Who Is Dayanidhi Maran

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  "I Stand Vindicated": Dayanidhi Maran Discharged In Illegal Telephone Exchange Case

  In a major relief to former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and his elder brother Kalanithi Maran, who heads the Sun Group, a CBI court in Chennai on Wednesday discharged both from the illegal telephone exchange case citing there is no prima facie case against them.

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  Dayanidhi Maran's Custodial Interrogation in Telephone Exchange Scam a Must: CBI

  Dayanidhi Maran, the former telecom minister who is being investigated for corruption, is not cooperating in the investigation into the alleged telephone exchange scam and his custodial interrogation is a must, the CBI told the Supreme Court today.

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  Dayanidhi Maran Gets Protection from Arrest Till September 14

  Dayanidhi Maran, the former telecom minister who is being investigated for corruption, has been granted protection from arrest till September 14 by the Supreme Court.

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  Dayanidhi Maran Ordered to Surrender to CBI in 3 Days: Report

  Dayanidhi Maran, the former telecom minister who is being investigated for corruption, has been given three days to surrender to the CBI by the Madras High Court, according to the Press Trust of India.

• Meet AIADMK's Giant Killer Who Defeated DMK's Dayanidhi Maran

  AIADMK's Youth Wing leader S R Vijaya Kumar is a giant killer. He defeated DMK's mighty leader Dayanidhi Maran on his home turf by 45,000 votes. It was a huge embarrassment for the former telecom minister who sought a third term from his party's bastion Chennai Central, thrice represented by his father, late Murasoli Maran.

• Key Contestant: Dayanidhi Maran

  The DMK's Dayanidhi Maran, who had to resign from the Union Cabinet in 2012 after his name cropped up in the scam relating to the Aircel-Maxis deal, is waging a difficult battle to retain the Chennai Central seat for the third consecutive term

• Karunanidhi supports Marans despite telecom case; Jayalalithaa dismisses CBI raids

  The DMK plans to stand by its senior leader, Dayanidhi Maran, who is at the centre of a CBI investigation for misusing his office when he was Telecom Minister.

• Who is Dayanidhi Maran?

  He was the joint owner of a popular Chennai discotheque called HFO or Hell Freezes Over. That was before Dayanidhi Maran danced into national politics in 2004, the year when young India - most visibly represented by Rahul Gandhi - contested and won Lok Sabha seats in droves. It was the year of the babalogs and Maran was right there among the articu...