Raja Arrested

• 2G scam: Four-day custody of Raja, Balwa ends today

  The four-day extended CBI custody of former Telecom Minister, A Raja ends today along with the custody of DB Realty Managing Director and promoter of Swan Telecom Ltd. Shahid Balwa. (Read: Who is Shahid Balwa?)Raja, the former Telecom Minister, who is accused of selling spectrum at throwaway prices to companies in 2008 when they applied for mobile...

• 2G scam: CBI may probe FIU and I-T data to decipher money trail

  Sleuths probing the 2G spectrum allocation are now concentrating on the database of the elite Financial Intelligence Unit and Income Tax department to decipher the money trail in the scam.Sources said the CBI has received some exclusive and critical tax and income related details from the I-T department regarding payments made by various entities w...

• 2G spectrum scam: Kapil Sibal passes the buck to NDA

  Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said that "all decisions on the allocation of 2G spectrum starting from 2003 were incorrect." Mr Sibal said that the first-come-first-served policy was introduced by the NDA  and went against the decision of the cabinet at that time. It deviated from the Telecom Policy cleared for the country in 1999."We are ...

• 2G scam: Raja favoured Swan, Unitech, says CBI in court

  Former Telecom Minister A Raja arrived at court in a white car today that was surrounded by cameras.Guards helped Mr. Raja, dressed in a grey safari suits, make his way inside court, where he greeted the judge with folded hands.Mr. Raja was arrested yesterday by the CBI along with two men who worked closely with him when he was Telecom Minister- fo...

• Govt has made itself a 'laughing stock': Jayalalithaa

  In Tamil Nadu, the political aftershocks of A Raja's arrest have been co-opted quickly into the campaign agenda of the Opposition. The state votes in three months.In Chennai today, AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa said the arrest of the former Telecom Minister has convinced her that the government has "turned itself into a laughing stock by contradicting ...

• 2G spectrum scam: Raja, aides to be produced in court today

  A day after their arrest, former Telecom Minister A Raja and two of his close aides will be produced in the Patiala House court in New Delhi today by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The agency is planning to seek Mr Raja's custody for detailed questioning. It has also invited Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials for a joint probe. The ...

• Jayalalithaa's statement on Raja arrest

  Hours after he was summoned to the CBI headquarters for questioning, former Telecom Minister A Raja was arrested for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum scam.The Congress quickly asserted that the arrest of the DMK leader will not impact its alliance with Mr Raja's party in Tamil Nadu; the BJP focused on describing the action against Mr Raja as "to...

• 2G scam: Former Telecom Minister A Raja arrested

  Hours after he was summoned to the CBI headquarters for questioning, former Telecom Minister A Raja was arrested for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum scam. He will be produced in a Delhi court within the next 24 hours. (CBI on arresting A Raja) Also arrested - two men who worked closely with Mr Raja - R K Chandolia, who served as his Personal Se...

• Timeline of the 2G Scam

  Former Telecom Minister A Raja was arrested by the CBI for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum scam on February 2, 2010. Here is a look at the timeline of the 2G scam:2007:A Raja takes over Telecom MinisterA Raja decides to allocate, not auction, 2G spectrum as per 2001 ratesSept 25, 2007:Raja arbitrarily changes cut-off date for receiving spectrum...

• Raja arrest won't matter to rural voters: DMK sources

  The arrest of A Raja, one of its most senior leaders, couldn't have come at a worse time for the DMK. Elections are just months away in Tamil Nadu, and the DMK has just confirmed that its alliance with the Congress will continue in the state. Mr Raja's arrest, however, will now give the Congress an enviable advantage in any negotiations related to ...

• Raja alone 'didn't gulp crores': BJP

  BJP today dubbed the arrest of former Telecom Minister A Raja as "too little too late" and demanded that others involved in the 2G spectrum scam should also be brought to book.     "The arrest is too little too late. It is very unfair to say that Raja alone had gulped Rs 1.76 lakh crore. Who are the rest of the people? BJP categ...

• Raja arrest: Why was PM silent, asks Arun Jaitley

  After Mr Raja was arrested, the BJP's Arun Jaitley says that Raja's arrest proves that the PM did not act when needed against a member of his Cabinet.  Mr Jaitley also said that Mr Raja's arrest proves that new Telecom minister Kapil Sibal was incorrect when he recently said that there were no losses caused by the process of 2G allocation foll...

• Who is Siddharth Behura?

  Tainted Telecom Minister A Raja's close aide and former Telecom Secretary, Siddharth Behura was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 2 along with R K Chandolia and A Raja himself. Siddharth Behura was Secretary, Department of Telecommunication (DoT) from January 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009.  It was Behura wh...

• Who is R K Chandolia?

  Tainted Telecom Minister A Raja's close aide R K Chandolia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 2 along with former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura and A Raja himself.  The 1984-batch Indian Economic Service officer, Chandolia was former Telecom Minister A Raja's private secretary during UPA-I when the licen...

• 2G scam: Raja aides Chandolia, Behura also arrested

  Along with former Telecom Minister A Raja, the CBI arrested two of his close aides - RK Chandolia and Siddharth Behura.Mr Chandolia was Mr Raja's private secretary during UPA1. When the UPA returned to power in May 2009, and Mr Raja returned as Telecom Minister, Mr Chandolia was appointed the Economic Advisor to Mr Raja's ministry. CBI sources say ...