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Chennai, Dec 22: DMK leader M K Stalin today said the verdict in the 2G spectrum allocation case has come as a "blow" to those who wanted to "taint" the party. Hailing the acquittal of Kanimozhi and A Raja, he said the party has now emerged like "gold refined by fire." Quoting certain observations made by the special judge in the verdict, Stalin said it showed the case was "fabricated with an aim

New Delhi, Dec 22: A day after failing to make his maiden speech in the Rajya Sabha, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar took to social media to speak his heart out regarding the importance of sports in an individual's life. Sachin uploaded a video on social media on Friday after he wasn't allowed to speak in the Parliament on Thursday and his post read: "It is my endeavour to transform India from

Chennai, Dec 22: Former telecom minister A Raja, who was acquitted by a special court on Thursday of culpability in the 2G spectrum scam, has written to party supremo M Karunanidhi, thanking the latter for his "support". Raja, who was a Union minister in the Manmohan Singh government in 2008, has penned an emotional letter, in which he said Karunanidhi stood by him throughout. "Who is going to

Mumbai, Dec 22: The Bombay High Court on December 22 set aside the sanction granted to the Central Bureau of Investigation by Maharashtra Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao to prosecute senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh housing society scam. A division bench of Justices Ranjit More and Sadhana Jadhav ruled that though the CBI had claimed to be in possession of fresh evidence against Mr

New Delhi, Dec 22: As his government sought to defend itself by asserting that it had no role in picking prosecutors or directing their work, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy left them red-faced. Swamy virtually blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ignoring his warnings about law officers who were not serious about fighting corruption. Swamy said: "This is not a setback at all. It's an aberration

New Delhi, Dec 21: A passenger on Wednesday took to Twitter to complain about a cockroach on a food plate at Air India's lounge for premium passengers at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, forcing the airline to apologise. "Dear @airindiain cockroaches on food plates at your Delhi Lounge for business and first class passengers. Disgusting," Harinder Baweja, a journalist by profession

New Delhi, Dec 21: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed a status report on the disappearance of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed in the Delhi High Court. In its report, the investigative agency stated that the data report of the mobile seized during the raid in connection with the case is still awaited. The court today asked the CBI to submit its

New Delhi, Dec 21: Special CBI Judge O P Saini today ruled that despite having "religiously" devoted seven years to 2G scam cases, no "legally admissible evidence" was placed before him by the CBI. The judge made the remark in his verdict acquitting former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and several others, including top corporate honchos, in three separate cases probed by the CBI and

Chennai, Dec 21: Voting for the high stakes bypoll in RK Nagar Assembly constituency, which fell vacant after the death of late AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, began amid tight security here today, with key contenders being AIADMK, the main Opposition DMK and sidelined AIADMK leader T T V Dhinakaran. Polling began at 8 AM, with people arriving to exercise their franchise across booths in North

New Delhi, Dec 21: Former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi were today acquitted by a special court in the 2G spectrum scam case. Fifteen other accused in the case and three companies were also acquitted. Others acquitted in the case are former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, Raja’s erstwhile private secretary R K Chandolia, Swan Telecom promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka