Sriprakash Jaiswal

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  Former Home Secretary Didn't Cut Matang Sinh's 130-Commando Security Cover: Sources

  Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami, who was sacked for allegedly trying to protect former Union Minister Matang Sinh in the Saradha chit fund scam case, also ensured that Sinh was protected by over 130 CRP commandos although he had no threat to his life, sources have told NDTV.

• Murli Manohar Joshi Defeats Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal

  Veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi has won from the Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency defeating coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal.

• Election Results 2014: Over 2000 'None of The Above' Votes Cast in Kanpur

  A total of 2,276 voters chose the None of The Above (NOTA) option in the Kanpur Lok Sabha seat, which saw competition between BJP's Murli Manohar Joshi and Congress's Sriprakash Jaiswal.

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  In BJP, a race for tickets: Why Narendra Modi's seat is yet to be announced

  The BJP is staring at trouble within over the choice of its candidates for next month's national election, with tussles brewing over many prominent seats.

• Don't know what sin I committed to have entered politics: Murli Manohar Joshi

  After four decades in active politics, BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi has observed, "I don't know what sin I have committed to have entered politics."

• Cabinet gives nod for coal regulator through executive order

  A regulator for the coal sector would be set up through an executive order, the government said today.

• AAP to launch campaign for Lok Sabha polls from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh

  Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will kick start his Lok Sabha poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh from Kanpur.

• Former coal secretary PC Parakh is 'Sheikh Chilli', says Coal Minister

  Reacting to former coal secretary PC Parakh's allegations on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the coal scam, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal today said Mr Parakh is a 'Sheikh Chilli,' or daydreamer.

• 35 out of 77 Union ministers fail to provide PM with details of assets

  Thirty-five of the 77 Union Ministers have failed to file annual details of their assets and liabilities before the Prime Minister even over a month after the passage of the deadline.

• Coal block auctions likely in December: minister

  Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has said that the auction of coal blocks to private firms will "hopefully" begin by December.

• Narendra Modi's Kanpur rally preponed to October 19

  BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's rally in Kanpur has been preponed to October 19 due to his busy schedule, his party said today.

• Narendra Modi to address rally in Kanpur on October 19

  BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will launch his party's Lok Sabha poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh from a rally at Kanpur on October 19.

• Cabinet approves coal block auction policy

  The Cabinet today approved the methodology for auctioning coal blocks, providing for upfront and production-linked payments and benchmarking of coal sale prices.

• How many files missing? Only seven says Coal Minister, 225 says CBI

  After days of government-opposition war that ended with a carefully worked out compromise, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh came to the Rajya Sabha on Friday ready to speak on missing coal allocation files. But the House adjourned in a chaos of protests by anti-Telangana MPs.

• Coal-Gate: Files do not disappear, they are made to disappear, says BJP

  The ruling Congress came ready to push its flagship Food Security Bill in Parliament today, but the Bharatiya Janata Party made it clear - the house won't run until Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself explained how crucial files connected to the coal allocation scam went missing.