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2G Scam: Reliance Entirely Funded Swan Telecom, CBI Says
The CBI today told a special court that Reliance ADA Group had made the entire funding for Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd (STPL), one of the accused firm in 2G spectrum allocation case, in an alleged violation of stipulated rules. The agency said that the Group made the fundings through a "circuitous route" when STPL had applied for 2G licences in 14 telecom...
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Former Auditor Vinod Rai's Allegations Spark Political Row
The Congress today tore into former national auditor Vinod Rai, who has sharply criticised former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and also alleged that three party leaders tried to pressure him to keep Dr Singh's name out of his damning reports on spectrum and coal block allocations.
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2G row: DMK gives notice for discussion in Lok Sabha
As a reluctant government prepares to face vote in Parliament on the contentious Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail issue, there is more ally trouble.
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2G row: I called the CAG, not CAG officials, says Murli Manohar Joshi
Senior BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Murli Manohar Joshi has refuted allegations made by former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) official RP Singh, saying that he has the authority to call any official to get information. Mr Singh had accused the PAC Chairman of unethical behaviour by getting in touch with the CAG whi...
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2G row: DMK to move motion for discussion in Parliament on RP Singh's charge, say sources
The UPA government is likely to agree to a discussion in Parliament over a former CAG official charge that BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi had called audit officials to his house for preparation of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on 2G scam that indicted the government.
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2G row: Sonia Gandhi says BJP 'exposed'; Murli Manohar Joshi challenges her to prove charges
Former auditor RP Singh's claims that he never put the Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss figure in national auditor CAG's report on the 2G scam have finally given the government a chance to go on the offensive. After a meeting of the Congress core group today, Sonia Gandhi remarked that she thought the BJP has been "exposed".
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2G row: Sonia Gandhi says BJP 'exposed'; Murli Manohar Joshi challenges her to prove charges
Former auditor RP Singh's claims have finally given the government a chance to go on the offensive on the 2G spectrum allocation controversy. After a meeting of the Congress core group today, Sonia Gandhi remarked that she thought the BJP has been "exposed". Murli Manohar Joshi has denied all charges made by the former auditor and said he'll quit ...
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Mullaperiyar Dam row: PM meets Karunanidhi, Kanimozhi in Chennai
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met DMK chief M Karunanidhi in Chennai this morning over the Mullaperiyar Dam issue. The DMK chief was accompanied by his daughter M Kanimozhi, who is an accused in the 2G scam and currently out on bail, when he went to meet the Prime Minister at Raj Bhavan.
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2G loss row: Top auditor appears before parliamentary panel
A crucial meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum scam will take place today in the capital. The committee is questioning the government's top auditing body that came up with the loss figures.
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2G note row: Pranab's letter to the PM
NDTV has accessed a letter written by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to the Prime Minister. Written on September 26, a day after Mr Mukherjee met the PM in New York when the 2G note crisis was climaxing, the letter explains Mr Mukherjee's position. The Finance Minister says he was never in favour of submitting a formal note on spectrum allocatio...
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2G note row: Emails back Pranab Mukherjee's rebuttal
A month ago, Pranab Mukherjee had emphatically stated that an inference about his fellow minister P Chidambaram in a controversial note on the telecom scam was not his. Email exchanges between the Cabinet Secretariat and the Finance Ministry, that NDTV has now accessed, seem to support Mr Mukherjee's assertion. The emails show that officials in the...
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Pranab-Chidambaram truce was a farce, says Jaitley
As the two-day national executive meet of the BJP concluded today in New Delhi, the party, not mincing any words in its attack on the government on the recent 2G note row, called the truce between Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram a farce.
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2G war: Govt burns midnight oil, senior ministers meet Pranab
It's been a week of all-nighters for the Congress as the ruling party tries to find a way to wriggle out of the 2G note mess. Top-level huddles continue - late last night, three ministers met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, hours after he wrote an explanation to the Prime Minister detailing the hows and whys of the controversial note sent out fr...
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2G note storm: Pranab likely to meet Sonia Gandhi; can she call a truce?
Pranab Mukherjee returns from the US today amid a raging controversy over his ministry's note to the Prime Minister's office on the 2G scam. Mr Mukherjee has sought an appointment with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and is likely to meet her after 6 pm today to discuss the latest row over the 2G note.
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DMK, AIADMK clash in Raja's home turf
With the pressure increasing by the day on Telecom Minister A Raja to resign in the wake of alleged 2G scam, the DMK too is feeling the heat. The DMK cadres put up anti-Jayalalithaa posters in Raja's home turf Perambular. This angered the AIADMK, as a result a fight ensued between the members of the two arch-rivals.The AIADMK has upped its an...
