BJP leader Ram Jethmalani gatecrashed the parliamentary party meet in Delhi and attacked the party's top leadership for not putting up a proper fight against the government. This incident has left the top leaders of the party red-faced and they are now contemp...
The Lok Sabha extended the term of the 2G JPC till the monsoon session. This means that the time for submission of the report of the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) looking into 2G spectrum allocation has also been extended. The resolution was passed in Pa...
Sources reveal that the House could be adjourned Sine Die tomorrow or day after. They further reveal that the government will be bringing in ordinance on the Food Security Bill. The Opposition claims that it wants a proper debate on the Bill in the Parliament ...
The 2G-JPC term is likely to be extended. The Speaker will be moving a motion at 2PM. The JPC meeting for tomorrow has been cancelled. CBI director Ranjit Sinha has tendered an unconditional apology before the apex court for misleading the court in connection ...
CBI submits another affidavit in connection to the 2G status report to the Supreme Court. In this letter, CBI says changes were made in the report in consultation with the law minister, PMO and attorney general. It also admits that the law minister removed a p...
The 2G-JPC term is likely to be extended. The Speaker will be moving a motion at 2PM. The JPC meeting for tomorrow has been cancelled. CBI director Ranjit Sinha has tendered an unconditional apology before the apex court for misleading the court in connection ...
The UPA is facing it's biggest credibility crisis and the government has decided to stand by both its ministers -- law minister Ashwini Kumar and railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. Senior Congress leaders feel that the resignations will give a political win ...
The Opposition is gearing up to corner the UPA government in the Parliament. It should be interesting to find out what the Congress' strategy would be to counter the Opposition's unrelenting attack.
CBI chief Ranjit Sinha says 'my hands are tied' after the scathing reaction from the Supreme Court on the 2G spectrum allocation issue. In conversation with Mail Today, he says that the CBI is dependent on the government for everything. He aggressively asserts...
Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar has outrightly rejected the Opposition demand to remove PC Chacko as the Chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee, probing the 2G scam. She has cited the absence of provisions in any rules. Fifteen members of the JPC had w...
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj says that the current government is the most corrupt. She said that the BJP is forced to disrupt the Parliament over massive issues of corruption. She attacked the government's controversy surrounding CBI's C...
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj says that the current government is the most corrupt. She said that the BJP is forced to disrupt the Parliament over massive issues of corruption. She attacked the government's controversy surrounding CBI's C...
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj slams the government and holds it responsible for a string of corruption cases, "each bigger than the other". She contended that if the 15th Lok Sabha had gained the dubious distinction of being the worst...
The Opposition, which has been relentlessly attacking the government in Parliament over coal block allocation scam, 2G scam, Sarabjit Singh issue and China's incursion, is likely to continue cornering the government in the days ahead. The Budget Session, thus,...
If the Opposition comes up with a convincing argument, then amendments to the JPC draft report on the 2G scam can be made, says PC Chacko. The chairman of the JPC probing the 2G scam, said that he was also ready to probe the media leak of the report.
Newshour | An unexpected fight breaks out between top government law officers. Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval has written to Attorney General GE Vahanvati, accusing him of trying to shape not just the coal block allocation scam but also the other cas...
Newshour | An unexpected fight breaks out between top government law officers. Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval has written to Attorney General GE Vahanvati, accusing him of trying to shape not just the coal block allocation scam but also the other cas...
Sources claim that the BJP will stage a walkout in the Parliament tomorrow, when the finance bill is tabled. Sources further claim that BJP leader Sushma Swaraj will make a short speech at around 12:15 tomorrow, after which she will be leading the charge for t...
BJP leader Prakash Javadekar says that the BJP will continue protesting against the coal and 2G scams in both the Houses. Sources claim that party leader Sushma Swaraj will be leading the charge in the Parliament tomorrow, after her speech.
BJP leader Prakash Javadekar says that the BJP will let the Finance Bill pass, but continue protesting against the coal scam and the 2G scam in both the Houses. Sources claim that party leader Sushma Swaraj will be leading the charge in the Parliament tomorrow...
Congress general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi slams the Opposition saying that the BJP and other parties are stalling the session of the Parliament, but are blaming the government. Parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath asks the Opposition to let the Parliam...
Both houses of the Parliament were disrupted following uproar over coal block allocation scam and 2G scam. The Opposition kept the heat on the government, calling for PM's resignation. However, there seems to be consensus on the Finance bill, which will be tak...
CBI director Ranjit Sinha has admitted that law minister Ashwini Kumar had wanted to see the draft report of the coal scam. Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley has hit out at the government by asking them to answer key questions that were pos...
