Chidambaram And Raja

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  Amit Shah Hits Out At Kanhimozhi, Karti Chidambaram At Tamil Nadu Rallies

  BJP president Amit Shah Tuesday trained his guns on the DMK-Congress alliance in Tamil Nadu, alleging that Karti Chidambaram, A Raja and Kanimozhi, fielded by the combine for the Lok Sabha elections, were tainted with corruption.

• AIADMK upbeat ahead of counting in Tamil Nadu

  The poll prospects of 845 contestants, including 2G scam accused A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran, Congress' Manishankar Aiyar and Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti, will be known tomorrow when votes polled for 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu are taken up for counting.

• 2G scam: warring parliamentary committee may get more time

  A parliamentary committee that has turned into a war zone between the Congress and the opposition may get an extension until the next Parliament session, say sources. The 30-member committee has conducted an inquest of the telecom or 2G scam with differing conclusions.

• Will prove my innocence and that PM was consulted: A Raja on 2G scam

  The man who is being tried for masterminding a telecom scam worth Rs 1.76 lakh crore today said, "I will prove my innocence."

• 2G scam: JPC report clears PM and Chidambaram, opposition furious

  A parliamentary committee appointed to study the 2G scam has said in its report that neither the Prime Minister nor Finance Minister P Chidambaram were aware of the malpractices of then Telecom Minister A Raja which allowed ineligible companies to grab cheap mobile network licenses with second-wave or 2G airwaves thrown in for free.

• If you have nothing to hide, testify, says Yashwant Sinha to PM

  BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has written to the Prime Minister, demanding that he testify for a parliamentary committee that's dissecting the telecom or 2G scam, named for the second-generation airwaves involved.

• JPC meet on 2G scam: BJP walkout over summons to PM, Chidambaram

  A joint parliamentary committee (JPC) examining the allocation of 2G spectrum is likely to shut the door on the opposition's demand that finance minister P Chidambaram be questioned by it. Senior BJP leaders, who are part of the JPC, walked out the session today demanding to know when Mr Chidambaram, as well as the prime minister and then-telecom m...

• Supreme Court dismisses petitions against P Chidambaram: Full text of order

  The Supreme Court has dismissed two petitions against P Chidambaram asking for him to be investigated by the CBI in the telecom scam and to be made co-accused along with former Telecom Minister A Raja. Full text of the Supreme Court judgement.

• Clean chit for Chidambaram? PM misled by A Raja consistently in 2G auction, says CBI

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has told the Joint Parliamentary Committee that is probing the 2G spectrum scam that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was consistently misled by A Raja. The investigating agency also said that there is no criminal culpability of Home Minister P Chidambaram.

• 2G verdict: Chidambaram off the hook, government exhales

  A trial court in Delhi has ruled that Home Minister P Chidambaram will not be held criminally liable for the telecom scam that unfolded in India in 2008 when he was Finance Minister. Judge OP Saini rejected a petition by Subramanian Swamy to make the minister co-accused in the case. "Anybody and everybody associated with a decision in any degree ca...

• 2G scam: Chidambaram verdict expected soon, huge implications for govt

  2G scam: Chidambaram verdict at 12.15 pm - A trial court headed by Judge OP Saini expected to decide at 12.15 pm today if Home Minister P Chidambaram should be made a co-accused in the case for allegedly allowing former Telecom Minister A Raja to gift mobile network licenses and scarce second-generation or 2G spectrum at staggeringly low prices to ...

• 2G scam: Should Chidambaram be made co-accused? Decision likely today

  A Delhi court handling the 2G spectrum allocation scam trial is likely to decide on Saturday whether Union Home minister P Chidambaram should be made a co-accused in the swindle for allegedly allowing former Telecom Minister A Raja to gift mobile network licenses and scarce second-generation or 2G spectrum at prices that were staggeringly low.

• 2G verdicts: 122 licenses cancelled; Chidambaram verdict with trial court

  2G case: The Supreme Court this morning cancelled 122 telecom licenses issued by A Raja in 2008, a decision that will trigger powerful changes in the telecom sector, and eventually in how much India pays for cell-phone services. The court said using a first-come-first-serve policy to allocate national resources like airwaves is "fundamentally flawe...

• We repeat PM, Chidambaram are in no way responsible: Kapil Sibal on 2G verdicts

  After the Supreme Court cancelled 122 telecom licenses issued by A Raja in 2008, the government has said that the verdict is not an indictment of either its governance or the Prime Minister and then Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Instead, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal argued that the first-come-first-serve policy used by Mr Raja has been faulted by...

• 2G verdicts: Supreme Court cancels all 2G licenses, trial court to decide on CBI inquiry against Chidambaram

  The Supreme Court has cancelled 122 licenses for mobile networks issued during A Raja's tenure as Telecom Minister. The decision is likely to send India Inc into a seizure and impact foreign investor confidence. The verdict today impacts huge telecom players like Unitech Wireless, Tata, Aircel and Idea. The Supreme Court has asked the telecom regu...