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2G spectrum verdict: Congress blames BJP, Vinod Rai for 'propaganda'; CBI, ED to appeal against acquittal of all accused
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe ED had registered money laundering cases in the 2G case based on CBI FIRs. The central probe agency said the special CBI court "failed to appreciate a number of factors which, inter alia, position the offence of money laundering as standalone offence.
2G spectrum scam judgment: The What, Why, How and What next of the case involving A Raja and Kanimozhi
Fp Staff • 7 years agoAfter the special CBI court acquitted all accused in the 2G spectrum scam, a look at the judgment and what happens next in the case.
2G spectrum scam verdict updates: After acquittal, A Raja says whole case was 'cooked up'; Kanimozhi feels 'relieved of huge burden'
Fp Staff • 7 years agoA special court in New Delhi is likely to decide on Thursday the fate of former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and several others in the much-anticipated 2G spectrum allocation scam cases.
2G spectrum scam verdict: Congress demands apology from BJP; Manmohan Singh slams 'massive propaganda' against UPA
• 7 years agoBuoyed by the 2G spectrum case verdict, the Congress on Thursday said that truth has finally prevailed and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley apologise to the nation for the BJP's alleged "propaganda and lies" on the issue.
CBI court judgment in 2G case acquits accused, but massive UPA-era corruption cannot be wished away
Kamlendra Kanwar • 7 years agoIt would be a grave folly for the Congress to project the judgment in the 2G spectrum case as amounting to a repudiation of all charges levelled against the UPA government.
2G spectrum scam verdict: Political victory for Congress, DMK but long-term threats far from over; case still stinks
Narayanan Madhavan • 7 years agoBetween the truth and the evidence falls the shadow of acquittals -- and we can say that as much of the 2G scam verdict by the special court as on rulings connected with some riot cases connected with the communal violence that shook Gujarat in 2002
2G spectrum scam judgment sees all 19 accused acquitted: CBI's latest miss part of a long list of failures
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe special judge had harsh words for the CBI in the 2G spectrum scam case. Unfortunately this isn't the first time the CBI's efforts have been criticised.
2G spectrum case verdict: All you need to know about Vinod Rai, ex-CAG who triggered a political storm
Fp Staff • 7 years agoFormer UPA ministers said that ex-CAG Vinod Rai, who had pegged the loss to the exchequer at Rs 1.76 lakh crore, should be held accountable now.
2G scam judgment: What was the scam? Detailed account of modus operandi of India's biggest corruption scandal
Shalinisingh • 7 years agoRaja sold licenses/2G spectrum to a handful of arbitrarily selected (120 out of 575) companies in January 2008 at a bargain basement 2001 price. In doing so, he not only violated the law, committed several improprieties, but caused a loss to the exchequer of at least Rs 40,000 crore.
2G scam judgment: Reporter who broke scam explains how A Raja pulled it off as Manmohan blinked
Shalinisingh • 7 years agoA Raja took over as Telecom Minister in May, 2007. At the time, I was assigned the telecom beat, in addition to several other ministry beats. Inadvertently, through the coverage of routine telecom events, the modus operandi of a scandal so massive, it would go on to rock the nation and de-stabilise the political fortunes of the ruling UPA government, began to unfold.