A Congress core group meet has been scheduled for today at 6PM over the CBI affidavit in the Supreme Court. The meeting will be chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence. Earlier today, CBI director Ranjit Sinha had admitted that law minister A...
In the backdrop of the leak of the draft report of the coal scam, government sources reveal that law minister Ashwini Kumar will be asked to resign if the Supreme Court says that 'there was impropriety', however, there is no question of the Prime Minister's re...
CPI leader and Joint Parliamentary Commission member Gurudas Dasgupta has hit back at the PMO minister. Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Narayanaswamy had earlier accused Gurudas of violating parliamentary practice. Gurudas says that Narayanaswamy ...
In context with the Joint Parliamentary Commission report on the 2G spectrum allocation, a political storm has emerged between the Congress and the BJP. The BJP has asked the Speaker to remove PC Chacko as the chairman of the JPC. The members of the Opposition...
Removing the chairman of the JPC is like saying remove the judge when you are not happy with the judgement, says Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath. He says that the Opposition is being unreasonable in their demands to remove PC Chacko as the head of th...
The Opposition members will meet the Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to demand the removal of JPC head PC Chacko, due to his alleged 'mismanagement' of the 2G probe. The members were irked with the leak of the draft report to the media and the inclusion of Atal ...
The Opposition members will meet the Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to demand the removal of JPC head PC Chacko, due to his alleged 'mismanagement' of the 2G probe. The members were irked with the leak of the draft report to the media and the inclusion of Atal ...
In the light of the demise of a sitting MP of the Parliament and TMC leader, Ambika Banerjee, the JPC meet to adopt the 2G report has been postponed. The meeting has been postponed indefinitely and might not happen for the next few days. This gives Congress th...
While PJ Kurien tries his best to get the Rajya Sabha's functioning back in order, Opposition refuses to calm down. The BJP leaders protest in the well of the House and shout slogans against the JPC report on 2G scam.
Trinamool Congress leaders have requested the government to postpone the Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting to another day as a TMC MP Ambika Banerjee passed away earlier this morning. The TMC leaders said that they would not like to discuss political matte...
The BJP plans to continue its protest in both the Houses of the Parliament until the draft report on the 2G spectrum scam has been withdrawn completely. A JPC meet later today might even adopt the report, which the BJP does not want.
Ahead of the JPC meet on adopting the 2G scam report, Congress president Sonia Gandhi is meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The meeting also includes Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath and JPC chief PC Chacko. The meeting has been called to discuss ...
Ahead of the JPC meet on adopting the 2G scam report, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath echoes PC Chacko's confidence. He says that the report would be adopted without any glitches. Chacko had earlier said that it would be nice if the report was adopte...
Ahead of the crucial meet of the JPC on the 2G report, the Opposition do not seem very excited. While PC Chacko is confident that the report would be adopted, the BJP has not been very happy with the clean chit that the report gave to the PM and FM. The Left p...
The Left parties do not seem too happy about the JPC report on the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The report cleared Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram of all charges. The Left might create commotion in the House today.
The JPC is all set for a crucial meet on the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The report that had earlier been leaked to the media, will be adopted by the JPC group today. Head of the committee PC Chacko said that the report was hard labour of two years and that h...
JPC chief PC Chacko says that he is ready to face any questions regarding the 2G spectrum report. He also says that it was unfortunate that the contents of the report were leaked to the media, but is ready to face a breach of privilege motion as he is in the c...
News Night | Why hasn't the Prime Minister come out and given point by point rebuttals to the claims made by 2G scam-accused A Raja? Why has he not stood up in Parliament and proffered a defence of his own role in the Coalgate scam? Congress leader Manishankar...
The Opposition disrupt proceedings in both the Houses of Parliament. The Opposition is questioning the government over the 2G scam report and the coalgate scandal. The Houses have been adjourned due to the protest in the well of the House.
BJP is all set to take on the government in both Houses of the Parliament. BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Murli Manohar Joshi said that they would protest in the well of the House. BJP has accused the UPA government of tampering with the 2G report as well as th...
The BJP demands Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation in connection with the JPC report on 2G scam saying there is no question of the PM getting a clean chit in the multi-crore scam.
Achil Vandhavai | Opposition is up in arms against the media leak of the JPC report on the 2G scam. Will BJP allow the Parliament to function peacefully? Also discussed, the fishermen abuse by Sri Lankan Navy and the Katchatheevu row.
Angry over the leak of the JPC report, on the 2G spectrum allocation scam, to the media, the BJP has given a notice to move a breach of privilege motion in both Houses. BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad gave the notice in the Rajya Sabha and said that the leak sh...
Former Telecom Minister A Raja may not have got a chance to depose before the JPC in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. Nonetheless, he has challenged the findings of the JPC, with a point-by-point rebuttal of the report. This move from Raja comes even as t...
