Dayanidhi Maran

The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation case.

Prashant Bhushan has filed an application in the Supreme Court, pointing out irregularities in the investigation of the 2G scam.

The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday filed fresh case about discrepancies in 2G spectrum allocation during BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's tenure. CBI conducted raids at Vodafone office in Mumbai and Airtel office in Gurgaon.

The CBI is likely to summon Malaysia-based Maxis group chairman T Ananda Krishnan in connection with the controversial Aircel-Maxis deal case.

The CBI today conducted raids at the premises of former Telecom Minister raids Maran after registering a case against him in connection with the controversial Aircel-Maxis deal.

The CBI has sought details from the Department of Telecom about the alleged illegal allocation of over 300 telephone lines to the residence of Dayanidhi Maran in Chennai which were linked with a television channel owned by his brother.

DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran has not so far been given a clean chit in 2G scam case, CBI today told the Supreme Court and objected to the allegation that its investigation in this case is "less than honest".

The CBI has widened its net in the Aircel-Maxis probe. The CBI has questioned two executives of the Standard Chartered, reports CNBC-TV18 quoting sources.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi today held consultations giving further grist to the speculation mill over a possible reshuffle of the Union Cabinet.

In the backdrop of Dayanidhi Maran's exit from the Union Cabinet over the 2G scam issue, senior Congress leader and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today discussed the current political situation with DMK chief M Karunanidhi and asserted that the alliance between the two parties would be strengthened.

Describing Dayanidhi Maran's resignation as Union Textile Minister as ''long overdue'', Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should have made him quit long ago.

Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran, who was in the eye of a storm in the wake of the CBI's report to Supreme Court implicating him in the 2G spectrum scam, when he was the Telecom Minister, resigned from the Union Cabinet today.

Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran, who is in the eye of a storm in the wake of the CBI's report to Supreme Court implicating him in the 2G spectrum scam, resigned from the Union Cabinet today.

In the wake of reports that a fibre cable network has been laid from the residence of Dayanidhi Maran to Sun TV office in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said she would get the matter "thoroughly examined" and take necessary action.

When Jayalalitha-led AIADMK came to power in Tamil Nadu, investors were worried that the Sun TV group’s stranglehold on some of the businesses like cable TV and film distribution could be shaken. Kalanithi Maran, the owner of Sun TV Network, is brother of senior DMK leader and former telecommunications minister Dayanidhi Maran.

Investors were spooked when power changed hands in Tamil Nadu and Dayanidhi Maran, Sun TV founder's brother, was named in a lawsuit related to a telecom probe, but as the dust settles, more are attracted to the battered stock.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday demanded the resignations of Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran for his alleged role in favouring Malaysian company Maxis Communication and Home Minister P Chidambaram, accusing him of securing a fraudulent victory in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.

CBI chief A P Singh today faced questions from JPC members on various aspects of the probe into the 2G scam with a DMK member asking him not to name any Telecom Minister, apparently to pre-empt him from naming Dayanidhi Maran.

Countering former Aircel chief C Sivasankaran's charge on Monday, DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran said he never forced or arm-twisted the former Aircel chief to sell his business when he was the telecom minister.

CBI today recorded statement of former Aircel chief C Sivasankaran in connection with its ongoing investigations in the second generation spectrum allocation scam during UPA-I regime.