2g Corporates

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  How The Collapse Of CBI's 2G Case Could Be Linked To 2 Officers

  When Judge OP Saini acquitted the 17 politicians including former Telecom Minister A Raja and corporate executives in India's biggest corruption scandal, he squarely blamed the prosecution for "miserably" failing to prove any charge. The judge's scathing criticism had triggered questions how a case probed by the country's premier Central Bureau of ...

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  'Don't Want To Boast, Massive Propaganda Unfounded': Manmohan Singh After 2G Verdict

  Dr Manmohan Singh, whose government was battered by allegations of corruption, today said that a court verdict that acquits politicians and bureaucrats and corporate executives of a telecom scam proves that there was ""a massive propaganda" against his administration.

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  Former Telecom Minister A Raja, Kanimozhi, 15 Others Acquitted in 2G Spectrum Case: 10 Points

  Former telecom minister A Raja and M Kanimozhi of the DMK were among 17 people acquitted today in the "2G scam", one of India's biggest corruption scandals. Mr Raja, other politicians and corporate executives were accused in the alleged below-market-price sale of lucrative telecoms permits bundled with airwaves in 2008, which the national auditor s...

• 2G case: A Raja, other accused rake up Gauhati High Court order to seek stay on CBI trial

  Former telecom minister A Raja and top corporate executives said the continuance of the trial would amount to contempt of court.

• 2G case: CBI asks Supreme Court to cancel bail for Unitech's Sanjay Chandra

  Sanjay Chandra, the Managing Director of Unitech, should be jailed again for attempting to interfere with the investigation against him, the CBI has said in the Supreme Court. Mr Chandra is one of five corporate executives accused in the telecom scam, worth Rs 1.76 lakh crore according to the government's auditor. He has been charged with conspirac...

• 2G case: former Telecom Minister A Raja opposes CBI's plea on Niira Radia's conversations

  In a Delhi court former Telecom Minister A Raja today opposed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI's) plea for placing on record a CD containing recorded conversations and transcripts of calls of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia pertaining to 2G spectrum allocation.

• 2G case: Ravi Ruia, three others skip court again

  A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here on Saturday exempted from personal appearance corporate honcho Ravi Ruia of the Essar group and three others from hearing of the 2G case.

• PM's meet to consider whether to cancel pre-2008 2G licenses

  The Prime Minister will meet with senior ministers tomorrow to review the rules that will apply for an auction of 2G spectrum. 122 licenses for mobile networks issued in 2008 were cancelled by the Supreme Court earlier this month because spectrum or air-waves had not been auctioned. That verdict caused spasms in corporate India, with several forei...

• Niira Radia tapes released by media tampered with: Centre to Supreme Court

  In a report submitted to the Supreme Court today, the Centre said that Niira Radia tapes released by the media were tampered with. The taped conversations of the corporate lobbyist served as the underpinnings of the telecom scam.

• 2G case trial to resume today

  After a week's break, the trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, involving former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and corporate honchos as accused, will resume today in a Delhi court.

• Corporate affairs ministry sent a vague reply on Essar: CBI

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said that the Corporate Affairs Ministry chose to send a "non-committal vague report" on the alleged control of Essar Group over Loop Telecom instead of conveying a definite opinion to Department of Telecommunication (DoT).

• Is the government's auditor becoming a victim of politics?

  Meant to be a bipartisan parliamentary committee, the Joint Parliamentary Committee or JPC looking into the 2G scandal, seems to be fast turning into a political battlefield. Members of the JPC have hinted that the Comptroller and Auditor General of India - a Constitutional authority - may have acted in favour of corporate interests in coming to a ...

• 2G case: CBI likely to file third chargesheet today

  The CBI is likely to file the third chargesheet in the 2G case today. CBI sources said that the Director of the agency has given the go-ahead to book corporate giants - the Ruias and Khaitans - for creating Loop as a front company for Essar to get a spectrum licence.

• 2G scam: CBI to chargesheet Loop, Essar this week

  The telecom scam will claim new corporate casualties this week. Sources in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) confirm that a new chargesheet will accuse two big India Inc companies, Loop and Essar, of cheating and conspiracy.

• 2G case: Will Kanimozhi, five others get bail today?

  Will DMK MP Kanimozhi finally get bail today? As the Delhi High Court today resumes hearing on her bail plea in the 2G spectrum case, Ms Kanimozhi would be hoping for relief, especially after the Supreme Court granted bail to five corporate executive - all co-accused in the case - last week.