Swan Arrested

The teens sneaked into the pond area in the middle of the night and pounced on the bird as she was nesting.

In what seems to be a scene straight out of the movie Hot Fuzz, police in Cambridgeshire, UK, actually arrested a rogue swan for breaking the law.

Mr Ambani is chairman of the Anil Dhirubhai Amabani Group; three senior executives from his telecom firm, Reliance Telecom Limited were arrested in 2011 for allegedly using another company called Swan Telecom to get licenses and frequency beyond their permissible quota.

Shahid Balwa, the promoter of Swan Telecom, has been granted bail in Delhi today. Of the 14 people arrested for the telecom scam, 11 have now been permitted to go home. Those still in prison include former telecom minister A Raja, and two former bureaucrats who worked closely with him.

The Supreme Court has granted bail to five corporate executives who were arrested for their alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will oppose the bail pleas of five corporate honchos arrested in connection with the 2G spectrum scam in the Supreme Court today.

The accused involve 14 people, arrested for their alleged involvement in the 2G telecom scam, so named because of the type of spectrum involved. They include former minister A Raja; bureaucrats who worked closely with him - RK Chandolia and Siddharth Behura; Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi; and executives like Sanjay Chandra of Unitech Wireless and Gautam...

Former Telecom Minister A Raja and 16 others arrested for allegedly conspiring in India's biggest swindle will find out on September 15 whether they will stand trial in the 2G scam. Like Mr Raja, some of India's most-senior telecom executives are in Tihar Jail; the CBI, which is investigating the scam, has accused them of conspiracy and cheating....

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.

Four of nine people chargesheeted for India's biggest ever scam are in jail. They include former Telecom Minister A Raja, who was allegedly the fulcrum of a conspiracy that included some of the country's biggest companies. Now, the other five people accused by the CBI of a scam worth at least 30,000 crores could join Mr Raja.In 2008, Mr Raja provid...

Shahid Balwa, the promoter of DB Realty, which floated Swan Telecom, has been arrested by Mumbai CBI in connection with 2G scam. (Read: Who is Shahid Balwa?)Balwa was arrested from his house in Mumbai.According to sources, he is likely to be brought to Delhi in connection with the probe and will be confronted with A Raja, the former Telecom Ministe...

Former Telecom Minister A Raja arrived at court in a white car today that was surrounded by cameras.Guards helped Mr. Raja, dressed in a grey safari suits, make his way inside court, where he greeted the judge with folded hands.Mr. Raja was arrested yesterday by the CBI along with two men who worked closely with him when he was Telecom Minister- fo...

The teens sneaked into the pond area in the middle of the night and pounced on the bird as she was nesting.

In what seems to be a scene straight out of the movie Hot Fuzz, police in Cambridgeshire, UK, actually arrested a rogue swan for breaking the law.

Mr Ambani is chairman of the Anil Dhirubhai Amabani Group; three senior executives from his telecom firm, Reliance Telecom Limited were arrested in 2011 for allegedly using another company called Swan Telecom to get licenses and frequency beyond their permissible quota.

Shahid Balwa, the promoter of Swan Telecom, has been granted bail in Delhi today. Of the 14 people arrested for the telecom scam, 11 have now been permitted to go home. Those still in prison include former telecom minister A Raja, and two former bureaucrats who worked closely with him.

The Supreme Court has granted bail to five corporate executives who were arrested for their alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will oppose the bail pleas of five corporate honchos arrested in connection with the 2G spectrum scam in the Supreme Court today.

The accused involve 14 people, arrested for their alleged involvement in the 2G telecom scam, so named because of the type of spectrum involved. They include former minister A Raja; bureaucrats who worked closely with him - RK Chandolia and Siddharth Behura; Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi; and executives like Sanjay Chandra of Unitech Wireless and Gautam...

Former Telecom Minister A Raja and 16 others arrested for allegedly conspiring in India's biggest swindle will find out on September 15 whether they will stand trial in the 2G scam. Like Mr Raja, some of India's most-senior telecom executives are in Tihar Jail; the CBI, which is investigating the scam, has accused them of conspiracy and cheating....

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.

Four of nine people chargesheeted for India's biggest ever scam are in jail. They include former Telecom Minister A Raja, who was allegedly the fulcrum of a conspiracy that included some of the country's biggest companies. Now, the other five people accused by the CBI of a scam worth at least 30,000 crores could join Mr Raja.In 2008, Mr Raja provid...

Shahid Balwa, the promoter of DB Realty, which floated Swan Telecom, has been arrested by Mumbai CBI in connection with 2G scam. (Read: Who is Shahid Balwa?)Balwa was arrested from his house in Mumbai.According to sources, he is likely to be brought to Delhi in connection with the probe and will be confronted with A Raja, the former Telecom Ministe...

Former Telecom Minister A Raja arrived at court in a white car today that was surrounded by cameras.Guards helped Mr. Raja, dressed in a grey safari suits, make his way inside court, where he greeted the judge with folded hands.Mr. Raja was arrested yesterday by the CBI along with two men who worked closely with him when he was Telecom Minister- fo...