Ex-coal secretary gets 3-year jail in scam case

August 08, 2022 11:35

The Rouse Avenue court has awarded three-year imprisonment to former coal secretary HC Gupta in a coal scam case of irregularities in the allocation of a Maharashtra coal block to a Nagpur-based private company.

The court also awarded two-year imprisonment to former joint secretary in the ministry of coal, KS Kropha. Both were convicted by the court last week.

The court also awarded a four-year jail term to Mukesh Gupta, director of the private company, in this matter.

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

'Yes, extra-marital affairs happen'

'Sometimes things get stale in a relationship and people seek solace elsewhere.'

Pant Or Miller: Who Batted Best? Vote!

Check out the top knocks of the DC vs GT match.

LTIMindtree misses revenue, profit estimates

IT services major LTIMindtree reported a net profit of Rs 1,100 crore for the fourth quarter of financial year 2023-24 (FY24), down 1.2 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) from Rs 1,141 crore in the same quarter last financial year. Revenue...

'BJP is out of power this time'

'The nation cannot afford a government indifferent to its plight/'

Gehlot tapped phones of Pilot: Ex-Raj CM's OSD

'They wanted to prove that the BJP was behind all this, which was not the case. Then Deputy CM Sachin Pilot even said that no one was listening to them even when they wanted to tell their side of the story, so they all got together and...