Former DoT Secretary Behura and Raja's aide Chandolia also taken into custody, to be produced in court today The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday arrested the former Union Communications and Information Technology Minister, A. Raja, and two officers who had worked under him, for their role in the grant of licences and allocation of 2G spectrum during 2008 in violation of established guidelines and procedures. Mr. Raja (47), as well...
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JPC probe will provide canvas larger than CAG, says Karat
Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat on Sunday repeated the demand for the setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the 2G spectrum allocation scam, saying that the issue needed to be investigated on a canvas larger than the Comptroller and Auditor General's “limited” inquiry. Considering the gravity of the irregularities, a “wider and comprehensive” probe was required into the 2G spectrum allocation, Mr. Karat...
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The former Union Minister, Arun Shourie, has opposed any probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) into the 2G spectrum scam, stating that it would become an excuse for the government to slow down the prosecution process. Mr. Shourie said at a meeting organised by an NGO, Manthan, here on Thursday that a swift and speedy prosecution was required in the case, but the JPC would take two years to complete...
More »Left to intensify agitation against telecom scam by Sandeep Dikshit
Gurudas Dasgupta wrote to Prime Minister in 2008 “Manmohan did not act on Sudhakar Reddy's letter too” The Left parties will join hands with secular parties to turn up the heat on the government on the 2G spectrum controversy, Communist Party of India national secretary Amarjeet Kaur said on Sunday. “The Left parties have decided to further intensify the agitation against the telecom scam by holding major rallies in at least six metros,”...
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Tamil Nadu: The north-east monsoon, 50 per cent in excess in the State, claims over 200 lives and destroys crops and infrastructure.A SERIES of weather systems, including a cyclone that missed Chennai narrowly, saw the skies open up over Tamil Nadu between November 4 and December 5, the period when the north-east monsoon is most active. Most of the 561 mm of rainfall that the State received between October 1...
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