A prosecution witness on Friday told a Delhi court that DMK MP Kanimozhi, who is facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, had "no role at all" in the Rs 200 crore transactions between Kalaignar TV (P) Ltd and Cineyug Films (P) Limited. ...
09:17 AM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: A prosecution witness on Friday told a Delhi court that DMK MP Kanimozhi, who is facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, had "no role at all" in the Rs 200 crore transactions between Kalaignar TV (P) Ltd and Cineyug Films (P) Limited. The statement assumes significance as it contradicts the CBI theory according to which Kanimozhi was taking interest in the day-to-day affairs of the...
08:36 PM, May 03, 2013
A key witness in the 2G trial has testified in favour of DMK MP and accused Kanimozhi. P Amritam, the Chief Financial Officer of KTV told the court that Kanimozhi joined KTV at her father Karunanidhi's behest and that she was not involved in the company's day to day affairs. ...
06:16 PM, Mar 15, 2013
New Delhi: Top officials of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Wednesday briefed the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Sources said that the CBDT raised doubts over the source of funds of Kalaignar TV in the 2G payment case. The CBDT reportedly told the JPC that 18 Kolkata companies that paid Rs 52 crore to Kalaignar TV could be fictitious. It also said that...
05:52 PM, Jul 18, 2012
New Delhi: Real estate firm DB Realty, embroiled in the 2G spectrum allocation case, has moved the Delhi High Court for vacation of Rs 223 crore attachment order of the Enforcement Directorate against it under money laundering laws. The Delhi HC has now issued a notice to the ED on the Writ petition filed by the firm and their associates. The agency had attached immovable properties and bank accounts of...
05:13 PM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: DB Realty on Tuesday lost an appeal against the attachment of Rs 223 crore property over the 2G spectrum scam. The PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) authority said that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was justified in attaching the property. Rs 223 crore is suspected to be the kickbacks by Shahid Balwa-owned Swan telecom to Kalaignar TV. DB Realty had appealed saying the attachment was wrong. ...
01:58 PM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved its order on bail plea of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa in the 2G spectrum scam case. The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday had told the court that it is not opposed to the bail plea of Balwa. The CBI had arrested the Mumbai-based realty promoter in February. The Enforcement Directorate had trailed Rs 214 crore allegedly routed by Balwa...
11:31 AM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: For 43-year-old Kanimozhi, her days in the 15 ft x10 ft solitary cell in India's most secured prison are spent mostly pining, and sometimes crying for her son or reading newspapers and writing, jail sources said. Her ever-present smile has also disappeared with time, especially after the Supreme Court rejected her bail plea. These days the Rajya Sabha MP looks pale, sad and in despair, the sources told,...
11:02 AM, Jun 26, 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: 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: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to write to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to attach the properties of DB Realty in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the CBI proposal to the ED is essentially to recover Rs 200 crore that DB Realty allegedly paid as bribe to Kalaignar TV. According to CBI sources Rs 200 is case property and has to...
05:20 PM, Jun 14, 2011
Tiruvarur: Defending daughter Kanimozhi, jailed in the 2G scam case, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday said it was he who insisted on her being a shareholder in Kalaignar TV, to which the money related to the spectrum allocation was routed. "Kanimozhi's mistake is my mistake. It was I who compelled her to become a shareholder in Kalaignar TV with a view to settle her a base for her future,"...
09:53 PM, Jun 05, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi and former Telecom Minister A Raja appeared in the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in New Delhi on Saturday. She along with Kalaignar TV MD and CEO Sharad Kumar was taken into judicial custody and spent Friday night in Tihar jail after the court refused her bail in the 2G spectrum scam. Jail authorities said that no special treatment was provided to the...
08:33 AM, May 21, 2011
New Delhi: The Opposition on Friday welcomed the CBI special court's decision ordering the arrest of DMK MP Kanimozhi in the 2G scam spectrum case. "These arrests and actions have been possible only because the Supreme Court is monitoring the inquiry," said BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar. He also added, "This is the only UPA regime where government controlled inquiries will produce no results." Javadekar said, "If we want effective results,...
02:39 PM, May 20, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi court will decide on Saturday the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Special CBI Judge O P Saini had on May 7 reserved his order on the bail applications of Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar, MD and CEO of Kalaignar TV after hearing extensive arguments advanced by noted criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani who, citing the chargesheet, blamed former Telecom Minister A...
08:24 PM, May 13, 2011
Chennai: DMK MP Kanhimozi, an accused in the 2G scam, was on Thursday questioned by the Income Tax dept in Chennai. Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar were summoned for clarification on the Rs 200 crore transfer to Kalaignar TV, said the I-T sources. Though Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar had the option to send an authorised person, they chose to appear in person before Deputy Director, Investigations, I-T. The...
02:27 PM, May 12, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has opposed Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi's bail plea, claiming that she is the controlling mind behind Kalaignar TV. The CBI also pleaded in the court to send Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV CEO Sharad Kumar to judicial custody. After a long argument by Special Public Prosecutor UU Lalit, who appeared for the CBI, Judge OP Saini reserved the hearing on bail...
10:36 AM, May 07, 2011
New Delhi: From a budding poet and the daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Kanimozhi's status is all set to change after Friday. She now alledgedly becomes an accomplice in the 2G scam. Kalaignar TV, that Kanimozhi is a 20 per cent share holder of and helped set up, is now proving to be her downfall. CNN-IBN has already reported about Kalaignar TV's balance sheets as the first real evidence...
03:33 PM, May 06, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI has alleged that DMK MP Kanimozhi was an "active brain" behind the operation of Kalaignar TV and actively pursued with intermediaries and her party the reappointment of 2G scam accused A Raja as Telecom Minister. In its 53-page chargesheet, the CBI has alleged that during investigations, it found that in 2007, Kanimozhi along with other promoters incorporated Kalaignar TV after they left Sun TV network. "She...
12:24 PM, Apr 27, 2011
New Delhi: Former Telecom Minister A Raja is already in the custody of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and there are allegations that some other DMK members are also involved in the 2G scam. Documents with CNN-IBN show that money was loaned by DB Realty group to DMK's Kalaignar TV through a maze of transactions. It is this deal that has formed the core of Monday's chargesheet. DB Realty is...
05:14 PM, Apr 25, 2011
