Mms Scam

• Coal scam report: PM must resign, demands opposition; let them ask, retorts Sonia Gandhi

  There was chaos in Parliament today as the BJP demanded that the Prime Minister should resign for his government's alleged attempt to influence the CBI's report on its investigation into how coal fields were allotted.

• Letter alleges MM Joshi called telecom auditors, asked them to rush

  The price tag of 1.76 lakh crores placed on the telecom scam by the government's auditors is what gave the swindle superstar status. Whether that estimate was correct is now being debated by two parliamentary committees. The man who actually conducted the audit - R P Singh - has said that in his opinion, the scam cost a more modest 2600 crores, but...

• 2G scam: Congress turns the tables on BJP

  In the latest twist to the 2G spectrum scam, the Congress has tried to turn the tables on the BJP. They have highlighted a letter that Murli Manohar Joshi wrote in 2007 to the Prime Minister advising him against auctioning 2G spectrum.

• 2G scam: Opposition guns for Chidambaram; Govt in denial, says Jaitley

  Home Minister P Chidambaram is facing the heat from the Opposition and Left parties after a note from the Finance Ministry to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) suggested that Mr Chidambaram could have been more proactive as Finance Minister in 2007, when India's greatest scam was unleashed in 2008 by A Raja, who was then Telecom Minister.

• PAC report: UPA members demand MM Joshi's removal

  Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi's attempt to make a fresh attempt to make the panel take up his controversial report on the 2G scam could bring more trouble for the government. The reworked report questions the role of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

• 2G scam: PAC Chairman MM Joshi circulates new report

  Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi today made a fresh attempt to make the panel take up his controversial report on the 2G scam that had questioned the role of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram.Mr Joshi circulated the report to the PAC members with a forwarding letter that he was sendi...

• MM Joshi not allowed to table 2G scam report before new PAC

  An attempt by Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Murli Manohar Joshi to make the Committee take up his controversial report on the 2G scam prepared during the tenure of the last committee was today strongly opposed by Congress members. However, the NDA along with DMK and the BSP supported its consideration.In view of the divisions in the PAC,...

• Maran started 2G scam, says PAC head MM Joshi

  Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Murli Manohar Joshi has told NDTV that he too had suggested a probe into Dayanidhi Maran's alleged role in the 2G scam in his report to the Prime Minister."It was Maran who started what is today known as the 2G scam. It was on his instance that the power to allocate spectrum was taken away from the Group of ...

• Full transcript: MM Joshi to NDTV on Public Accounts Committee report

  In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Murli Manohar Joshi says he did not leak the committee's report on 2G scam. The report drafted by Joshi criticises Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, suggesting that not enough was done to stop A Raja of the DMK from abusing his office ...

• Joshi named Public Accounts Committee chairman for another term

  After much drama, it is clear that Murli Manohar Joshi will, as expected, be the Public Accounts Committee chairman for another term.  The senior BJP leader was re-appointed after his party, which is the single-largest Opposition party in Parliament, nominated him to the post. The Lok Sabha Speaker followed the convention of allowing the Leade...