Newshour | What is the bigger issue - the leak of the Joint Parliamentary Committee JPC report or the content of the report? Former telecom minister A Raja wasn't given the chance the depose, but it has not stopped him from making his point to the JPC. He has ...
The channel accesses A Raja's 100-page written submission to the JPC examining the 2G spectrum allocation. He says policy was not altered to benefit any applicant and that CBI or ED probe could not identify any bribe received by him. He adds that he wouldn't h...
BJP files breach of privilege motion against PC Chacko, chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the 2G spectrum allocation, in both houses of the Parliament alleging that he had leaked the panel's draft report to the media.
Senior Opposition leader Sushma Swaraj has lashed out at the government, accusing it of being inactive. She says that the government has not been honest with their intentions, whether it is about the 2G spectrum allocation, coalgate scam or the justice for the...
DMK and the Left have moved a Privilege motion against Joint Parliamentary Commission chairman PC Chacko. Chacko says that the demand for his resignation is a political move. The DMK has alleged that he had leaked the panel's draft report on the 2G spectrum al...
Vice-President Hamid Ansari sought to calm RS members as the Opposition tried to corner the government over the JPC report on 2G scam and the coalgate issue.
The Parliament, which reconvenes today, is likely to witness dramatic scenes as the NDA and the Left are planning to corner the government over the issues of JPC draft on 2G which exonerated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram and ...
The Parliament, which reconvenes today, is likely to witness dramatic scenes as the NDA and the Left are planning to corner the government over the issues of JPC draft on 2G which exonerated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram and ...
BJP has questioned the JPC report on 2G scam which gave clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram and has asked all the NDA allies to reject the report. The NDA has decided to oppose the JPC draft when it comes up in Parlia...
Responding to the clean chit given to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram by the JPC in the 2G scam, A Raja says he did everything in consultation with the Prime Minister and he will send a 200-page report to the JPC on Monday to ...
PC Chacko, head of JPC, refuses to answer questions on the JPC report on the 2G scam. BJP has called this report a Congress report. The report had given a clean chit to the Prime Minister and the Home Minister in the 2G scam.
BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad reacts after the JPC probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam submits its draft report. He says that the draft report is not the final report and leaking it to the media is a 'gross breach of parliamentary norms'. The report...
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam might have tabled its draft report, but when it comes to voting it faces a huge litmus test. The 30-member committee has only 12 from the UPA. Atleast 14 are expected to vote again...
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam gives Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram a clean chit. The JPC rubbishing the Rs 1.76 crore loss calculation by the CAG, blamed A Raja of 'misleading'...
Following the withdrawal of Justice Vikramjit Sen from hearing the petitions by Bharti group chairman Sunil Mittal and Essar promoter Ravi Ruia, Justice AR Dave also follows. Now, this bench headed by the CJI has been forced to postpone the hearing.
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam gives Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram a clean chit. The JPC rubbishing the Rs 1.76 crore loss calculation by the CAG, blamed A Raja of 'misleading'...
The Joint Parliamentary Committee has given a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister P Chidambaram in the 2G allocation case. According to the report issued by the JPC, the faulty implementation by the then telecom ministry had led to...
The draft prepared by the 2G Joint Parliamentary Committee gives a clean chit to the government on allegations of 1.76 lakh crore loss by the Comptroller Auditor General. The report questioned the role of the CAG in examining policy decision. It says that the ...
The Supreme Court has allowed Bharti Airtel to continue providing third-generation (3G) roaming services in the seven circles in which it does not have licences, but barred the teleco from adding new customers in these circles. However, the apex court asked th...
According to sources, the private jet carrying BJP leaders that developed a technical snag on Monday, belongs to a subsidiary company owned by 2G scam accused Shahid Balwa. Now, Aam Aadmi Party member Manish Sisodia has questioned BJP's double standards, for u...
A private jet carrying BJP chief Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley had made an emergency landing owing to technical glitches. Headlines Today has learnt that the plane that was charted by the BJP top brass was owned by a 2G scam accused Shahid Bal...
BJP leader Yashwant Sinha expresses disappointment over PM Manmohan Singh's refusal to depose before the JPC probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Sinha wrote to the PM saying it was difficult for the former to agree with the latter's claims that he did not...
Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has said once again written to the Prime Minister asking him to depose before the Joint Parliamentary Commentary in the 2G case if he has nothing to hide.
