The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday questioned corporate lobbyist Nira Radia for about seven hours regarding financial transactions and shareholding patterns of her firms as part of its probe into the 2G spectrum allotment scam.
A top official of the Central Bureau of Investigation, currently investigating the 2G spectrum scam under the direct supervision of the Supreme Court of India, told this correspondent in an informal conversation that the bureau has not registered an FIR against lobbyist Niira Radia, because "there is no case against Niira Radia"
'The crossing of lines has dangerous implications for the credibility of the media -- its greatest asset. Already, many journalists have strayed from the profession's proper boundaries. It would be even worse, and ethically more repugnant, if journalists become political fixers or take instructions from corporate lobbyists.'
Dismissing allegations that he had business relations with controversial corporate lobbyist Nira Radia, Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari on Saturday claimed that the Congress was behind these as it wants to divert attention from the 2G spectrum scam.
The Central Bureau of Investigation is all set to videograph the questioning of former telecom minister A Raja on Friday.
Union home minister P Chidambaram on Friday expressed himself against leakage of telephone conversations tapped for investigations but felt "some of it is inevitable".
Corporate lobbyist Nira Radia appeared in no mood to co-operate with the Public Accounts Committee when she appeared before them for questioning on the 2G scam on Monday morning as her answers were 'evasive' and 'clever,' preferring to use the non-descript phrase, "I do not remember" in reply to most of the questions.
Manu Shankar and Abhishek Mande cheer for Ireland and look forward to the India-Ireland match.
Enthused by the liberalised open sky policy, Nira Radia-promoted Magic Airlines on Thursday announced its plans to operate low-budget flights in India with 10 aircraft by the year-end, for which it has sought permission from the government.
Apart from physical access to handsets, metadata and backups are two common ways in which private communications can be broken.
Sadly, governments and their agencies can't be trusted to use private data, or decryption methods responsibly, says Devangshu Dutta.
Police later let the legislators off after a brief detention at a marriage hall. Stalin demanded the dismissal of the AIADMK government over the issue of the alleged pay-offs.
Subramanium, a feisty character, is not going to let anyone sully his reputation. He is ready to answer any question, any change which is more than what the Modi regime might be ready for. One man's integrity and toughness can crack a regime's carefully-built faade. Suddenly its backstage looks murky, says Shiv Visvanathan.
Ratan Tata was the first one to realise that Indian companies had become a prisoner to tradition and needed to radically innovate.
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