Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday left for New Delhi to meet his jailed daughter Kanimozhi, a day after the Supreme Court rejected her bail application in the 2G spectrum case. Karunanidhi left by a private airline at 8.50 am and was accompanied by senior leaders Duraimurugan and K Ponmudy among others. He is expected to meet Kanimozhi at Tihar hail on Tuesday and is likely to stay in...
09:27 AM, Jun 21, 2011
New Delhi: Minutes after the Supreme Court dismissed the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi, an accused in 2G scam case, the three other accused, including Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, withdrew their pleas for similar relief from the Delhi High Court. "In view of the apex court's order granting liberty to the accused to move fresh bail plea before the special CBI court, I would not like to...
06:07 PM, Jun 20, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar will have to stay in New Delhi's Tihar Jail for some more time as the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected their bail petition. Kanimozhi and Kumar has been directed by the Supreme Court to go back to the trial court after the charges are framed if they want bail. A special bench comprising of justices GS Singhvi and BS...
12:34 PM, Jun 20, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalingar TV MD Sharad Kumar on Monday in the 2G spectrum scam case. A special bench comprising of justices GS Singhvi and BS Chauhan was set up after two judges hearing the case recused themselves on Friday. The CBI, which is probing the case, opposed Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar's petitions on the grounds that if...
07:31 AM, Jun 20, 2011
New Delhi: A special Supreme Court bench on Monday will hear the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar in the 2G spectrum scam case after two of the judges recused from hearing the matter. Kanimozhi is likely to face some tough time in convincing the court to grant her bail as the case will be heard by a bench headed by Justice G S...
11:32 AM, Jun 19, 2011
New Delhi: Two judges of the Supreme Court, who were scheduled to hear on Monday the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi, an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, on Friday recused themselves from the hearing. Instead, Justice GS Singhvi, whose bench has been monitoring the case, will hold a special hearing on Monday along with Justice BS Chauhan to decide the bail applications of Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV...
07:17 PM, Jun 17, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday opposed in the Supreme Court the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi and co-accused Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar in the 2G case on the ground that if released, they could tamper with evidence and influence witnesses. In an affidavit filed before the apex court, the investigating agency contended that Kanimozhi and Kumar were key conspirators and Rs 200 crore transferred to the Kalaignar...
03:48 PM, Jun 17, 2011
New Delhi: After conquering Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa drove in and met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday and straight away raised an issue that everyone whispered, but no one spoke about - the controversial victory of Home Minister P Chidambaram from Sivaganga in 2009. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday said, "Chidambaran has played fraud on the nation. Chidambaram lost the election...
08:43 PM, Jun 14, 2011
New Delhi: After conquering Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa drove in and met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday and straight away raised an issue that everyone whispered, but no one spoke about - the controversial victory of Home Minister P Chidambaram from Sivaganga in 2009. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday said, "Chidambaran has played fraud on the nation. Chidambaram lost the election...
08:43 PM, Jun 14, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed an experts committee to be set up to look into the content of textbooks published by the Tamil Nadu government for schools. The apex court bench of Justice BS Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar said a committee of eight experts, to be headed by state chief secretary, will go into the content of the textbooks and invite objections. After the AIADMK came...
05:33 PM, Jun 14, 2011
New Delhi: Till now its been Swan Telecom and Reliance, Unitech wireless and Kalaingar TV that have felt the 2G spectrum scam heat. Now as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enters its next level of investigations, with deals that took place between 2001 to 2007, it is looking at the other big player - Aircel and its chairperson, Suneetha Reddy, who is the joint MD of Apollo Hospitals Group....
08:05 PM, Jun 13, 2011
New Delhi: Till now its been Swan Telecom and Reliance, Unitech wireless and Kalaingar TV that have felt the 2G spectrum scam heat. Now as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enters its next level of investigations, with deals that took place between 2001 to 2007, it is looking at the other big player - Aircel and its chairperson, Suneetha Reddy, who is the joint MD of Apollo Hospitals Group....
08:05 PM, Jun 13, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to admit DMK MP Kanimozhi's bail plea in the 2G spectrum case. The Supreme Court issued a summon to the CBI over DMK MP Kanimozhi's bail plea hearing, and posted the date of hearing to June 20. The Supreme Court has issued a notice to CBI asking it to file its response on the bail plea of Kanimozhi by Monday. The court...
11:21 AM, Jun 13, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Monday the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, accused in the 2G spectrum case. Kanimozhi, the 43-year-old daughter of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, and Kumar have challenged the Delhi High Court verdict rejecting their bail pleas. A vacation bench of justices BS Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar will take up the matter which is listed as Item...
07:01 AM, Jun 13, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Monday the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, accused in the 2G spectrum case. Kanimozhi, the 43-year-old daughter of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, and Kumar have challenged the Delhi High Court verdict rejecting their bail pleas. A vacation bench of justices BS Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar will take up the matter which is listed as Item...
10:06 AM, Jun 12, 2011
New Delhi: Backing out of the battle with Congress, the DMK announced that it will not pull out of the UPA after an emergency meeting of the party in Chennai on Friday. Political calculations overtook emotions as DMK backed out of battle with the Congress on Friday. Following a two-hour emergency meeting of the party in Chennai, DMK chief Karunanidhi said he was not disappointed with the Congress on the...
06:26 PM, Jun 10, 2011
New Delhi: DMK chief M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi on Friday filed her bail plea in the Supreme Court in the 2G spectrum scam case, even as the DMK top brass met in Chennai to decide the future of its alliance with the UPA. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the DMK MP's bail plea, challenging a trial court's order against the dismissal of her bail plea on May 20....
10:52 AM, Jun 10, 2011
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi has called a top-level meeting on Friday to decide on it's alliance with the Congress. He's known to be upset with the fact that his daughter Kanimozhi didn't get bail in the 2G spectrum case. As his patience runs out, the frustrated DMK patriarch, in his first direct attack on the Congress party since the 2G taint touched his doorstep, squarely blamed the Congress for ...
08:31 AM, Jun 10, 2011
New Delhi: Upset with his daughter Kanimozhi being denied bail in the 2G scam, DMK chief MK Karunanidhi has called for an emergency meeting of the party's top brass in Chennai on Friday. Karunanidhi's earlier remark "bad friendship leads to trouble" is being interpreted as threat to the UPA. The DMK, which is a part of the UPA government at the Centre has 18 MPs in Lok Sabha. According to...
07:48 PM, Jun 09, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar in the 2G spectrum case. The court on May 30 reserved the order on the bail pleas of the 2G scam accused. Kanimozhi along with Sharad Kumar had moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court's order against the dismissal of their bail pleas on May 20....
11:25 AM, Jun 08, 2011
