M.K. Stalin had paid his half-sister and the party M.P. Kanimozhi, a visit in the women’s jail for about half an hour on Monday afternoon, after he met her more than a month after.
Kanimozhi breaks down on seeing brother Stalin in Tihar
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PMO TO RELEASE MANMOHAN-RAJA CORRESPONDENCE
Confirmation came from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Wednesday, that the correspondence between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the then Telecommunications Minister, A.Raja, on the implementation of the telecom policy and 2G spectrum pricing to an applicant under Right to Information Act (RTI) after Central Information Commission (CIC) reworded the specific information sought by the petitioner as his queries were in Hindi which was a mix of allegations and his desire for what the nation should be.
Kanimozhi bail plea rejected by Supreme Court
Rajya Sabha MP and 2G scam accused K Kanimozhi looks at a long haul in jail as the Supreme Court today rejected her bail plea. The bail plea of Sharad Kumar, the Managing Director of Kalaignar TV, was also rejected.
SC rejects Kanimozhi’s bail plea
A special Supreme Court bench on Monday rejected bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar in the 2G spectrum scam case. Apex Court in its order gave liberty to Kanimozhi to move to trial court afresh for bail after framing of charges in the case. Court in its order said that she could invoke section 437 of criminal procedure code which provides for grant of bail to women in cognizable offences. The case was heard by a bench headed by Justice GS Singvi, who has been monitoring the case since the beginning and had asked searching questions to the government on the role of several influential people in the multi-crore scam. Kanimozhi and Kumar have been accused by the CBI to be involved in the illegal transaction of Rs 200 crore to Kalaignar TV which was alleged to be a bribe given by a telecom operator which had benefited in the scam. The CBI filed had filed an affidavit opposing their bail pleas on the ground that if released, they could tamper with evidence and influence witnesses. Opposing the bail plea, the probe agency contended in its affidavit that Kanimozhi and Kumar were key conspirators and Rs 200 crore transferred to Kalaignar TV was part of the “bribe” amount and not a loan as claimed by the accused. Earlier two judges P Sathasivam and AK Patnaik before whom the matter was listed had recused themselves from the high-profile case.
CBI AGAINST KANIMOZHI BAIL IN 2G SPECTRUM
The CBI on Friday stood affirmed on its opinion that the Rs.200 crore paid to the Kaliignar TV channel was part of bribe in lieu of the 2G spectrum licence given to DB Realty. They opposed the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar and its affidavit before the SC denied their claims of it being a loan.
SIDDHARTH BEHURA BAIL PLEA REJECTED – 2G Spectrum scam
The Special Court hearing the 2G Spectrum case on Friday turned down the bail plea of the former Telecom Secretary, Siddhartha Behura. His counsel submitted that Mr.Behura had no role in deciding the modified first-come first-served policy, cut off dates and dual technology terms and also claimed that Mr.Behura had joined the Telecom services on January 1st, 2008, after the decisions were taken.
2G SCAM- PLEA AGAINST TATA, AMBANI REJECTED
On Thursday, a Delhi Court rejected the plea whereby it directed the CBI to not to include the Reliance ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani, Tata group chief Ratan Tata, corporate lobbyist Niran Radia and DMK Chief Karunanidhi’s wife Mrs.Dayalu Ammal as accused in the 2G scam case.
I have not done anything wrong: Dayanidhi Maran
Union textiles Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, refuted the allegations against him that he had misused his position as Telecom Minister.
The latest allegation against him states the he had misused his ministerial position in order to get free BSNL telephone lines for his brother’s company, Sun TV. and great loss has been caused by him to BSNL by using Government provided telephone connections for vested interests.