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2G Scam: Former Telecom Minister A Raja Misled Manmohan Singh on Policy Matters, CBI Tells Court
CBI today argued before a Special Court that former Telecom Minister A Raja had "misled" the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on policy matters pertaining to allocation of 2G spectrum.
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Who is A Raja?
He is the face of the massive 2G Telecom Scam. Reams of newsprint, much airtime, many headlines have been used detailing how A Raja allegedly masterminded the country's biggest swindle; he is accused of giving away licenses and spectrum at throwaway prices. A resident of Tihar jail for about 15 months now, the former Telecom Minister has finally go...
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Raja's only mistake was making mobiles affordable for poor: Karunanidhi
For now, the DMK is standing by its man.Despite A Raja's arrest on charges as serious as criminal conspiracy, the DMK has expressed its confidence in his innocence. The DMK says Mr Raja, a massively popular Dalit leader, will remain Propaganda Secretary, a powerful position."The only wrong Raja committed was making mobile phones affordable to milli...
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2G licences cannot be cancelled on the basis of CAG report alone: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today made it clear that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report cannot be the only basis for cancellation of licenses for the 2G Spectrum and any decision taken by the government on the issue will be subject to the outcome of the petitions pending before it."Everything they (government) do after filing of the petition, i...
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Was ex-CJI Balakrishnan aware of Raja influencing judge?
Did former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan hide the truth about A Raja trying to influence a Madras High court judge? In a rare disclosure, today, Supreme Court judge H L Gokhale issued a statement contradicting the former top judge, and said, "The former Chief Justice of India has stated in his press conference that in my letter I did not m...
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World view: Unlikely person at the heart of India's graft scandal
He was a small-town lawyer from a regional political party in a southern Indian state. By almost any measure, Andimuthu Raja, who had no background in telecommunications or in business, seemed an unlikely candidate to be the government minister presiding over the fastest-growing cellphone market in the world. But he had the only qualification that ...
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The phone calls that led to Raja resigning
Telephone calls from Congress Ministers at the Centre, including Pranab Mukherjee, on behalf of the party High Command may have forced DMK president M Karunanidhi to seal the fate of A Raja, who was asked to resign after he landed in Delhi last night.For Raja, who was defiantly resisting calls for his resignation at least in public, the call from K...
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Supreme Court to hear 2G Spectrum case today
All eyes are riveted on today's Supreme Court hearing on the 2G Spectrum scam allegedly involving former Telecom Minister A Raja who resigned from the post on Late Sunday evening.The Supreme Court will hear two petitions, one filed by an NGO, CPIL and another by Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy, alleging Rs 70,000 crore corruption in the...
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Who is A Raja?
At 47, Andimuthu Raja has come a long way from being a lawyer in rural Tamil Nadu. And even as the end of his stint as Cabinet Minister at the Centre came in a brutal rush after days of stalemate, it was clear that A Raja's political journey is not over yet.His party, the DMK, has made clear that while bowing to the dynamics of a political alliance...
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2G scam: Raja resigns, DMK says it's still part of Union Government
After meeting the Prime Minister this evening, Telecom Minister A Raja confirmed that he had resigned."In order to avoid embarrassment to the Government and maintain peace and harmony in Parliament, my leader (DMK chief M Karunanidhi) has advised me to resign. I will prove my innocence, I did every thing in accordance with the law. I did a revoluti...
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Telecom Minister A Raja's fate: A timeline
The exit of tainted Telecom Minister A Raja from the Union Cabinet seems inevitable. He has been accused of misappropriation during the bidding for allocation of 2G spectrum.The Opposition has been targeting its guns at the government, especially the Prime Minister, demanding Raja's removal. The main Opposition party, the BJP, is unhappy over the P...
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Telecom department files affidavit in Supreme Court, defends Raja
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court defending 2G allotment made by Telecom Minister, A Raja. It says the government has suffered no losses on account of the 2g spectrum allocation in January 2008. The CAG in its report has claimed that the losses from that sepctrum allocation could be as high as Rs...
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Both Houses of Parliament adjourned till noon
The Opposition's demand for the sacking of A Raja from the post of Telecom Minister got louder and shriller today, as both Houses of Parliament were adjourned till noon after uproar over certain remarks by a former RSS chief on Sonia Gandhi and Opposition seeking Raja's ouster on 2G spectrum controversy. The BJP top leaders decided late last night,...
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Govt clips Telecom Minister A Raja's wings
Union Telecom Minister A Raja, in the eye of a controversy over the spectrum scam, was snubbed by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) with a proposed trip to Estonia turned down. Mr Raja wanted to lead a large delegation to learn everything about e-governance. The PMO said no to Raja's proposal.Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) supports the Congress p...
