Chidambaram And 2g Scam

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  On Officer Amassing Assets, Top Court Warns Of "Sensitive" 2G Case Taint

  The Supreme Court today said issues related to the 2G spectrum case were "highly sensitive" and no officer investigating the matter should be "under any cloud" on a petition against an Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer probing the Aircel-Maxis case.

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  Aircel Maxis Probe: Supreme Court Asks CBI, What Is Taking So Long?

  The Supreme Court has given the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate, a six-month deadline to complete the investigations into the cases linked to the 2G scam, including the Aircel-Maxis deal.

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  BJP Attacks Congress Over Corruption, Targets P Chidambaram

  With the Rajya Sabha witnessing frequent disruption by the Congress, BJP today tore into it over alleged involvement of its leaders in corruption cases and also questioned former Finance Minister P Chidambram's role in 2G scam, raking up recent Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at firms linked to his son.

• AIADMK upbeat ahead of counting in Tamil Nadu

  The poll prospects of 845 contestants, including 2G scam accused A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran, Congress' Manishankar Aiyar and Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti, will be known tomorrow when votes polled for 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu are taken up for counting.

• 2G scam: Parliamentary panel clears PM, Chidambaram; 'black day', says Opposition

  The Joint Parliamentary Committee studying the 2G spectrum scam today adopted its controversial draft report that gives a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Expectedly, a furious Opposition, led by the BJP, slammed the report, calling it a "black day for parliamentary committees".

• 2G scam: warring parliamentary committee may get more time

  A parliamentary committee that has turned into a war zone between the Congress and the opposition may get an extension until the next Parliament session, say sources. The 30-member committee has conducted an inquest of the telecom or 2G scam with differing conclusions.

• Opposition MPs want PC Chacko removed from JPC: Full text of letter to Speaker

  Half of the members of a parliamentary committee that dissected the telecom or 2G scam have expressed no confidence in Congressman P Chacko as its chair and want his removal. Mr Chacko has prepared a report on behalf of the committee that absolves the Prime Minister and Finance Minister P Chidambaram of any responsibility for one of India's largest...

• Parliamentary panel meets today to discuss 2G report; BJP steps up pressure on PM

  The Joint Parliamentary Committee or JPC will hold its crucial meeting today to discuss and adopt the draft report on the 2G spectrum scam. But the meeting is set to be stormy one as Opposition parties getting ready to corner JPC chairman P C Chacko over clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

• LK Advani slams JPC report on 2G scam, says it should be rejected entirely

  That the leaked draft report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the 2G scam will be a big issue in Parliament next week was expected. Now the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has made it official. BJP leader LK Advani today slammed the report for exonerating the Prime Minister and Finance Minister P Chidambaram and said it should be re...

• Will prove my innocence and that PM was consulted: A Raja on 2G scam

  The man who is being tried for masterminding a telecom scam worth Rs 1.76 lakh crore today said, "I will prove my innocence."

• 2G scam: JPC report clears PM and Chidambaram, opposition furious

  A parliamentary committee appointed to study the 2G scam has said in its report that neither the Prime Minister nor Finance Minister P Chidambaram were aware of the malpractices of then Telecom Minister A Raja which allowed ineligible companies to grab cheap mobile network licenses with second-wave or 2G airwaves thrown in for free.

• If you have nothing to hide, testify, says Yashwant Sinha to PM

  BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has written to the Prime Minister, demanding that he testify for a parliamentary committee that's dissecting the telecom or 2G scam, named for the second-generation airwaves involved.

• Who is P Chidambaram?

  P Chidambaram is India's Finance Minister, a veteran Congress politician and a key hand in the Manmohan Singh government. A Harvard-educated lawyer, the suave Mr Chidambaram commands clout in the Congress - a party he has been with for over three decades - for his financial wisdom and no-nonsense attitude.

• BJP may quit parliamentary panel on 2G over refusal to summon Chidambaram

  The parliament panel examining the 2G spectrum scam has finished gathering evidence and will not summon P Chidamabaram or any other minister to depose before it after all. The BJP, which had demanded that the Home Minister depose, is likely to come good on its threat to walk out of the committee.

• Coal scam loss figure will also turn out to be mythical: Chidambaram

  After terming CAG's estimate of Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss in 2G spectrum allocation as a "myth", Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said the projected Rs 1.86 lakh crore loss in coal blocks allocation would also turn out to be a "mythical" and "fancy" number.