Achil Vandhavai | The Prime Minister refuses to appear before the JPC investigating the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Also discussed, BJP's comments about separate eelam, West Bengal's student leader death and more.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's refusal to depose before the JPC, probing the 2G scam has angered senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha who had demanded the PM to do so. In his response to Sinha, the PM has stated that he has nothing to hide and that JPC has to dec...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh refuses to appear before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam. He says that all the statements and evidence has been submitted before the JPC and that there is no need for him to appear b...
JPC chief PC Chacko says Yashwant Sinha's letter to the Prime Minister is a political stunt and against the norms. He says the intentions of Sinha were clear, and the JPC chairman was not available for the BJP's political games.
Information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari, reacting to Yashwant Sinha's demand that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should depose in front of the Joint Parliamentary Committee in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, says that it would be more appropriate i...
Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, questioning the functioning of JPC on the 2G Spectrum case and demanding that the PM himself should depose before the panel. Sinha has alleged that JPC is failing in its duty.
Achil Vandhavai | The NCTC row sparks again with the states claiming that it infringes on their federal rights. Also discussed, A Raja's stunning revelations in his letter to the JPC.
2G spectrum allocation scam accused A Raja now says that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was very much in the loop and that attorney general GE Vahanvati was lying. He also says that the then External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee was also kept in the loop. ...
Centrestage | Hours after Karunanidhi announced that his party is pulling out of the UPA and remained adamant about getting back, the Congress is now taking revenge by unleashing the Enforcement Directorate on 2G scam accused Kanimozhi and A Raja. The money la...
Despite being part of UPA alliance, DMK hardly shared a good rapport with the Congress. The troubles within the alliance and between the two parties intensified following the 2G scam. The party decided to stay on with the alliance even when the TMC deserted th...
Former Telecom Minister and 2G scam accused A Raja has written to Joint Parliamentary Committee chairman PC Chacko, reiterating his demand to depose before the JPC. He has claimed that the letter he received from Lok Sabha secretariat didn't even recognize his...
Janata Dal Leader Sharad Yadav in the Zero Hour said that governments make mistakes, but a good government is the one that realises its mistakes and rectifies it. He brought up the issues of the Italian marines case, the coal scam and the 2G scam, among others...
The second round of auction for 2G spectrum has begun with government putting on block CDMA spectrum worth Rs 6,400 crore. Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) which operates under the brand MTS is the lone bidder for CDMA spectrum for eight circles. SSTL had lo...
The government confirms that A Raja will not appear before the JPC, probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam, as a witness. However, A Raja's written submission will be taken as a part of the JPC report that will be circulated.
The BJP demands that 'key player' A Raja be summoned before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam, as a witness. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha wrote to the panel chairman PC Chacko requesting him to call A Raja as ...
Eminent jurist KTS Tulsi is backing former Telecom Minister A Raja's plea, who wants to testify before the JPC on the 2G scam. He says that the hearing on the scam would be incomplete without listening to Raja's version. This puts a pressure on the Congress wh...
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supports jailed leader A Raja in his decision to depose in front of the Joint Parliamentary Committee, probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The former telecom minister had written to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, as well as the J...
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will soon file chargesheets against DMK leaders A Raja and Kanimozhi in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The ED has been probing the matter closely for a while now and both of them have appeared for questioning several times. T...
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that telecom companies that were unsuccessful in the fresh 2G spectrum auction held in November last and those who did not participate in it would cease to operate forthwith. The court also ruled that telecom companies that ...
Telecom companies that were unsuccessful in the recently conducted 2G spectrum allocation bidding process, should stop their service immediately, orders the Supreme Court. The court had extended the deadline several times, with the most recent being February 4...
Supreme Court of India orders telecom operators, who did not bid in the November 2012 2G spectrum auction, to suspend their operations immediately. However, the apex court clarifies that its February 2012 order is not binding on the telecom companies that hold...
The CBI removes AK Singh as the prosecution lawyer after the tapes with him advising the prime accused in the 2G scam, Sanjay Chandra, MD of Unitech, surfaced. AK Singh had been replaced by KK Goel as the new lawyer. Once the news of the tapes made their way t...
After an alleged collusion between the CBI prosecutor AK Singh and one of the accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam came to light through an audio tape, the investigative agency has sent the tape to CSIL for forensic examination. On the tape, Singh is he...
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) removes one of its prosecutors for allegedly colluding with one of the accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case. The CBI transfers AK Singh for allegedly giving documents related to the case to Unitech managing direc...
CBI Director Ranjit Sinha and Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar will appear before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) in connection with the 2G spectrum scam case today. The JPC is also expected to look into the revelations that a CBI prosecutor aided on...
Newshour | By questioning the government's attack on CAG in the 2G matter, has Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai raised a pertinent issue or exceeded his brief? Founder of Indian Investor Protection Council Arvind Gupta, Ex-director general of Audit Po...