New Delhi: The Supreme Court will take up Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia's petition challenging the summons of the CBI special court on Monday in a case related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of mobile phone bandwidth during the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance regime in 2002.
Mittal and Ruia were summoned by the court as an accused along with Asim Ghosh, the former head of Vodafone-Essar, and former telecom secretary Shyamal Ghosh. Mittal moved the Supreme Court on April 1 for quashing the order against him. Ruia too challenged the CBI court order on April 9.
The court had said that Mittal, Ruia and Ghosh were "prima facie" in "control of affairs" of their companies which were named in the charge sheet by the CBI in the case. Mittal, Ghosh and Ruia were named as the accused because "they represent the directing mind and will of each company", Judge OP Saini had said in his order....
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07:30 AM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: Additional spectrum beyond 6.2 Mhz was allotted during the late Telecom Minister Pramod Mahajan's tenure to cellular operators Airtel, Vodafone and Idea without due coordination with Defence agencies, CBI has claimed in a probe report. In its report to the Law Ministry, CBI also claimed that Mahajan, who was the Telecom Minister during the BJP-led NDA rule, had apparently told "half truth" to Defence Minister George Fernandes that...
04:57 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Ranchi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) may on Tuesday start probing corruption charges against former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, a CBI official said on Saturday. "The Supreme Court has ordered a specific probe against Yeddyurappa. It is about the funding received by an NGO run by Yeddyurappa's family. The NGO was funded by mining and industrial companies," said the official who did not want to be named. On...
07:16 PM, May 12, 2012
Mumbai: Shares in Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone carrier, fell as much as 3.6 per cent on Monday after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searched its offices and those of Vodafone's Indian unit as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities in the allocation of the nation's airwaves. Bharti shares pared losses to trade 1.04 per cent lower at 0644 GMT in a Mumbai market down 1.2 per...
01:41 PM, Nov 21, 2011
Kolkata: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Kolkata on Saturday night CBI was doing its duty, assigned as per the law, in the 2G spectrum scam. "BJP is making all sorts of allegations. (And) the CBI is doing their duty entrusted to them as per law," Mukherjee told reporters responding to a question. He made this comment when his attention was drawn to CBI's registering a case against Shyamal...
08:53 AM, Nov 20, 2011
New Delhi: The 2G spectrum scam is the BJP's favourite stick to beat the ruling combine but now the scam could boomerang on itself as the CBI has registered an FIR into spectrum allocation during BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's tenure as telecom minister. Sources say that the CBI believes Pramod Mahajan allegedly caused a Rs 565 crore loss over 6 years. The FIR named then telecom secretary Shayamal Ghosh, the...
07:49 PM, Nov 19, 2011
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has come down heavily on the Congress and the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) after the later filed an FIR on the 2G spectrum allocation during former telecom minister Pramod Mahajan's tenure and asked the agency to instead concentrate on Union Home Minister P Chidambaram instead. BJP spokesperson and MP Prakash Javadekar defended the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance Cabinet's decision on spectrum allocation...
04:12 PM, Nov 19, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday decided to investigate about discrepancies in 2G spectrum allocation during the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government. Additional allocation of the 2G spectrum during the late BJP leader and the then telecom minister Pramod Mahajan's tenure will be investigated with the CBI registering a second FIR. After the FIR, the CBI conducted raids at Vodafone office in Mumbai and...
11:02 AM, Nov 19, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday submitted its report on former telecom ministers Arun Shourie and Dayanidhi Maran in the 2G spectrum scam. Sources have told CNN-IBN that no evidence has been found against Arun Shourie and a probe is still on against the deceased NDA telecom minister Pramod Mahajan. Sources have also said that no clean chit has been given to former textile minister Dayanidhi Maran and the decision...
06:47 PM, Sep 20, 2011
New Delhi: In dramatic courtroom allegations, arrested former telecom minister A Raja, on first day his defence, has directly embarrassed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and then finance minister P Chidambaram in the 2G scam. Raja's council claims the selling of stakes of 2G beneficiaries was cleared by Chidambaram in the presence of the Prime Minister. However, Chidambaram immediately denied the charge. Target No. 1: Manmohan Singh and P Chidambaram Raja...
08:45 PM, Jul 25, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday will hear several issues pertaining to the 2G Spectrum scam. This will include an application seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the spectrum allocation by Department of Telecom (DoT) before 2001 during the BJP-led NDA regime. CBI's preliminary enquiry report indicted the late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan for causing losses to the exchequer and favouring private companies, as telecom minister....
08:11 AM, Jul 11, 2011
New Delhi: The BJP is now dragged into the 2G spectrum scam net. CBI's preliminary enquiry report indicts the late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan for causing losses to the exchequer and favouring private companies, as telecom minister. The UPA government's been facing the heat over the 2G scam but it seems the BJP may also find itself in the firing line. Sources say telecom ministers under the NDA regime are...
01:09 PM, Jul 10, 2011
Pramod' son has distanced himself from the political legacy of his father. ...
10:21 PM, Mar 04, 2010
He killed his elder brother at his home in Worli on April 22, 2006. ...
06:11 PM, Mar 03, 2010
Pravin was rushed to Jupiter Hospital in Thane late on Friday night. ...
11:20 AM, Dec 12, 2009
Pramod Mahajan's convicted killer, Pravin Mahajan, is out on parole. ...
01:35 AM, Dec 03, 2009
Pravin Mahajan has been lodged at the Nashik Central Jail. ...
12:42 PM, Nov 27, 2009
Poonam Mahajan is contesting from Ghatkopar West seat in Mumbai. ...
08:57 AM, Sep 20, 2009
Prakash says Pravin's book is an attempt to exonerate himself of his crime. ...
07:25 PM, Apr 12, 2009
Pramod did everything his way, says convicted brother of late politician. ...
12:42 PM, Apr 12, 2009
