Posts Tagged ‘A. Raja’
Karunanidhi meets Kanimozhi in jail
Tamil Nadu ex Chief Minster M Karunanidhi for a second time in a month met his daughter Kanimozhi, arrested in the 2G spectrum case, at the Tihar jail in New Delhi on Tuesday and spent nearly 45 minutes with her The 88-year-old DMK President drove to the jail at around 430 PM accompanied by his wife Rajathi Ammal, his son and Union Minister [...]
Raja-Radia tape: RIL apologises to P.Chidambaram
RIL tendered a "profuse apology" to Home Minister P Chidambaram for remarks by one of its staff purportedly suggesting he was a beneficiary in the 2G spectrum scams Reliance Industries Limited prices," Sitharaman said rates "It raises the question in our minds Why can't we make an inference that probably Mr Chidambaram is culpable It [...]
Media trying to sever DMK-Cong ties: Karunanidhi
Beleagured DMK chief M Karunanidhi today launched a scathing attack on a section of media, charging it with trying to sever his party's seven- year-old alliance with Congress questions posed to me during the press conference at the end of DMK's High Power Committee on June 10, as many as 22 of them centred on the 2G spectrum allocation scam [...]
DMK to stay with UPA, to fight 2G scam legally
Ending days of uncertainty, the DMK today decided not to pull out of the UPA Government over the 2G spectrum scam, but accused the CBI of adopting "double standards" by arresting party MP Kanimozhi in the case8 MPs in Lok Sabha and is the third largest partner of the UPA3 assembly polls due to the 2G scam "Some vested interests due to jealousy [...]
Court dismisses Kanimozhi’s bail plea
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Member of Parliament Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, accused in the 2G spectrum case, saying there are prima facie evidences against them “There are certain prima facie evidences against the accused Considering the complicity of the accused [...]
2G Scam started with Dayanidhi Maran: Murli Manohar Joshi
PAC Chairperson Murli Manohar Joshi today accused Dayanidhi Maran of transferring all powers of the Group of Ministers to Telecom Minister during his tenure and then changing policies to benefit Aircel, whose new buyer allegedly invested in his family-owned Sun TV Network "Several documents were changed and it was accepted All the powers [...]
Karuna turns 88; Message to allies: ‘Bad friendship will end in trouble’
DMK chief M Karunanidhi, who is smarting under the Assembly poll debacle and fallout of the 2G spectrum scam that has brought his family under the scanner, turned 88 today, keeping his birthday celebrations on low-key "Bad friendship will end in trouble," the DMK patriarch said in a message to party cadres without elaborating "Cadres who [...]
Shahid Balwa wants to depose before JPC
Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, who has been chargesheeted in 2G spectrum scam, has expressed desire to appear before the Joint Parliamentary Committee JPC probing the matter Balwa, who is currently lodged in Tihar Jail, has written to JPC Chairman PC Chacko expressing the desire to depose, sources said The committee will consider [...]
Court allows A.Raja to withdraw money for family expenses
Former Telecom Minister and key accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, A Raja, was on Wednesday allowed by a Delhi court to sign bank cheques for withdrawing money for the expenses of his family Special CBI Judge O P Saini permitted A Raja to sign cheques to the tune of Rs one lakh for this month after CBI did not oppose his [...]
CAG Vinod Rai to brief JPC on 2G losses on May 30
The Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the 2G scam has sought to know from Comptroller and Auditor General 998 to 2009 on Monday876 lakh crore, arrived at by the CAG on account of 2G spectrum allocation According to the CBI charge sheet in the 2G spectrum allocation case, the loss to the exchequer is pegged at Rs 30,984 crore The JPC [...]
Karunanidhi in Delhi meets daughter Kanimozhi at Tihar Jail
The former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, DMK President M Karunanidhi, met his daughter Kanimozhi, who was arrested in the 2G spectrum case, at Tihar Jail here on Monday, and spent half an hour with her The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president arrived in Delhi in the morning to meet his daughter Mr Karunanidhi reached the jail premises at [...]
2G: HC rejects bail pleas of 5 corporate honchos
The bail pleas of five corporate executives, including Unitech group MD Sanjay Chandra and Group MD of Reliance ADAG Gautam Doshi, in the 2G scam case were on Monday dismissed by the Delhi High Court The other corporate accused whose bail plea were rejected included D B Realty promoter Vinod Goenka and Reliance officials Hari Nair and Surendra [...]
Karunanidhi to visit Delhi to meet daughter Kanimozhi
DMK President M Karunanidhi will be in New Delhi tomorrow to meet his daughter Kanimozhi, who is in jail in the 2G Spectrum scam, but may not meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi00 crore in October 2005 Out of this money received from the network, Rs 225 crore was paid as tax while the "remaining was shared", Karunanidhi said without [...]
2G scam: Court order on Kanimozhi’s bail plea after 1 pm
Suspense over DMK MP Kanimozhi's bail plea is likely to be decided in the afternoon on Friday by a Delhi court trying the 2G spectrum case in which her party MP and former Telecom Minister A Raja is in jail4 deferred the order for May 204, a day after the results of Tamil Nadu Assembly elections in which DMK got severe drubbing2 and 13 as she [...]
A.Raja listed in Times Top 10 power abusers
The disgraced former telecom minister's notoriety has spread so far and wide that the Time magazine has placed 'India's Telecom Scandal' attributed to the jailed DMK leader at number two in the all-time Top 10 Abuses of Power922governments such as Libyan dictator Gaddafi, who opened his country's coffers for his children, former Israel president [...]
CBI portrays Tatas as victim in 2G scam: Balwa
Tatas are being portrayed by CBI as the "victim" in 2G spectrum scam but they are the greatest beneficiary in the allocation of the radio waves during the tenure of A Raja as Telecom Minister, a Delhi Court was told today while the order on Balwa's bail plea has been put up for May 24 Contending on behalf of Balwa, Agarwal also contended [...]
2G Scam: IT officials questions Kanimozhi
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, DMK chief M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi was questioned by Income Tax authorities over the Rs 200 crore transaction from Shahid Balwa-owned DB Realty to Kalaignar TV, in which she holds a minority stake4, just a day after the counting of votes for 234 Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu, which went to polls on April [...]
2G scam: Kanimozhi seeks bail
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's daughter and DMK MP Kanimozhi today appeared before a special court, responding to summons for her alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam and sought bail on grounds of being a woman After a day-long hearing, the special CBI court asked the investigating agency to respond on Kanimozhi's plea on [...]
Majority rejects PAC report, Joshi walks out
After accusations and counter-accusations through unprecedented chaotic scenes at a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee 1 of its 21 members recorded their “vote” to “reject” the draft report on 2G scam circulated to the members by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Wednesday1 members, including Professor Soz, individually recorded their [...]
Govt may name prosecutor to represent CBI in 2G case today
Government may come up with the name of the special public prosecutor to represent the CBI in the 2G spectrum allocation scam on Friday, a top agency official said2 accused including former Telecom Minister A Raja alleging that he had manipulated the procedure for allocation of spectrum with the aim of favouring companies like Swan Telecom [...]
