While Amar Singh got bail, the courts reserved their orders for Kanimozhi and Yeddyurappa in corruption cases. ...
11:16 PM, Oct 24, 2011
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10:44 PM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: While one gets lucky to celebrate Diwali at home, the other two high-profile politicians facing allegations of involvement in corruption cases will have to spend the 'Festival of Lights' behind bars. Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, who is undergoing treatment at AIIMS, was granted bail in the 2008 cash-for-vote case on 'humanitarian grounds'. DMK MP Kanimozhi and former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa will have to wait for...
09:09 PM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: After over five months in jail, the DMK was hoping that Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi would finally get bail. In a reversal of it's stand in the Supreme Court even the CBI counsel UU Lalit told the special court that it does not oppose Kanimozhi's bail plea but at the end of the day Justice O P Saini scripted an anti-climax when he reserved orders for November 3. Earlier...
08:41 PM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi will spend Diwali in jail as the court of Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Judge OP Saini reserved its order on her bail application till November 3. The court was hearing the bail application of Kanimozhi along with Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, Cineyug Films' founder Karim Morani, and Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Chief Executives Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal. The order on the...
02:23 PM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: The Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) Party has decided not to discuss filling Cabinet berths now and the party's primary focus now is on fighting the 2G spectrum case legally and building party. DMK chief M Karunanidhi's primary concern is now bail for his daughter Kanimozhi in the 2G spectrum scam case. The party feels that taking berths now will send a signal of 'political opportunism' and also feels...
01:40 PM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: Arguing strongly for bail, the counsel of 2G spectrum accused and DMK MP Kanimozhi on Monday told the court that the investigation is over and charges have been framed, so no question of tampering with evidence is there now and custody of the accused is no longer required. The counsel Altaf Ahmad also said that the court can impose heavy conditions if it wants for granting bail and...
11:06 AM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: Two days after a special CBI court framed charges against all 14 accused, hearing on their bail applications resume on Monday. DMK MP Kanimozhi, who has been behind bars since May 2011 has applied for bail on the grounds of being a woman. Charged for accepting bribes, criminal conspiracy to cheat the exchequer and criminal breach of trust, Kanimozhi is also likely to argue that since charges have...
07:09 AM, Oct 24, 2011
Kolkata: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday night denied that the UPA government was penalising states ruled by non-Congress parties. "Absolutely wrong," Mukherjee said when his reaction was sought to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's comment that the Central government seemed to be "hell-bent on penalising non-Congress governments". "She should have come (at the National Development Council meeting) and made her statement," he told reporters in Kolkata. Jayalalithaa did...
07:38 AM, Oct 23, 2011
New Delhi: After the framing of charges in the 2G scam by a special CBI court, it is most likely that DMK MP Kanimozhi and 13 other accused will have to spend Diwali in jail. The special CBI court framed charges against all of them including former telecom minister A Raja and his aide Siddharth Behura. Both have been charged with criminal breach of trust by public servants. 12 others...
07:23 AM, Oct 23, 2011
New Delhi: The conspiracy to allocate 2G spectrum to ineligible telecom operators for illegal graft began after A Raja became Minister for Telecommunication and Information Technology, said a Delhi court on Saturday while putting him on trial along with 16 others, including DMK MP Kanimozhi. "The conspiracy started after accused A Raja became Minister of Communications and IT on May 16 and its physical manifestation started becoming clear in August-September...
11:36 PM, Oct 22, 2011
New Delhi: Former telecom minister A Raja faces a possible life term in jail after the court of Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge OP Saini framed charges in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case on Saturday. The judge charged Raja and former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura with criminal breach of trust under Indian Penal Code Section 409 as they are public servants. The other 15 accused including DMK...
11:20 PM, Oct 22, 2011
New Delhi: As the daughter, Kanimozhi, faced a difficult day in court, DMK chief M Karunanidhi was in Delhi meeting his most powerful political ally, Congress. It was the first time Karunanidhi met Sonia Gandhi after Kanimozhhi's arrest. Karunanidhi and his wife Rajathi Ammal went to Sonia's 10-Janpath residence on Saturday morning and held discussions for about 30 minutes. Later in the evening, Karunanidhi also paid a visit to the...
09:46 PM, Oct 22, 2011
New Delhi: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the first such meeting the Tamil Nadu leader had with the two Congres leaders after their alliance's rout in the April 13 state Assembly polls. Karunanidhi, accompanied by his wife Rajathi, went to Gandhi's 10-Janpath residence this morning and held discussions for about 30 minutes. Sources said the DMK patriarch enquired about...
08:20 PM, Oct 22, 2011
New Delhi: After a court in Delhi decided that Kanimozhi would stand trial in the 2G spectrum case, DMK chief M Karunanidhi met with her in Tihar Jail on Saturday. Kanimozhi has been in jail since May 21 in connection with the 2G case. Earlier M Karunanidhi met Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the first such meeting between the two leaders after their alliance's rout in the April 13 Tami Nadu...
06:44 PM, Oct 22, 2011
Vijay Aggarwal, counsel for Shahid Balwa, Vinod Goenka and others said the next step is to challenge the trial courts order. ...
06:15 PM, Oct 22, 2011
New Delhi: With a Delhi court framing charges against 17 persons in 2G case, BJP on Saturday demanded a CBI probe to ascertain the role of then Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the scam and insisted that he should either step down or be sacked to facilitate a fair investigation. A special CBI court on Saturday framed charges like criminal conspiracy, breach of trust, cheating and forgery against former Telecom...
06:01 PM, Oct 22, 2011
Salman Khurshid said when charges are framed and the case is in the court, it is not right to comment on it. ...
04:57 PM, Oct 22, 2011
The key petitioner in the 2G scam Subramanian Swamy said he hoped the trial will conclude in six months. ...
03:09 PM, Oct 22, 2011
RK Chandolia's lawyer Vijay Agarwal said all the accused have been booked under IPC section 120 and 409. ...
01:25 PM, Oct 22, 2011
