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• Cabinet okays 50 per cent reduction in CDMA base price

  The empowered group of ministers, headed by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, had on January 7 recommended a 30-50 per cent discount on the base price of CDMA spectrum after the first auction of 2G airwaves on November 12 and 14 did not see any participants for this type of airwaves.

• SC order to cancel 122 telecom licences will be implemented: Sibal

  Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said the government would follow the timeline to auction the 2G spectrum. His statement comes minutes after the Supreme Court ruled that auction is not a must for all natural resources.

• Chidambaram verdict: Subramanian Swamy to move Supreme Court

  Refusing to give up his efforts to make Home Minister P Chidambaram a co-accused in 2G scam, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy today said he will move the Supreme Court within a month to challenge a Delhi court's order rejecting his plea as he has a "very very strong case".

• 2G verdict won't change the corrupt image of the government: BJP

  With the trial court granting relief to Home Minister P Chidambaram, the BJP today said the verdict would not change the "corrupt" image of the government and the party would continue to raise the issue of his political accountability before the nation.

• 2G verdict in Chidambaram's favour: 10 big facts

  The government can exhale. A special CBI court headed by Judge OP Saini has ruled that Home Minister P Chidambaram will not be made a co-accused in the scam. Here are ten big developments:

• Highlights: Trial court verdict on Chidambaram in 2G case today

  Home Minister P Chidambaram will not be a co-accused in telecom scam. When the scam played out, Mr Chidambaram was Finance Minister.

• 2G case: Supreme Court likely to decide on probe into Chidambaram's role

  In a crucial day for Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, the Supreme Court is expected to deliver its verdict on whether his role should be probed in the 2G spectrum scam case. A two-judge bench of the court is likely to decide on the petition filed by Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy seeking an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation...

• 'Raja committed offence with active connivance of Chidambaram', Swamy tells court

  Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy today told a Delhi court that Union Home Minister P Chidambaram should be made an accused in the 2G case as he had jointly taken the decision of spectrum prices with former Telecom Minister A Raja, the key accused in the case.

• Chidambaram must quit: Opposition in Parliament

  Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned repeatedly today as the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) stalled proceedings demanding the resignation of Home Minister P Chidambaram for his alleged role in the 2G scam.

• Live Blog: Subramanian Swamy Vs Chidambaram in 2G case

  A trial court in Delhi today allowed Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy to testify and present his case against Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G scam at its next hearing on December 17. Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm as the Opposition demanded Mr Chidambaram's resignation for his alleged role in the telecom scam.

• Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) wants more details on Pranab's 2G note

  The Finance Ministry's note, which seemed to hint that a section of the government questioned whether Mr Chidambaram acted strongly enough, provided a windfall to the opposition and led to new demands that his role be formally investigated by the CBI. The Supreme Court is now considering that option.

• 2G spectrum scam: Court defers hearing on Subramanian Swamy's plea to probe Chidambaram's role

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• 2G case: Will Chidambaram be investigated?

  The Supreme Court has reserved its order on whether Home Minister P Chidambram should be investigated in connection with the telecom scam that unfolded in 2008. At the time, Mr Chidambaram was Finance Minister.

• 2G case: Supreme Court to hear Subramanian Swamy's plea to probe Chidambaram's role

  The Supreme Court will resume hearing on Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy's petition, seeking a probe into Home Minister P Chidambaram's role in the 2G case. When the telecom scam unfolded in 2008, Mr Chidambaram was Finance Minister.

• Did Chidambaram offer to resign? Memory loss, he jokes

  P Chidambaram did not blink today when he was asked if he had offered to resign at the height of what's known as the 2G note controversy. "I have a short memory," the Home Minister said at a press briefing, "I do not remember whether I offered to resign."