New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday once again spoken against keeping undertrials in jail, hours after a Delhi court rejected the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi and seven other accused in the 2G case. "I visited Ghazipur Jail to visit Congress workers framed in cases by UP Police. (There were) interesting statistics about convicts and undertrials. Jail capacity 397, prisoners 621, convicts 70, undertrials 551. Once again...
11:29 PM, Nov 03, 2011
Three Pakistani cricketers jailed for spot fixing. Kanimozhi and other accused in 2G case denied bail. ...
10:10 PM, Nov 03, 2011
Kanimozhi has failed to get bail even after five months and 13 days, and will have to stay in jail along with seven other 2G accused. ...
09:37 PM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi has failed to get bail even after five months and 13 days, and will have to stay in Tihar Jail along with seven other high profile 2G spectrum scam accused after the special CBI court rejected all eight bail pleas on Thursday. The court also announced that the trial will begin on November 11. Special CBI judge OP Saini walked into a packed court room...
09:04 PM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: A commotion broke out in the courtroom as soon as CBI special judge O.P. Saini dismissed the bail pleas of Kanimozhi and seven others in the 2G scam on Thursday. There were tears, whispers and hugs as the DMK MP put up a brave face and smiled at her 11-year-old son. She also smiled at many others who came to greet her in court, but broke down on...
04:54 PM, Nov 03, 2011
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These are indeed extraordinary times. How else should one interpret the order that's been delivered while denying bail to the likes of Kanmozhi and others. ...
03:43 PM, Nov 03, 2011
Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari on Thursday said that this not the end of the road in 2G scam case and invariable it has been seen that while one court may take a view another court may take another view. ...
01:37 PM, Nov 03, 2011
BJP spokesperson Balbir Punj on Thursday backed the Patiala House Court decision to reject all the bail applications of the accused in the 2G scam case, saying it is a slap in the face of CBI. ...
01:13 PM, Nov 03, 2011
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Thursday welcomed court's decision to reject all the bail applications in 2G scam case. ...
11:39 AM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: All bail applications, including those of DMK leader Kanimozhi and seven others, in the 2G spectrum allocation scam have been dismissed on Thursday by the special CBI court. The court also announced that the trial will begin on November 11. Judge OP Saini dismissed the bail pleas of all accused in the scam on three accounts. He said the three accounts on which the order is based are...
11:17 AM, Nov 03, 2011
Chennai: Five months after Kanimozhi was arrested as an accused in the 2G scam, will she finally get bail? That's the question the Special CBI court will answer on Thursday as it delivers its order on the bail pleas of DMK Rajya Sabha MP and DMK President M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi along with four other 2G accused. Kanimozhi's last statement before she was sent to judicial custody in the 2G...
06:56 AM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: Former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, arrested for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, on Tuesday accused the CBI in a Delhi court of discriminating among various accused in the case by not opposing their bail pleas for political considerations. "The prosecution is making distinction (among accused). It shows there is political intrusion in the legal process," senior advocate Aman Lekhi said while referring to the...
03:11 PM, Nov 01, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI is likely to respond on the 2G scam case on Tuesday after the Supreme Court questioned its doublespeak on bail applications of five accused including A Raja and Kanimozhi. The court asked the CBI that if it was sure they won't tamper with evidence, then why did it keep the executives behind bars. The SC also asked the CBI why were they kept in jail if...
07:13 AM, Nov 01, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on its alleged double speak on the bail applications of the accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam including DMK MP Kanimozhi. The apex court asked the CBI that if the investigative agency was sure that evidence will not be tampered with, then why were the accused still being kept in jail. "When you are sure...
04:15 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday will hear the bail pleas of five corporate executives involved in the 2G scam. Unitech Wireless' MD Sanjay Chandra, Swan Telecom's Director Vinod Goenka and Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group's executives Hari Nair, Gautam Doshi and Surrendra Pipara will be appearing in court for the hearing. Meanwhile, CBI has instructed its lawyer to oppose their bail plea. On Sunday, the CBI decided to...
07:13 AM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI will oppose the bail of five corporate executives in the Supreme Court which will hear their petitions on Monday, in connection with the 2G scam, days after it did not object to the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others in the trial court. Sources in the investigating agency confirmed that it has instructed the lawyer to oppose the plea of corporate executives -...
10:05 AM, Oct 30, 2011
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Friday came out batting for a DMK MP Kanimozhi and former telecom minister A Raja, who are in Tihar jail for their role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The congress leader said that the judiciary should take a cue from the Rajat Gupta case in the US and grant bail to undertrials, alluding to Kanimozhi and Raja. Digvijaya posted a tweet...
10:39 AM, Oct 28, 2011
Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Tuesday said he did not discuss with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the filling up of vacancies in the union cabinet caused by the resignations of A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran. "Neither the Prime Minister nor me broached the subject during the meeting" in New Delhi yesterday, he told reporters soon after his return here from the national capital. Asked when those vacancies will be...
01:03 AM, Oct 26, 2011
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New Delhi: When aging DMK supremo M Karunandidhi takes the mid-morning flight back to Chennai on Tuesday, his hands won't be entirely empty. He has the partial consolation that the CBI did not oppose his daughter Kanimozhi's bail plea in the court. But that may not be enough to light up his Diwali. Disappointed DMK leaders believe that the timing of Karunanidhi's Delhi visit may have brought about this Dark...
07:47 AM, Oct 25, 2011
While Amar Singh got bail, the courts reserved their orders for Kanimozhi and Yeddyurappa in corruption cases. ...
11:16 PM, Oct 24, 2011
