New Delhi: Union Textile minister Dayanidhi Maran on Friday hit back at the Opposition over the allegations that he set up a BSNL exchange for his SUN TV Network's use. Angry over the allegations, DMK chief Karunanidhi, on his 88th birthday, said, "Bad friendship could end in trouble". It could be a veiled warning to the Congress this after indications that his nephew too could be in trouble after a...
04:35 PM, Jun 03, 2011
New Delhi: Union Textile minister Dayanidhi Maran on Friday hit back at the Opposition over the allegations that he set up a BSNL exchange for his SUN TV Network's use. Angry over the allegations, DMK chief Karunanidhi, on his 88th birthday, said, "Bad friendship could end in trouble". It could be a veiled warning to the Congress this after indications that his nephew too could be in trouble after a...
04:35 PM, Jun 03, 2011
Copy of documents, available with Firstpost, that reveal that Astro had agreed to invest $ 166 million (approximately Rs 750 crore) in Sun Direct TV, more than a month before Dayanidhi Maran resigned as Union Minister of Communications and IT. In its quarterly report on consolidated results for the second quarter ended on 31 July 2007, Astro announces: "On 5 April 2007, Astro agreed to participate (in a) joint venture...
02:19 PM, Jun 03, 2011
Mumbai: Broadcasting firm Sun TV on Friday denied any involvement in the 2G scam and said allegations were being levelled to harm the reputation of the company and its promoters. There has been a steep fall in the prices of the company's shares possibly triggered by baseless allegations and rumours linking the company with certain happenings relating to the 2G scam. "We wish to inform that Sun TV Network and...
01:50 PM, Jun 03, 2011
Mumbai: Shares of Sun TV Network and SpiceJet bounced back on Friday from massive losses suffered in the previous session, surging by 13.85 and 8.69 per cent, respectively, in morning trade on the bourses. Maran family-owned media conglomerate Sun TV Network spurted by 13.85 per cent to touch an early high of Rs 309.80 on the BSE. The stock suffered a loss of 31.08 per cent during intra-day trade in...
11:57 AM, Jun 03, 2011
Chennai: The DMK chief M Karunanidhi, who is smarting under the Assembly poll debacle and fallout of the 2G spectrum scam that has brought his family under the scanner, on Friday turned 88, keeping his birthday celebrations on a low-key. "Bad friendship will end in trouble," the DMK patriarch said in a message to party cadres without elaborating. "Cadres who have dedicated themselves to social and political renaissance should keep...
11:09 AM, Jun 03, 2011
New Delhi: Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran broke his silence on Thursday and refuted allegations that he had misused his position as Telecom Minister. The latest Allegations suggest he misused his ministerial position to get free BSNL telephone lines for his brother's company Sun TV. It is alleged that he caused a loss of crores of rupees to BSNL by using government provided telephone connections for vested interests. The Central...
06:58 AM, Jun 03, 2011
Chennai: Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Thursday challenged the conspiracy theory over the allegations of pay-offs to family-owned Sun TV Network by Maxis Group in 2006, when he was the telecom minister. "I was in political wilderness when the deal happened. I should be given a chance to prove my innocence. There's a conspiracy against me," said Maran in a press conference in Chennai on Thursday. Maran was reacting...
08:48 PM, Jun 02, 2011
Lucknow: BJP on Thursday dismissed Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran's explanation on pay-offs to family-owned Sun TV Network and alleged that it was a simple case of "bribery and quid pro quo" as he gave licenses and allotted spectrum to Aircel in 2007 at 2001 rates. "Dayanidhi Maran's alibi that investment by Maxis company of Malaysia in Sun Direct TV after he ceased to be the Telecom Minister is all humbug....
05:29 PM, Jun 02, 2011
New Delhi: Shares in broadcaster Sun TV fell more than 31 per cent on Thursday after media reports said the founder's brother, Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran, was named in a lawsuit related to the telecoms probe, further embarrassing a coalition government mired in a series of scandals. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have started a "preliminary investigation" against Dayanidhi Maran, who was telecom minister from 2004 to 2007, an...
