New Delhi: Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has handed over 15 files sought by the CBI in connection with its probe into increase of spectrum bandwidth for Airtel and Vodafone between 2001 and 2003 during when NDA was in power. The agency, which is likely to file a chargesheet in the case in the first week of October, had sought certified copies of the files pertaining to increase of spectrum beyond...
04:15 PM, Sep 17, 2012
New Delhi: In a blow for former telecom minister A Raja, his former private secretary RK Chandolia and telecom firm Unitech, key witness AK Srivastav stood by his evidence against the three. Raja failed to dissuade the DoT official. During his cross examination, DoT official Srivastav reiterated that Chandolia at Raja's behest asked him if Unitech's application had come and also instructed that no application be taken after Unitech. Raja...
03:39 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: 2G scam accused and former Telecom Minister A Raja is set to begin cross-examining AK Srivastava, the former deputy director general of the Department of Telecom. Srivastava is a key prosecution witness who had deposed against Raja claiming the former minister was the final authority for taking decisions on spectrum allocations. He also claimed Raja had communicated to the Prime Minister about the policy for distribution of licences....
06:42 AM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: The government is expecting "significant participation" from existing and new telecom operators in the spectrum auction scheduled to start from November 12, 2012. "We are expecting significant participation from the new operators and some of the existing operators which require additional spectrum may also participate in the auction," Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar said. Uninor and Sistema Shyam Teleservices are yet to confirm their participation in the upcoming auction...
06:57 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said the opinion of its Constitution Bench on the Presidential Reference arising out of its 2G Spectrum judgement will not have "undoing" impact on the verdict by which the allocation of 122 licences were cancelled. "All of us so far know that answers given to the Presidential Reference has no meaning to the case as it is not undoing the judgement. That will...
11:09 PM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for a fresh auction of the 2G spectrum licences till January 11, 2013. The court has said that if the orders are not complied with, the court will issue contempt proceedings against the officers responsible. "Exemplary costs may be imposed in the event of failure to complete auction process within the deadline," the apex court said. The court has ruled that...
03:12 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Heavy rains bring havoc to north India. The SC rejects Subramanian Swamy's plea against P Chidambaram in 2G case. ...
11:56 PM, Aug 24, 2012
A plea filed by the Janata Party chief seeking a probe against P Chidambaram in the 2G scam was rejected by the SC on Friday. ...
11:28 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Two persons were killed in a shooting incident outside the Empire State Building in New York. ...
10:49 PM, Aug 24, 2012
The Supreme Court dismissed Subramanian Swamy's plea seeking a probe into the role of P Chidambaram in the 2G scam. ...
09:47 PM, Aug 24, 2012
While the government has claimed that is no loss to the exchequer, the BJP has drawn a parallel with Sibal's zero loss theory in the 2G scam. ...
06:46 PM, Aug 24, 2012
The Supreme Court on Friday said that there was no prima facie evidence to show that Chidambaram got benefits from 2G deals. ...
06:16 PM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram was a relieved man on Friday as the Supreme Court dismissed the plea seeking a probe into his role in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The plea, filed by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy, was dismissed by the Supreme Court as it observed that "there is no prima facie material to show that P Chidambaram got pecuniary benefits". While Chidambaram refrained...
06:04 PM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: As the Supreme Court dismissed a plea for making Finance Minister P Chidambaram a co-accused in 2G case, the BJP on Friday said that he remains "constitutionally and politically accountable" as the nation suffered a loss in spectrum pricing in 2008. "The loss has been caused to the government. Chidambaram was a part of the decision-making process. He is constitutionally accountable, remains politically accountable and that is what...
04:24 PM, Aug 24, 2012
The Supreme Court on Friday gave a clean chit to Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. ...
03:05 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Chidambaram refused to make any comment on the Supreme Court verdict dismissing a plea for making him a co-accused in the 2G spectrum case. ...
03:01 PM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: Following is the chronology of events leading to the Supreme Court on Friday rejecting the plea of Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy seeking investigation into Finance Minister P Chidambaram's alleged role in the 2G spectrum scam case: December 15, 2010: Swamy moves special CBI court seeking prosecution of the then Telecom Minister A Raja in 2G scam and his (Swamy's) appointment as public prosecutor. January 7, 2011 :...
12:12 PM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider extending its August 31 deadline given to complete the process of fresh auctioning of 2G spectrum cancelled licences only if the Telecom Secretary gives an undertaking that its judgement would be implemented. A bench comprising justices GS Singhvi and KS Radhakrishnan said it will not accept the undertaking from officers below the rank of secretary. The bench, which fixed...
12:05 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Congress Spokesperson Manish Tewari said that the Opposition has no case against Finance Minister P Chidambaram. ...
11:59 AM, Aug 24, 2012
Calling the Supreme Court judgement a bad one, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy said that he will file a review petition in the Supreme Court. ...
11:50 AM, Aug 24, 2012
