On The Week That Wasn't, Cyrus Broacha brings you the funny side of the news which made headlines this week. ...
12:49 PM, Dec 04, 2011
Chennai: After over six months in Tihar Jail, DMK MP Kanimozhi finally arrived in Chennai to a rousing welcome by her party cadres on Saturday. It was an emotional homecoming. There were drum beats, banners and celebrations all the way from airport to her CIT colony residence. Kanimozhi came back to a big welcome organised by her party. Her father and DMK chief Karunanidhi, her step brother Stalin, her mother...
11:25 PM, Dec 03, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday reserved its order for December 8 on Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy's plea seeking permission to examine senior CBI officials and others to establish erstwhile Finance Minister and present Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's role in the 2G scam. Swamy told Special CBI Judge OP Saini that he would like to examine senior CBI officials and other government servants to prove that Chidambaram...
07:37 PM, Dec 03, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi, who is accused in the 2G spectrum scam, on Saturday said that she will prove her innocence in the case. Kanimozhi reached Chennai after over 190 days of arrest on Saturday. Kanimozhi, accompanied by husband Aravindan and son Aditya, was received at the airport by her 87-year old father and DMK President M Karunanidhi and step brother MK Stalin among others. Kanimozhi's mother Rajathi Ammal,...
11:47 AM, Dec 03, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP and M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi is expected to reach Chennai on Saturday. She left for Chennai on Saturday morning. This will be Kanimozhi's first visit to the state since she was granted bail and released from jail in the 2G spectrum scam case. DMK workers are planning to host a grand welcome for DMK Chief M Karunanidhi's daughter. An elated Karunanidhi said on Monday that the...
07:36 AM, Dec 03, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the grant of bail to A Raja's former private secretary RK Chandolia in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Following the High Court's decision Chandolia will stay on in Tihar Jail. The court will now hear Chandolia's bail plea in the 2G scam on December 7. The court's decision came a day after the CBI Special Court granted bail to Chandolia in...
03:26 PM, Dec 02, 2011
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi's daughter and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi, who has been granted bail in the 2G spectrum case, will not reach Chennai till December 3 as she has to attend a court hearing in New Delhi over the multi-crore scam, the party said on Tuesday. DMK has planned to organise a big welcome for her when she reaches Chennai. An elated DMK chief M Karunanidhi said on...
03:06 PM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa in the 2G spectrum scam case. The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) had earlier told the court that it is not opposed to the bail plea of Balwa. The bail conditions of Balwa's bail are the same as for others - surety of Rs 5 lakh and no travel abroad. Majid Memon, Balwa's lawyer said,...
02:51 PM, Nov 29, 2011
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: After spending over six months in Tihar jail DMK MP Kanimozhi is set to walk free along with four other accused in the 2G scam on Tuesday. The Delhi High Court granted bail on Monday to five accused while directing them to furnish two sureties of Rs 5 lakh each and ordering them that they cannot leave the country. Other than Kanimozhi the other accused who have been...
06:36 AM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: Describing the 2G scam a "special kind of crime", Law Minister Salman Khurshid opn Monday said courts dealing with such cases were proceeding with caution, and DMK MP Kanimozhi was granted bail according to the rule. Reacting to Kanimozhi being granted bail by the Delhi High Court, Khurshid said matters with regard to the case have to proceed now and that the trial would continue. "Bail is a...
10:35 PM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: After spending over six months in Tihar jail DMK MP Kanimozhi is set to walk free along with four other accused in the 2G scam. The Delhi High Court granted bail on Monday to five accused while directing them to furnish two sureties of Rs 5 lakh each and ordering them that they cannot leave the country. But they will have to spend another night in the jail...
09:06 PM, Nov 28, 2011
DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others have been granted bail in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case. ...
05:04 PM, Nov 28, 2011
DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others have been granted bail in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case. ...
03:54 PM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others have been granted bail in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case. The Delhi High Court granted bail on Monday to five accused while directing them to furnish two sureties of Rs 5 lakh each and ordering them that they cannot leave the country. Other than Kanimozhi the other accused who have been granted bail include Cineyug founder Karim Morani, Kalaignar TV's MD...
03:52 PM, Nov 28, 2011
A look at the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governments legislative performance over the last three parliamentary sessions explains why everyone seems to be up in arms against the breakdown of decision-making at the Centre. The 2010 winter session was a complete washout as the UPA kept blocking the Oppositions demand for a Joint Parliamentary probe of the 2G scam, eventually relenting just before the budget session began. Consequently, 31 non-financial...
12:01 PM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High court will be hearing the bail plea of DMK Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi and that of 5 others accused in the 2G spectrum scam on Monday. The arguments on the matter could not be concluded on Friday. All six accused had approached the court after the Supreme Court granted bail to five corporate executives on November 23. The Delhi High Court had observed that just...
06:13 AM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will continue to hear DMK MP Kanimozhi's bail plea on Monday in 2G spectrum allocation scam case. Judge OP Saini had earlier suggested that he will not be guided solely by the Supreme Court's grant of bail to the five corporate executives earlier this week. Justice VK Shali had observed, "Are you (the accused) trying to submit that because the SC has granted bail...
04:18 PM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will hear the bail plea of DMK MP and 2G scam accused Kanimozhi on Friday, instead of December 1. Kanimozhi had sought an early listing of the matter. Kanimozhi's bail hearing was originally scheduled for December 1 but the court agreed to advance it on Thursday. This, after she filed an application in light of the Supreme Court order granting bail to 5 corporate...
04:06 AM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High court will hear the bail plea of DMK MP and 2G scam accused Kanimozhi on Friday instead of December 1. Kanimozhi had sought an early listing of the matter. Kanimozhi's application cites Wednesday's ruling of the Supreme Court, that granted bail to 5 corporate executives, also accused in the 2g Spectrum scam. Kanimozhi has argued that keeping her in jail any longer is a violation...
12:00 PM, Nov 24, 2011
