New Delhi: Delhi High court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on DMK MP Kanimozhi's plea to quash charges against her in the 2G scam. The court will now hear the matter on May 10 along with other 2G cases. Kanimozhi had on Friday moved High Court seeking quashing of charges made against her by the CBI in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. "Set...
12:01 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi on Friday moved the Delhi High Court for quashing of charges against her in the 2G spectrum allocation case. In her application Kanimozhi claimed that she was not involved in the grant of 2G licences, which were granted as per the government policy. She also claimed that she did not have any executive function in Kalaignar TV and she was just a share holder. She...
05:06 PM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted the resolution against Sri Lanka on alleged war crimes on Thursday with 24 countries, including India, voting in favour, 15 against and eight abstaining. Welcoming the move of India to vote in favour of the US-backed resolution, DMK MP Kanimozhi said that all the parties in Tamil Nadu were asking for it and the credit for it went to...
05:40 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Chennai: DMK MP Kanimozhi on Sunday hoped that the Centre will "not push" the party to take a decision on its continuance in the government over India's stand on the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lankan Government in the UN Human Rights Council. "That is the decision for party leaders to make. I hope the DMK will not be pushed to make any such decision and we are hopeful that the...
04:12 AM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi, facing trial for her alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation case, was allowed by a Delhi court to participate in the Budget session of Parliament. Kanimozhi, who attended the proceedings in Parliament on Tuesday demanded an explanation from the government over its stand on the rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka. Kanimozhi also demanded action against alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka. "We are...
12:25 PM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi, facing trial for her alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation case, was on Monday allowed by a Delhi court to participate in the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament. Special CBI Judge OP Saini allowed Kanimozhi's plea to attend the session after the CBI did not oppose it. The court permitted her subject to the condition that her counsel should "actually participate" in the judicial...
06:04 PM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its order on a plea of RK Chandolia, an accused in the 2G spectrum case and former Private Secretary of prime accused A Raja, against the lower court's decision refusing to direct CBI to produce certain documents related to the case. A bench of Justice ML Mehta reserved the order after hearing arguments of the probe agency and Chandolia's counsel. The...
08:11 PM, Feb 06, 2012
New Delhi: Former Telecom Minister A Raja, the prime accused facing trial in the 2G case, on Thursday completed one year in jail since his arrest in the high-profile scam. Raja, who was the first one to be arrested in the case on February 2, last year, is languishing behind the bars as he has not yet moved any application for release on bail. Besides Raja, former Telecom Secretary Siddharth...
07:43 PM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: After a week's break, the trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, involving former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and corporate honchos as accused, will resume on Monday in a Delhi court. The day-to-day trial in the special court had to be adjourned for a week due to winter break and would continue from Monday with Raja questioning his former aide Aseervatham Achary, a key...
09:59 PM, Jan 01, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu was in the thick of action in 2011, be it the AIADMK's landslide victory in assembly polls, DMK leaders like A Raja and Kanimozhi landing in jail, strain in Congress-DMK ties or the Mullaperiyar Dam and the Kudankulam nuclear plant issues. In the April 13 elections, DMK was not only trounced by arch rival AIADMK but also relegated to the third spot as the AIADMK's ally actor...
11:51 AM, Dec 30, 2011
Chennai: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday reportedly assured DMK that the Centre might consider providing security cover to Mullaperiyar dam over which Tamil Nadu and Kerala are locked in a raging row. After his meeting with the Prime Minister, DMK supremo and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi said the party was also assured that Centre would take all steps to maintain friendly ties between the two neighbouring...
09:30 PM, Dec 26, 2011
New Delhi: A former aide of A Raja on Wednesday told a local court that corporate lobbyist Nira Radia used to call him "many times" on phone to inquire about the "whereabouts" of former telecom minister. Asservartham Aychar, former additional private secretary of Raja, also claimed that during one of the telephone conversations Radia told him to pass on a message to the then minister that she had sorted his...
09:58 PM, Dec 21, 2011
New Delhi: Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra's plea to visit Singapore has been rejected by a Delhi court on Tuesday. Chandra, an accused in the 2G case, wanted to visit Singapore for the treatment of his minor son, who has been diagnosed with diabetes. Chandra moved an application before Special CBI Judge OP Saini seeking release of his passport which was surrendered before the court following the conditions laid down by...
05:36 PM, Dec 20, 2011
New Delhi: A Raja's former additional personal secretary Aseervatham Achary on Monday stood by his statements in a 2G court under Section 164 of the CrPC, which counts as admissible evidence in court. He told the 2G court that DMK MP Kanimozhi was a frequent visitor to Raja's office and residence when he was the IT minister. Achary also said that Unitech's Sanjay Chandra and DB Group's Shahid Balwa and...
02:44 PM, Dec 19, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected the bail plea of former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura in the 2G spectrum scam. The former telecom secretary was arrested along with former telecom minister A Raja on February 2 in the 2G scam. He has been charged with criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery. "The bail application is dismissed," Justice VK Shali told a jam-packed courtroom, pronouncing his judgement on Behura's...
02:48 PM, Dec 16, 2011
Nothing is ever certain in an ever changing world and most of all political power. If there was any doubt about that then 2011 dispelled it completely. In more ways and more cases than one it was truly the year of the fall of some of South India's most powerful regional chieftains. Starting with Karuna, to Yeddy and the Reddys in Karnataka to Jagan Mohan in Andhra Pradesh, they all...
04:50 PM, Dec 15, 2011
New Delhi: The hearing in the 2G spectrum allocation scam is slated to resume at the Patiala House Court on Wednesday. DMK MP Kanimozhi, who was recently released from Tihar jail after spending 165 days behind bars, is expected to attend the hearing as scheduled. She returned from Chennai on Tuesday after her first visit home since she got out on bail. The DMK MP was granted bail on November...
08:16 AM, Dec 07, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi is expected to return to Delhi on Tuesday to attend the hearing of the 2G case. Kanimozhi had gone back to her home in Chennai last week after she was released on bail after over 190 days of arrest. Kanimozhi was granted bail on the grounds that she is a woman and mother to a small child. Kanimozhi on Saturday said that she will prove...
06:29 AM, Dec 06, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi, who was recently granted bail in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, said on Sunday that she will continue with her political career. "I will continue the political career as my father has brought me to this field. DMK and me will together face the 2G case and will decide about the party posting later," Kanimozhi said. After over six months in Tihar Jail, DMK...
12:53 PM, Dec 04, 2011
On The Week That Wasn't, Cyrus Broacha brings you the funny side of the news which made headlines this week. ...
12:49 PM, Dec 04, 2011
