Special CBI Judge O P Saini, who was scheduled to hear the matter today, deferred the case after counsel for CBI and the accused sought more time.
Former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation case, today moved a Delhi court for permission to visit his children abroad.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing money laundering cases against Bharti Airtel, Minister of State for Finance SS Palanimanickam informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
The 2G case took a new twist on Wednesday with Siddharth Behura, the former telecom secretary being granted bail. After this development, former telecom minister, A Raja, one of the prime accused in the 2G case, has applied for bail after a 16-month stint in jail.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja, the prime accused facing trial in the 2G case, today completed one year in jail since his arrest in the high-profile scam. Raja, who was the first one to be arrested in the case on February 2, last year, is languishing behind the bars as he has not yet moved any application for release on bail.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed another chargesheet against Essar and Loop Telecom in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case. Essar has been charged with controlling Loop Telecom through a stake in Vodafone.
After 10 months in jail, former bureaucrat RK Chandolia, an accused in the 2G case, was today granted bail by a Delhi court which said that his case "cannot be equated" with that of former Telecom Minister A Raja and former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, now the only two accused still behind bars.
The 2G spectrum scam seems to be back in the news as the charge-sheet in the Loop Telecom conspiracy is likely in the next few days, reports CNBC-TV18's Malvika Jain.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja and two sacked bureaucrats R K Chandolia and Siddharth Behura were the "core sector" of conspiracy and stand on a "different footing" from those granted bail in 2G spectrum allocation scam case, CBI today told a Delhi court.
After spending over six months in Tihar jail DMK MP Kanimozhi is set to walk free along with four other accused in the 2G scam on Tuesday. The Delhi High Court granted bail on Monday to five accused while directing them to furnish two sureties of Rs 5 lakh each and ordering them that they cannot leave the country.
After the framing of charges in the 2G scam by a special CBI court, it is most likely that DMK MP Kanimozhi and 13 other accused will have to spend Diwali in jail.
Chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the 2G scam, P C Chacko, today failed to confirm about the December 2007 meeting which former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura claimed was where decision was taken to allocate licences without auctioning spectrum.
Former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, who is in jail in connection with the 2G scam, 'doctored' the seniority list of applicants to extend 'undue' benefits to Swan Telecom in the spectrum allocation, the CBI told the Delhi High Court today.
Former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, presently in jail in connection with the 2G scam, today told the Delhi High Court that the "so called" gigantic loss of Rs 30,984 crore to the state in spectrum allocation was caused due to the government policy and not because of the alleged acts of the accused.
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam will start questioning from tomorrow former telecom secretaries including Siddharth Behura who is currently lodged in Tihar Jail, and ex-chiefs of TRAI.
At the 2G Court today, Karim Morani filled a bail on health grounds. In addition to that, Former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura's filled his second bail application, reports CNBC-TV18’s Rituparna Bhuyan.
The questioning of arrested former telecom minister A Raja by the CBI continued for the second day today during which names of certain ex-bureaucrats came to light and this could lead to more arrests soon.
All eyes on the arrest of the former telecom minister A Raja. He will be produced in the Patiala House court thursday. He was arrested on February 2, by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with 2G spectrum allocation scam.