mining and transportation of coal in West Bengal, without the State's consent

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday summoned Kolkata based businessman Randhir Barnwal in connection with the coal scam case

The ED has attached properties to the tune of Rs 1.2 crore of Jharkhand Ispat Private Limited (JIPL) in a coal block case

The committee also directed Coal Indian Limited to include Kilhoni block in the list of blocks to be offered for captive mining, it said

Two other bureaucrats -- K S Kropha and K C Samria -- were also awarded 3-year jail term

The convicts may get a maximum seven-year jail term

As many as 13 persons and five companies have been held guilty so far in five cases including today's decision

The top court directed the CBI director to finalise the eight pending cases on or before January 15, 2018

Firm found guilty of deriving undue benefits under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)

The court has now posted the matter for further hearing on October 31

CBI has alleged that JSPL misrepresented the equipment purchase orders and misled the Coal Ministry