Abhishek Singhvi's telecom connection: Lawyer in all major cases for past 20 yearsIn many recent cases, Singhvi has fought against the government, led by the very party he represents.
14 Jan, 2014, 06.11 AM IST
How markets and economy fared under different governments in past 23 yearsIn India, politics and economics go hand in hand. Here's how the markets and the economy have fared under different governments in the past...
23 Dec, 2013, 04.36 PM IST
Vicious infighting among sectors can engender policy paralysisVicious infighting can engender policy paralysis, while public policy must always tilt in favour of new entrants.
11 Mar, 2013, 08.29 AM IST
CBI officer Suresh Kumar Palsania, who was probing 2G scam, diesCBI official Suresh Kumar Palsania, who meticulously investigated the 2G spectrum scam, died here on Wednesday night due to a blood disorde...
08 Nov, 2012, 12.38 PM IST
Welcome folly: CAG's flawed 'coal scam' report serves a purposeFor all its faults, the report should serve to focus public attention on the urgent need to abolish coal nationalisation and open up the se...
29 Mar, 2012, 09.25 AM IST
2G verdict impact: Sivasankaran to exit telecom, S-Tel to shut operationsSC verdict on the 2G case cancelling 123 licenses has claimed its first casualty. S-Tel, a company set up by C Sivasankaran has decided to ...
21 Feb, 2012, 04.25 PM IST
- Supreme Court to hear bail plea of Sukh Ram, others tomorrow
The bail pleas of former Union Minister Sukh Ram, whose interim bail is expiring on January 16 in a 1993 telecom scam.
15 Jan, 2012, 02.14 PM IST
- Sukhram's conviction in 1996 telecom scam upheld by HC
In a setback to former Telecom Minister Sukhram, the Delhi High Court today upheld his conviction and three year jail term in the 1996 tele...
21 Dec, 2011, 04.29 PM IST
- Sukhram sent to 5 years in jail for 1996 telecom scam
A Delhi court on Saturday sentenced former telecom minister Sukhram, 84, to five years rigorous imprisonment in a 1996 telecom scam case.
20 Nov, 2011, 12.48 AM IST
- Held guilty in 1996 telecom scam, Sukhram seeks leniency
Sukhram, convicted for taking Rs 3 lakhs as bribe to give a lucrative contract to a private firm in 1996, pleaded for leniency in a Delhi c...
19 Nov, 2011, 05.03 PM IST
- 2G scam: Centre approved sale of equities to foreign firms, says Shahid Balwa
Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa on Monday told a Delhi court that the Centre since 1996 has been approving sale of equities.
01 Aug, 2011, 10.54 PM IST
- 2G scam: JPC begins quizzing former Telecom Secretary
The Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam on Wednesday started questioning a former Telecom Secretary.
28 Jul, 2011, 10.20 AM IST
- Telecom mess dates back to then Prime Minister I K Gujral's era?
Total amount foregone stood at Rs 771.76 cr, which was part of total losses of Rs 3,779.45 cr to the govt between '95 & '99.
28 Jul, 2011, 10.01 AM IST
- 2G scam: JPC to start quizzing telecom secretaries
JPC probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam will start questioning former telecom secretaries including and ex-chiefs of TRAI from Thursday.
06 Jul, 2011, 04.23 PM IST
- Former TRAI chiefs, telecom secys to depose befor JPC
The Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the 2G spectrum allocation scam will start calling witnesses from next month.
27 Jun, 2011, 03.58 AM IST
- Netas accused of graft now back in limelight
The Madras high court directed a CBI probe into the cremation shed scam. Selvaganapathy, the Salem strongman, was acquitted by a CBI court ...
11 Feb, 2011, 01.45 PM IST
- Telecom stalemate longest-ever deadlock over JPC in Parliament
The stalemate in Parliament on the telecom issue was the longest-ever over the demand of a JPC in independent India.
13 Dec, 2010, 10.06 PM IST