01:59 PM, Jun 02, 2011
Complete text of Union Minister of Textiles Dayanidhi Maran denying charges against him: PRESS STATEMENT BY THIRU DAYANIDHI MARAN, UNION MINISTER OF TEXTILES 1. I am quite surprised that some newspapers and TV Channels have of late been carrying some news item that during my tenure as Minister of Communications & IT during 2004-07; I was partial to a particular company in granting UASL licence. It is totally untrue and...
06:51 PM, Jun 01, 2011
New Delhi: Troubles mount for Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran as, sources say, the CBI will investigate the alleged links between Maran family-owned Sun TV and Maxis Group. As the CBI tightens its noose in the 2G scam, a worried Maran on Wednesday defended himself for the first time since the controversy erupted. In damage control, Dayanidhi Maran, after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, met Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal and...
05:41 PM, Jun 01, 2011
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday targeted Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran over his alleged involvement in favouring a company in the 2G spectrum allocation and called for his resignation from the Union Cabinet. "The Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh) should ask for Dayanidhi Maran's resignation from the Cabinet. I am sure he will do it if he has already not done...
12:18 PM, Jun 01, 2011
New Delhi: After A Raja and Kanimozhi, Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhai Maran has become the latest target of the BJP in the 2G scam following the allegations that he favoured Singapore based company Maxis Communication. Based on reports on the Tehelka Magazine, the BJP has demanded that he should respond to allegations that he deliberately delayed licences when he was the telecom minister in 2006 to benefit Aircel promoters Maxis,...
05:05 PM, May 31, 2011
New Delhi: As the DMK reels from the double shock of losing the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and MP Kanimozhi behind bars in the 2G scam, it seems that one top party leader had seen it coming. Top secret US Diplomatic cables accessed by WikiLeaks and published in 'The Hindu' newspaper claim that DMK MP and Karunanidhi's grandnephew Dayanidhi Maran had predicted the party's downfall as early as February 2008....
08:38 AM, May 23, 2011
New Delhi: The DMK leadership crisis will continue no matter if the party wins the Tamil Nadu elections or not. With members of the first family of the state coming under public scrutiny and A. Raja already in the dock for his role in the 2G Spectrum scandal, it appears DMK has very few options to turn to. It has been a conscious DMK strategy to project party patriarch M....
07:45 AM, May 13, 2011
Chennai: AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa campaigned in Chennai on the final day of campaigning for the Tamil Nadu elections. Jayalalithaa is hoping to sweep Chennai, which was once the DMK bastion, and also where the impact of the 2G scam is expected to be maximum. Meanwhile Karunanidhi is hoping for a rural victory and has been campaigning in Thiruvarur to ensure he wins for the twelfth time. But in Chennai, MK...
08:48 AM, Apr 12, 2011
New Delhi: The Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress on Wednesday signed a formal agreement on seat sharing in Chennai. The DMK has allotted 63 seats to the Congress. The three days of political drama ended on Tuesday with the DMK conceding 63 seats for the Congress in Tamil Nadu polls. "We are happy to announce the alliance. It's a winning alliance and we will come back to power...
12:20 PM, Mar 09, 2011
New Delhi: The three days of political drama finally ended on Tuesday with the DMK conceding 63 seats for the Congress in Tamil Nadu polls. "We are happy to announce the alliance. It's a winning alliance and we will come back to power again," said Gulam Nabi Azad. Now that the seat sharing deal is sealed, the questions being asked are who blinked first and what is the deal that...
07:42 AM, Mar 09, 2011
New Delhi: A meeting between the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and DMK leaders MK Alagiri and Dayanidhi Maran over seat sharing in Tamil Nadu has been inconclusive, sources have said. Sources also said that a miffed Sonia also made herself clear that the DMK had violated coalition dharma by threatening to pull out of the alliance and going public with their differences. Sources said that the Congress...
09:15 AM, Mar 08, 2011
