New Delhi: Former Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar deposed before the Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the 2G spectrum case on Thursday. Putting the blame back on the then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Chandrasekhar said that he saw the note that said P Chidambaram could have stopped the 2G scam for the first time when he came to the JPC. Chandrasekhar hinted that the finance ministry was behind note that blamed Chidambaram....
02:40 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday chose to stay away from the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G scam. Former Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar is expected to depose before the Joint Parliamentary Committee that is probing the 2G spectrum case on Thursday. He is likely to be questioned about the contentious Finance Ministry note that had laid the 2G mess at Finance Minister P Chidambaram's door. Chandrashekhar is expected to...
12:37 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Former Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar is expected to depose before the Joint Parliamentary Committee that is probing the 2G spectrum case on Thursday. He is likely to be questioned about the contentious Finance Ministry note that had laid the 2G mess at Finance Minister P Chidambaram's door. Chandrashekhar is expected to tell the JPC that the note was solely the prerogative of the ministry then headed by Pranab...
09:34 AM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Fireworks are expected in the next meeting of the JPC on 2G issue scheduled for on Thursday with the demand for calling Finance Minister P Chidambaram as a witness becoming a sticky issue. The issue of summoning Chidambaram as a witness is back in the Committee's court with Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar declining to intervene at this stage which has forced JPC Chairman PC Chacko to take...
12:01 PM, Oct 17, 2012
New Delhi: After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) boycotted the Joint Parliamentary Committee meet on the 2G Scam, the Left Front leaders also walked out of the meeting on Thursday. CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta walked out of the meeting demanding that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram depose as witnesses in the case. The Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party have also supported the Left leaders'...
01:53 PM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha has written to the chief of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), PC Chacko, saying that the BJP will boycott the meeting on the 2G spectrum scam. BJP wants Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram to be called for deposition as witnesses. Expressing similar sentiments, another BJP member said there is no relevance in attending the meeting where former...
12:12 PM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: BJP is likely to boycott the proceedings of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Thursday on 2G over the issue of calling Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram as witnesses. "We will continue to boycott the proceedings of the JPC," BJP MP and a member of the panel said. Expressing similar sentiments, another BJP member said there is no relevance in attending the meeting where former...
12:41 AM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: A day to go before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G scam meets, the BJP will be meeting on Wednesday to decide whether to quit or continue in the panel. BJP members have twice walked out of JPC meetings expressing dissatisfaction over panel chair PC Chacko's refusal to discuss their demand on the inclusion of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the...
10:49 AM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday claimed in a Delhi court that a DB group official was "deposing falsely" in the 2G spectrum allocation case to "save" accused Shahid Usman Balwa, who is associated with the group and Swan Telecom Ltd. Balwa is the promoter of the chargesheeted company Swan Telecom which is now known as Etisalat DB Telecom Pvt Ltd. In its charge sheet, the CBI had alleged Swan...
07:55 PM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will begin hearing Telenor's plea seeking Rs 6400 crore as indemnity from Unitech on Tuesday for losses incurred after following the cancellation of their joint venture Uninor's 2G spectrum licenses. Unitech is expected to respond in the apex court on Tuesday. Telenor, which also sought a direction to freeze Unitech's assets, has alleged Unitech misrepresented facts before formation of their venture Uninor brand. Uninor's...
10:31 AM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: Agitated over its finding in coal mine allocation issue, the Congress on Monday targeted the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) again by utilising the opinion of the Supreme Court on 2G spectrum allocation matter. Noting certain observations of the apex court in the 2G case on Friday last, Tewari said "if the Supreme Court can be so circumspect in its observations, is it not essential that other constitutional...
09:10 PM, Oct 01, 2012
The Supreme Court on Thursday clarified that the auction order in the 2G scam was only restricted to telecom spectrum and not for all natural resources. The Supreme Court has held the 2G Presidential Reference as maintainable. Following is the full text of the Supreme Court's opinion on the 2G Presidential Reference: ...
03:50 PM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: In a major relief for the government, the Supreme Court on Thursday clarified that the auction order in the 2G scam was only restricted to telecom spectrum and not for all natural resources. The Supreme Court has held the 2G Presidential Reference as maintainable. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia has also clarified that its opinion has no bearing on the 2G order. Apart...
02:46 PM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Thursday give its opinion on the Presidential Reference moved by the Centre on whether auctioning of natural resources across all sectors is mandatory in line with its 2G spectrum judgement. The verdict will have long-term implications for how natural resources are disposed off by the government. The Centre is seeking clarity on which resources need to be auctioned and which ones can be...
08:09 AM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: Despite protests by a section of Congress members in JPC on 2G scam, panel chief PC Chacko has decided to go ahead with calling Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati as the next witness. Soon after Chacko announced the decision to call Vahanvati, a section of Congress members is learnt to have protested calling the top law officer of the country as a witness. They had claimed that a lawyer...
02:53 AM, Sep 24, 2012
Dahod: Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his "money does not grow on trees" remark, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged that for the Congress, 2G scam and Coalgate have become money trees. "How can a great economist like him try to convince the people in such a language? PMji, people of this country know that money doesn't grow on trees," he said while addressing...
04:04 PM, Sep 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Thursday that after a "long hiatus" it would resume the hearing of 2G related matters from September 27 and continue proceedings on the subsequent Thursday in the next week. A Supreme Court bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice KS Radhakrishnan said that after a "long hiatus" they will commence the hearing of the 2G related matters from the coming Thursday and would...
10:58 AM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: RBI Governor D Subbarao on Tuesday appeared before a Parliamentary panel and said he did not agree with the controversial Finance Ministry note which suggested that Finance Minister P Chidambaram could have insisted on auctioning the 2G spectrum. He also rejected suggestions that allocation of radiowaves resulted in a loss. Subbarao, who appeared before JPC on 2G scam as a former Finance Secretary, told the panel that he...
05:44 PM, Sep 18, 2012
New Delhi: Five Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members walked out of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting on the 2G spectrum scam on Tuesday after their demand for a list of witnesses to be called was rejected. Congress leader PC Chacko said no witnesses would be called, following which the BJP members walked out. BJP leader Yashwant Sinha had written a letter to Chacko demanding a list of witnesses be...
12:09 PM, Sep 18, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP is all set to attend a crucial Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting on 2G spectrum on Tuesday. The meeting comes a month after five BJP members stormed out, attacking the Congress for its unparliamentary language and demanding the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation. The opposition also wants the prime minister and Finance Minister P Chidambaram to be called as witnesses. Former finance secretary and now RBI Governor...
06:26 AM, Sep 18, 2012
