New Delhi: Loop Telecom on Tuesday took the government and TRAI before the sector's tribunal TDSAT seeking refund of Rs 1,454 crore paid for 2G licence and sought Rs 1,000 crore damages for loss of reputation after its cancellation. In its petition, Loop Telecom has submitted that the Supreme Court has cancelled the UASL license issued to it by the government under its "flip flop' first-come-first-serve policy and it had...
06:09 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: TRAI chief Rahul Khullar on Tuesday is expected to appear before the Joint Parliamentary Committee that is looking into the 2G spectrum scam. This is in connection with the Telecom regulator's recommendations to the government which Telecom companies are pressuring the government to nullify. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had last month suggested an auction starting price that is nearly 10 times of what carriers had...
07:18 AM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Essar promoters Ravi and Anshuman Ruia, and Loop Telecom's Kiran Khaitan and IP Khaitan have been charged with conspiracy while Essar's Director for Strategy and Planning Vikash Saraf has been charged with cheating and conspiracy in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court also granted them bail on a surety bond of Rs 5 lakh each while charging them. Advancing arguments on...
04:22 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi Court will pronounce its order on Friday on farming of charges against Essar group and Loop Telecom promoters for allegedly committing offences of cheating and criminal conspiracy for obtaining the 2G spectrum licences from government. "Put up for order on May 25. All the five accused person shall remain present in the court in person (on May 25)," Special CBI Judge OP Saini said after the...
11:53 AM, May 25, 2012
Now that all the 2G accused have been released on bail, where does the case stand? ...
10:33 PM, May 16, 2012
A day after getting out of Tihar Jail on bail, DMK MP A Raja has attended parliamentary proceedings on Wednesday. ...
12:57 PM, May 16, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said the 2G spectrum allotment scam case seemed to be getting diluted with the bail granted to former communications minister and the main accused A Raja. Queried about the bail granted to Raja, she told reporters in Chennai: "I am hearing about it from you only now. It definitely looks as though it is (2G case) getting diluted." Raja, lodged in...
01:21 AM, May 16, 2012
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11:56 PM, May 15, 2012
After spending over a year in jail, former Telecom Minister A Raja, an accused in the 2G scam case, is finally out on bail. ...
11:06 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: A minor scuffle broke out between supporters of A Raja and media personnel outside the MP's residence in New Delhi on Tuesday night. The incident took place outside Raja's Motilal Nehru Marg residence at around 9 pm while a function was being held there to felicitate the MP, who got bail in the 2G spectrum case on Tuesday. According to media personnel, a group of his supporters raised...
10:04 PM, May 15, 2012
Chennai: Backing his party colleague A Raja, prime accused in 2G spectrum scam, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday expressed happiness over his securing bail. "All in DMK support Raja," Karunanidhi said, hours after a Delhi court granted bail to the former Union Telecom Minister. Talking to reporters at his Gopalapuram residence, the DMK patriarch said Raja securing bail gave him happiness. To a question if Raja would be involved...
09:21 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: Scores of DMK supporters, gathered outside a Delhi court on Tuesday, cheered out loud on hearing that their leader and former communications minister A Raja was granted bail in the 2G scam case. Over 200 DMK supporters were eagerly waiting for the outcome of the hearing outside the court room at Patiala House courts complex. Raja's wife Parmeshawari Devi was also present in the court. She accompanied Raja...
09:08 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: Former telecom minister A Raja, an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, on Tuesday evening walked out of the Tihar Jail, hours after being granted bail by the court of special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge O P Saini in New Delhi. The 49-year-old DMK leader was granted bail on a surety of Rs 25 lakh after spending 15 months in jail. Raja was the...
07:27 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: Two words - bail granted and the celebrations began. Special Judge OP Saini's order was greeted with spontaneous applause by A Raja's supporters inside and outside the court. Going by the celebrations, it seems more like the former Telecom Minister has been acquitted rather than been granted bail. So it's important to note, that while these celebrations will continue, so will the trial on a day-to-day basis. DMK...
06:53 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: After 15 months in jail, former telecom minister and DMK MP A Raja was granted bail by the court of Special CBI Judge OP Saini in New Delhi on Tuesday on a surety of Rs 25 lakh. The 49-year-old Raja, who was the first one to be arrested in the 2G scam and the last one to apply and get bail, cannot visit Tamil Nadu without permission. He...
05:04 PM, May 15, 2012
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