Former Director General of Audit, Post and Telecommunications, CAG, RP Singh on Saturday made a U-turn on his earlier claim that Public Accounts Committee Chairman and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi had influenced the 2G report that indicted the government. ...
07:18 AM, Nov 25, 2012
The UPA has launched a counter-attack on the CAG after one of its former officers claimed that the 2G loss figure was manipulated under the influence of PAC Chief and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. ...
03:46 PM, Nov 24, 2012
The UPA has launched a counter-attack on the CAG after a former auditor claimed the 2G loss figures were manipulated under guidance from PAC chief and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. ...
02:50 PM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: The ruling-coalition UPA's key constituent, the DMK will move a motion in Parliament for a discussion on the charges levelled by ex-CAG audit officer RP Singh against BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi, government sources say. The government is understood to be in favour of a discussion over the charge by the former Director General, Post and Telecommunications, CAG, that Joshi had called audit...
09:13 AM, Nov 24, 2012
BJP leader Dr Murli Manohar Joshi on the offensive after a former CAG auditor alleges he influenced the 2G report. BJP writes to the PM questioning the appointment of new CBI Chief Ranjit Sinha. ...
11:54 PM, Nov 23, 2012
PAC Chairman Dr Murli Manohar Joshi said that the Congress is making an attempt to discredit the CAG and the PAC. ...
11:44 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: A war of words is on between the Congress and the BJP over the CAG report on 2G spectrum loss. A day after lead auditor RP Singh questioned the Rs 1.76 lakh crore presumptive loss figure, accusing PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi, of influencing the 2G report, the accusation was strongly refuted by Joshi. Principal Auditor RP Singh said, "The report isn't mine.. I just signed it." Then...
09:29 PM, Nov 23, 2012
The BJP has written to the Prime Minister questioning the appointment of the new CBI Director Ranjit Sinha. ...
09:22 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday rejected the allegations by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that the government was behind former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) official RP Singh's sensational claims about the audit of 2G spectrum, saying the government had nothing to do with him. Singh, who had led the CAG audit team that audited the sale of airwaves by then Telecom Minister A Raja, stated...
09:07 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: A seemingly calm and composed Murli Manohar Joshi, senior BJP leader and PAC Chairman, on Friday demanded that UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi apologise for her remark against his party over the latest row over the CAG's 2G report. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Joshi said that he would quit PAC if ex-CAG principal audit officer's charges against him, that he had influenced the 2G report, were proved. Below is the...
08:49 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: A seemingly calm and composed Murli Manohar Joshi, senior BJP leader and PAC Chairman, on Friday demanded that UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi apologise for her remark against his party over the latest row over the CAG's 2G report. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Joshi said that he would quit PAC if ex-CAG principal audit officer's charges against him, that he had influenced the 2G report, were proved. "I never influenced...
03:37 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi wasted no time in attacking the BJP after a CAG officer levelled charges against one of its prominent members saying that he influenced the agency's 2G report. Principal auditor RP Singh had alleged that BJP leader and Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) MM Joshi had influenced the 2G report. Speaking to reporters, Sonia said, "The BJP is exposed." When asked whether the row...
01:09 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader and PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi has hit back at the Congress after the latter said a probe must be ordered into the latest allegations to hit the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) over its 2G report. An ex-auditor of CAG, RP Singh said that Joshi had influenced the report and that the loss figure mentioned in it was presumptive which had been added...
12:43 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: 12.12 pm: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2.30 pm. 12.07 pm: Select Committee's report on Lokpal Bill tabled in Rajya Sabha amidst much uproar. 12.06 pm: Lok Sabha adjourned till Monday 12 noon: Parliament resumes, uproar continues. Slogan shouting in both Houses continue. 11.04 am: Lok Sabha adjourned after Opposition uproar over FDI in retail. 11.02 am: Rajya Sabha adjourned after uproar over SC/ST bill. 11.01 am: Session begins,...
10:58 AM, Nov 23, 2012
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Friday said that the allegations by CAG principal auditor RP Singh against its 2G report will be discussed in Parliament. ...
10:50 AM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi of the BJP on Friday refuted charges by ex-CAG audit officer RP Singh that he had influenced the agency's report on 2G spectrum, saying that they were baseless. Speaking to reporters, Joshi said that the government was merely trying to defame CAG. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, ex-CAG principal auditor RP Singh had alleged that the CAG's 2G report had been...
10:40 AM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: The man who authored the CAG's report on 2G spectrum has now said that it is not his report, that it merely carried his signature. Speaking to CNN-IBN, ex-CAG audit officer RP Singh said that the audit was done without guidelines and was influenced by PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi. He further said that the loss figure mentioned in the report was presumptive and had been restored in...
10:17 AM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: CAG's ex-principal auditor RP Singh on Friday made startling revelations about the agency's 2G report saying that it was audited without guidelines and influenced by Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, Singh further stated that the loss figure of Rs 1.76 lakh crore was presumptive, which he had deleted from the draft report but which was restored in the final copy....
08:18 AM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: BJP on Monday attacked Congress and Finance Minister P Chidambaram for "mocking" the CAG and said the Congress will have to pay a heavy political price for indulging in corruption. Charging the Congress with adopting double standards, the opposition party again demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation and an impartial probe into alleged irregularities in coal blocks allocation while seeking their cancellation. "BJP condemns Finance Minister for attacking...
03:21 AM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: After terming CAG's estimate of Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss in 2G spectrum allocation as a "myth", Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday said the projected Rs 1.86 lakh crore loss in coal blocks allocation would also turn out to be a "mythical" and "fancy" number. Fresh from the just-concluded auction of 2G mobile phone airwaves that tested if the government could actually get what the official auditor...
02:39 AM, Nov 19, 2012
