Nda 2g Scam

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  To Manmohan Singh's Jibe From Gujarat, Arun Jaitley's Stinging Takedown

  Hours after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh renewed his criticism of the NDA government's sudden ban on high value notes that he has called "organised loot", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley delivered a stinging rebuttal. Mr Jaitley said an exercise backed by "an ethical and moral rationale" was being described as loot, before going on to refer t...

• 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...

• 2G scam: Heated debate at parliamentary panel meet

  A meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), which is examining the 2G scam, today saw heated exchanges as BJP members demanded summoning of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and top PMO officials. The Congress countered it with their own list of witnesses that included all NDA Telecom Ministers.

• 2G scam: Enforcement Directorate summons Airtel, Vodafone top brass

  The notice has been issued to managing directors of the companies or their authorised representatives.

• Chidambaram must quit: Opposition in Parliament

  Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned repeatedly today as the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) stalled proceedings demanding the resignation of Home Minister P Chidambaram for his alleged role in the 2G scam.

• 2G: NDA to target Chidambaram, boycott him in Parliament

  The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has decided to boycott Home Minister P Chidambaram as the NDA says he is a part of the 2G scam. The NDA says it will not allow the Home Minister to speak on the floor of the House during the Winter Session of Parliament which begins tomorrow.

• 2G case: CBI registers fresh case, raids NDA rule telecom officials & Airtel, Vodafone offices

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today registered a fresh case over alleged irregularities in spectrum allocation during late Pramod Mahajan's tenure as Telecom Minister.

• 2G probe: CBI records Jaswant Singh's statement

  Former Finance Minister Jaswant Singh has been examined by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the 2G spectrum case.

• 2G case: I could be 'toasted, grilled or roasted,' says Jaswant

  With the CBI deciding to examine Jaswant Singh in 2G case, the senior BJP leader, who was the finance minister in NDA government, today said that no irregularities were committed during his tenure.

• Shahid Balwa quotes PM in his defense, blames NDA

  Shahid Balwa, arrested for paying a 214-crore kickback for a telecom licence, has in his defense named the PM, Kapil Sibal and the NDA.

• Excess spectrum allocated during NDA regime? JPC probes

  The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) looking into the 2G scam,  is also investigating telecom policy, allocation and pricing of spectrum from years 1999 to 2004, during the previous BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime. The JPC consists of different political parties. Members of the Congress and its allies are trying to prove t...

• 2G scam: Joint Parliamentary Committee examines NDA govt's telecom policy

  The Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2G spectrum scam today began examining the telecom policy pursued during the NDA rule as it sought to know the quantum of losses incurred during that period and decided to summon the then Attorney General Soli Sorabjee in this connection.At its second meeting since being set up in February, the JPC headed by Con...

• Raja should turn approver, says Arun Shourie

  Arun Shourie, who served as Telecom Minister in the NDA government, appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today in connection with India's largest scam, the 2G spectrum case.Mr Shourie, who was Telecom Minister from January 2003 to May 2004, submitted a 50-page document to the CBI that details his account of the swindle. Estimat...

• 2G scam: Arun Shourie to appear before the CBI today

  BJP leader and former Telecom Minister Arun Shourie will appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today in connection with its probe into the 2G spectrum scam. He was asked by the CBI to join the 2G scam investigations in connection with the preliminary inquiry registered by the agency following Supreme Court direction.Shourie has of...

• 2G spectrum scam: Rules were tweaked to help Tata Teleservices, says Justice Patil report

  A war of words has broken out between Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal and his counterpart during the NDA regime, Arun Shourie after the latter slammed the Justice Shivraj Patil report on the 2G spectrum scam, calling it "a command performance from Kapil Sibal in order to protect Raja."Sibal shot back at Shourie and asked him to substantiate his allega...