Kalanithi Maran's stake in the no-frills airline has increased by nearly 6 per cent to 22.05 per cent due to allotment of equity shares following conversion of convertible debentures.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday night arrested three people, including V Gowthaman, the then additional private secretary of Dayanidhi Maran, in connection with alleged allotment of more than 300 high-speed telephone lines to the then telecom minister's residence in Chennai which were extended to his brother's TV channel.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday told a Delhi court that a complaint seeking registration of case against the prime minister and former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran in the 2G spectrum scam does not require registration of any firszt information report.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday told a Delhi court that a complaint seeking registration of case against the prime minister and former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran in the 2G spectrum scam does not require registration of any firszt information report.
Senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan filed a fresh affidavit in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, stating that investigation into former textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran's role in the 2G spectrum scam has not been honestly conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
To BSNL's detriment, Raja emerges the clear loser.
The CBI had registered a case against former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother MP Kalanithi Maran, Malaysian business tycoon and Maxis owner T Ananda Krishnan, and Maxis Director Ralph Marshall in October 2011.
Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran said that free broadband service in India could soon become a reality. He also said that zero-rental landline phones too might soon see the light of day.
The CBI has completed its probe against former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and others in 2G scam and will approach the Centre for taking sanction for prosecution, the agency told the Supreme Court.
Board has also accepted the resignations of Marans.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday rejected Home Minister P Chidambaram's 'self-certified' non-involvement in the 2G spectrum case and maintained that he should resign from the Union cabinet.
The Centre has drawn a national e-governance action plan covering all the three tiers of the government with the objective of 'turning the power of Indian information technology inwards' and transforming the country into one of the most competitive n
Low-cost computers, priced at Rs 10,000 per unit, would be launched across the country in June this year, in a move to make computers affordable to the rural masses, Union IT and Telecommunications Minister Dayanidhi Maran said on Friday.\n\n
Maran was instrumental in changing the spectrum pricing while he was the Telecom Minister.
Dayanadhi Maran, the new IT and telecommunications minister, also announced a 10-point agenda, including revamping the telecom policy, to reduce the cost to customers.
Low-cost carrier SpiceJet has raised about Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) by allotting 4.29 crore shares to promoter Kalanithi Maran at a price of Rs 23.18 per share.
Sivasankran alleges Maran had forced him to sell Aircel.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran following reports that his family-owned Sun TV Network was a beneficiary of pay-offs by a Malaysian company, which benefited from equity sold by Aircel.
A greenhorn in politics, Dayananidhi Maran was brought into the party just ahead of the 2004 Lok Sabha elections after his father's death in late 2003.
Undeterred by the growing pressure from the United States, the Centre on Wednesday said it would develop India as a 'global hub' to enable the country become a 'great IT nation.'
Union Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran, who has been implicated by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the 2G scam probe, resigned from his post on Thursday, just hours after attending a meeting of the Union Cabinet.
His party colleague and successor in the telecom ministry A Raja and his relative Kanimozhi are currently in Tihar jail in connection with the scam.
The government on Thursday unveiled its vision for the telecom sector up to 2010, listing plans to initially take total telephone connections to 250 million.
A consortium led by Ajay Singh is initially expected to invest Rs 1,200 cr, largely to cover liabilities.
Bill Gates is on his fourth visit to India to strengthen focus and generate more demand for Microsoft products.
The agency, sources said, has issued the notices under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and they have summoned the accused to examine them and record their statements.
Aam Aadmi Party, whose main poll plank is fighting corruption, on Wednesday announced it would field candidates against 2G spectrum scam accused and former telecom ministers A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran of DMK in the April 24 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu.
The DMK leader had refused to take charge as the Minister for Communications and Information Technology due to a row over allocation of portfolios.
The government said on Tuesday it was very clear in its stand imposing a penalty of Rs 150 crore (Rs 1.5 billion) on Reliance Infocomm for violating the licensing conditions by diverting international calls as local calls.
IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Monday took a dig at software major Microsoft saying the poor computer adoption in India was due to the 'high priced' software, while the MNC claimed that it has already reduced the price of one of its entry level opera
Amid speculation of partial withdrawal of stimulus in the upcoming Union Budget, Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Tuesday pitched for continuation of these measures for the textile sector for some more time as it is yet to recover fully.
The textile ministry, in its Budget wish list, has recommended additional tax benefits and increased interest subsidy for exporters.
Telecom connections in the country were expected to reach 250 million by next year, Union Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran said on Monday.
Aiming to acquire a controlling stake in SpiceJet, media magnate Kalanithi Maran on Monday launched an open offer to acquire an additional 20 per cent stake in the no-frill airline for an estimated Rs 479.29 crore (Rs 4.8 billion).
The National Textile Corporation (NTC) has earned Rs 4,034 crore through sale of assets as a part of its Modified Revival Scheme (MRS), which mainly includes land of closed mills, according to Union Minister for Textiles Dayanidhi Maran.
The BJP often forgets that in Dravidian Tamil Nadu, the voter does not mix religion, which is personal, and politics that is in the public sphere, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Some of them also flagged a lack of consultation before finalising the reports.
Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology Dayanidhi Maran and the late parliamentarian Dr Shrikant R Jichka are among the winners of the first Bharat Asmita Awards announced in New Delhi on Thursday.
Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Tuesday said the roaming charges of private cellular operators are "very high" and the industry must look into it to bring them down.
The Central Bureau of Investigation told the Supreme Court that charge sheet in the controversial Aircel-Maxis deal involving former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran will be filed shortly as the Attorney General disagreed with the views of its Director Ranjit Sinha to drop the prosecution.
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