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2G Scam: Former Telecom Minister A Raja Misled Manmohan Singh on Policy Matters, CBI Tells Court
CBI today argued before a Special Court that former Telecom Minister A Raja had "misled" the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on policy matters pertaining to allocation of 2G spectrum.
-
Who is A Raja?
He is the face of the massive 2G Telecom Scam. Reams of newsprint, much airtime, many headlines have been used detailing how A Raja allegedly masterminded the country's biggest swindle; he is accused of giving away licenses and spectrum at throwaway prices. A resident of Tihar jail for about 15 months now, the former Telecom Minister has finally go...
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Raja's only mistake was making mobiles affordable for poor: Karunanidhi
For now, the DMK is standing by its man.Despite A Raja's arrest on charges as serious as criminal conspiracy, the DMK has expressed its confidence in his innocence. The DMK says Mr Raja, a massively popular Dalit leader, will remain Propaganda Secretary, a powerful position."The only wrong Raja committed was making mobile phones affordable to milli...
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2G licences cannot be cancelled on the basis of CAG report alone: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today made it clear that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report cannot be the only basis for cancellation of licenses for the 2G Spectrum and any decision taken by the government on the issue will be subject to the outcome of the petitions pending before it."Everything they (government) do after filing of the petition, i...
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Was ex-CJI Balakrishnan aware of Raja influencing judge?
Did former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan hide the truth about A Raja trying to influence a Madras High court judge? In a rare disclosure, today, Supreme Court judge H L Gokhale issued a statement contradicting the former top judge, and said, "The former Chief Justice of India has stated in his press conference that in my letter I did not m...
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World view: Unlikely person at the heart of India's graft scandal
He was a small-town lawyer from a regional political party in a southern Indian state. By almost any measure, Andimuthu Raja, who had no background in telecommunications or in business, seemed an unlikely candidate to be the government minister presiding over the fastest-growing cellphone market in the world. But he had the only qualification that ...
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The phone calls that led to Raja resigning
Telephone calls from Congress Ministers at the Centre, including Pranab Mukherjee, on behalf of the party High Command may have forced DMK president M Karunanidhi to seal the fate of A Raja, who was asked to resign after he landed in Delhi last night.For Raja, who was defiantly resisting calls for his resignation at least in public, the call from K...
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Supreme Court to hear 2G Spectrum case today
All eyes are riveted on today's Supreme Court hearing on the 2G Spectrum scam allegedly involving former Telecom Minister A Raja who resigned from the post on Late Sunday evening.The Supreme Court will hear two petitions, one filed by an NGO, CPIL and another by Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy, alleging Rs 70,000 crore corruption in the...
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Who is A Raja?
At 47, Andimuthu Raja has come a long way from being a lawyer in rural Tamil Nadu. And even as the end of his stint as Cabinet Minister at the Centre came in a brutal rush after days of stalemate, it was clear that A Raja's political journey is not over yet.His party, the DMK, has made clear that while bowing to the dynamics of a political alliance...
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2G scam: Raja resigns, DMK says it's still part of Union Government
After meeting the Prime Minister this evening, Telecom Minister A Raja confirmed that he had resigned."In order to avoid embarrassment to the Government and maintain peace and harmony in Parliament, my leader (DMK chief M Karunanidhi) has advised me to resign. I will prove my innocence, I did every thing in accordance with the law. I did a revoluti...
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Telecom Minister A Raja's fate: A timeline
The exit of tainted Telecom Minister A Raja from the Union Cabinet seems inevitable. He has been accused of misappropriation during the bidding for allocation of 2G spectrum.The Opposition has been targeting its guns at the government, especially the Prime Minister, demanding Raja's removal. The main Opposition party, the BJP, is unhappy over the P...
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Telecom department files affidavit in Supreme Court, defends Raja
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court defending 2G allotment made by Telecom Minister, A Raja. It says the government has suffered no losses on account of the 2g spectrum allocation in January 2008. The CAG in its report has claimed that the losses from that sepctrum allocation could be as high as Rs...
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Both Houses of Parliament adjourned till noon
The Opposition's demand for the sacking of A Raja from the post of Telecom Minister got louder and shriller today, as both Houses of Parliament were adjourned till noon after uproar over certain remarks by a former RSS chief on Sonia Gandhi and Opposition seeking Raja's ouster on 2G spectrum controversy. The BJP top leaders decided late last night,...
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Govt clips Telecom Minister A Raja's wings
Union Telecom Minister A Raja, in the eye of a controversy over the spectrum scam, was snubbed by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) with a proposed trip to Estonia turned down. Mr Raja wanted to lead a large delegation to learn everything about e-governance. The PMO said no to Raja's proposal.Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) supports the Congress p...