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2G Scam: Reliance Entirely Funded Swan Telecom, CBI Says
The CBI today told a special court that Reliance ADA Group had made the entire funding for Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd (STPL), one of the accused firm in 2G spectrum allocation case, in an alleged violation of stipulated rules. The agency said that the Group made the fundings through a "circuitous route" when STPL had applied for 2G licences in 14 telecom...
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Former Auditor Vinod Rai's Allegations Spark Political Row
The Congress today tore into former national auditor Vinod Rai, who has sharply criticised former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and also alleged that three party leaders tried to pressure him to keep Dr Singh's name out of his damning reports on spectrum and coal block allocations.
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2G row: DMK gives notice for discussion in Lok Sabha
As a reluctant government prepares to face vote in Parliament on the contentious Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail issue, there is more ally trouble.
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2G row: I called the CAG, not CAG officials, says Murli Manohar Joshi
Senior BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Murli Manohar Joshi has refuted allegations made by former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) official RP Singh, saying that he has the authority to call any official to get information. Mr Singh had accused the PAC Chairman of unethical behaviour by getting in touch with the CAG whi...
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2G row: DMK to move motion for discussion in Parliament on RP Singh's charge, say sources
The UPA government is likely to agree to a discussion in Parliament over a former CAG official charge that BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi had called audit officials to his house for preparation of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on 2G scam that indicted the government.
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2G row: Sonia Gandhi says BJP 'exposed'; Murli Manohar Joshi challenges her to prove charges
Former auditor RP Singh's claims that he never put the Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss figure in national auditor CAG's report on the 2G scam have finally given the government a chance to go on the offensive. After a meeting of the Congress core group today, Sonia Gandhi remarked that she thought the BJP has been "exposed".
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2G row: Sonia Gandhi says BJP 'exposed'; Murli Manohar Joshi challenges her to prove charges
Former auditor RP Singh's claims have finally given the government a chance to go on the offensive on the 2G spectrum allocation controversy. After a meeting of the Congress core group today, Sonia Gandhi remarked that she thought the BJP has been "exposed". Murli Manohar Joshi has denied all charges made by the former auditor and said he'll quit ...
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Mullaperiyar Dam row: PM meets Karunanidhi, Kanimozhi in Chennai
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met DMK chief M Karunanidhi in Chennai this morning over the Mullaperiyar Dam issue. The DMK chief was accompanied by his daughter M Kanimozhi, who is an accused in the 2G scam and currently out on bail, when he went to meet the Prime Minister at Raj Bhavan.
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2G loss row: Top auditor appears before parliamentary panel
A crucial meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum scam will take place today in the capital. The committee is questioning the government's top auditing body that came up with the loss figures.
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2G note row: Pranab's letter to the PM
NDTV has accessed a letter written by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to the Prime Minister. Written on September 26, a day after Mr Mukherjee met the PM in New York when the 2G note crisis was climaxing, the letter explains Mr Mukherjee's position. The Finance Minister says he was never in favour of submitting a formal note on spectrum allocatio...
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2G note row: Emails back Pranab Mukherjee's rebuttal
A month ago, Pranab Mukherjee had emphatically stated that an inference about his fellow minister P Chidambaram in a controversial note on the telecom scam was not his. Email exchanges between the Cabinet Secretariat and the Finance Ministry, that NDTV has now accessed, seem to support Mr Mukherjee's assertion. The emails show that officials in the...
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Pranab-Chidambaram truce was a farce, says Jaitley
As the two-day national executive meet of the BJP concluded today in New Delhi, the party, not mincing any words in its attack on the government on the recent 2G note row, called the truce between Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram a farce.
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2G war: Govt burns midnight oil, senior ministers meet Pranab
It's been a week of all-nighters for the Congress as the ruling party tries to find a way to wriggle out of the 2G note mess. Top-level huddles continue - late last night, three ministers met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, hours after he wrote an explanation to the Prime Minister detailing the hows and whys of the controversial note sent out fr...
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2G note storm: Pranab likely to meet Sonia Gandhi; can she call a truce?
Pranab Mukherjee returns from the US today amid a raging controversy over his ministry's note to the Prime Minister's office on the 2G scam. Mr Mukherjee has sought an appointment with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and is likely to meet her after 6 pm today to discuss the latest row over the 2G note.
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DMK, AIADMK clash in Raja's home turf
With the pressure increasing by the day on Telecom Minister A Raja to resign in the wake of alleged 2G scam, the DMK too is feeling the heat. The DMK cadres put up anti-Jayalalithaa posters in Raja's home turf Perambular. This angered the AIADMK, as a result a fight ensued between the members of the two arch-rivals.The AIADMK has upped its an...
