Pradip Baijal

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  High Court Stays Arrest Warrants Against 3 In Rajasthan Palace Hotel Sale Case

  The Rajasthan High court on Tuesday stayed the arrest of former disinvestment secretary Pradip Baijal and two others accused of causing a Rs 244-crore loss to the government through the sale of an ITDC-owned hotel in Udaipur two decades back.

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  BJP Ministers Slam UPA Government Over Ex-TRAI Chief Pradip Baijal's Claims

  Latching onto former TRAI chairman Pradip Baijal's accusations against former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in connection with the 2G scam case, BJP ministers in the Modi government today attacked the erstwhile UPA government, calling it a "coalition in corruption".

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  PM Manmohan Singh Knew of 2G Scam, Ordered Me to Cooperate: Ex-TRAI Chief Pradip Baijal

  When he warned that the ground was being laid for a massive multi-billion dollar telecom scam, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned of "harm" if he did not cooperate with the policies that were being followed, claims Pradip Baijal, who was the head of the country's telecom regulator.

• 2G scam: NDA started it, says Sibal backed by report

  As the evidence of how the 2G scam was birthed and delivered starts being presented in court, the government has returned the Opposition's fire, stating that while thousands of crores may have been lost (the jury's still out on how much, exactly), it was the NDA that started it.Brandishing a report by Justice Shivraj Patil on lapses in how valuable...

• 2G spectrum scam: Kapil Sibal passes the buck to NDA

  Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said that "all decisions on the allocation of 2G spectrum starting from 2003 were incorrect." Mr Sibal said that the first-come-first-served policy was introduced by the NDA  and went against the decision of the cabinet at that time. It deviated from the Telecom Policy cleared for the country in 1999."We are ...

• 2G spectrum scam: CBI raids Niira Radia, Pradip Baijal

  Barely a week after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided the homes of A Raja, come new raids at the homes and offices of other alleged key players in the humongous 2G scam.  Topping the list of the big fish raided today are PR executive Niira Radia and Pradip Baijal, who served for three years as the Chairman of the Telecom Regulat...

• Who is Pradip Baijal?

  Pradip Baijal was the head of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) from 2003-2006.    A former IAS officer of the 1966 batch, he was credited with helping form consumer-friendly policies. A year after he retired as TRAI chief, Baijal joined Noesis - a firm owned by PR executive Niira Radia whose phones were tapped in...