A. Raja

Central and State governments are keen on providing basic facilities to people, Union Minister for Information and Communication Technology A. Raja said on Saturday. He was speaking at a function organised to provide electricity for tribal hamlets in Pilloor Reserve Forest area. The Minister switched on the supply to tribal hamlets in Pilloor Reserve forests, Nellithurai and Paralikadu, benefiting over 225 Irular houses.  

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagam (AIADMK) general secretary and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to sack Union Telecom Minister A Raja. Jayalalithaa's demand came after the Supreme Court declined to interfere in Delhi High Court's findings against him in the 2G spectrum allocation. On March 12, the apex court had declined to interfere with the adverse findings of the Delhi High Court against DoT and Raja in the issue. 'We make it

The interests of justice will be served only if Raja is removed from his post as Union Minister. Now that he has the Supreme Court's order to back him, the Prime Minister should not hesitate further to sack Raja.   -J Jayalalithaa

 

Tamil Nadu opposition leader J Jayalalitha yesterday repeated her demand that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh drop Telecom Minister A Raja after the Supreme Court declined to intervene in a high court order that found violations in the 2G spectrum allocation. "Now that he has the Supreme Court's order to back him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should not hesitate further to sack Raja. Only this will give credence to his claim that he is a prime minister with 'zero tolerance' for corrupt practices," the chi

Now that he has the Supreme Court’s order to back him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should not hesitate further to sack Raja. Only this will give credence to his claim that he is a prime minister with ‘zero tolerance’ for corrupt practices   -Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

 

Nine players will participate in the auctions for pan-India 3G spectrum, which will begin on April 9. In addition, the department of telecom has received 11 applications to participate in the auctions of broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum, making for a total of 20 applications. Predictably, the 3G auctions have attracted only existing 2G players -- Aircel, Bharti, Etisalat, Idea, Reliance Telecom, S Tel, Tata Teleservices, Vodafone and Videocon Telecom -- with not a single new entrant, global or I  

Central and State governments are keen on providing basic facilities to people, Union Minister for Information and Communication Technology A. Raja said on Saturday. He was speaking at a function organised to provide electricity for tribal hamlets in Pilloor Reserve Forest area. The Minister switched on the supply to tribal hamlets in Pilloor Reserve forests, Nellithurai and Paralikadu, benefiting over 225 Irular houses.  

Nine players will participate in the auctions for pan-India 3G spectrum, which will begin on April 9. In addition, the department of telecom has received 11 applications to participate in the auctions of broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum, making for a total of 20 applications. Predictably, the 3G auctions have attracted only existing 2G players -- Aircel, Bharti, Etisalat, Idea, Reliance Telecom, S Tel, Tata Teleservices, Vodafone and Videocon Telecom -- with not a single new entrant, global or I  

Economic reform entails reducing the space for arbitrary decision-making and ensuring transparency in policy. I f spending years, even decades, on getting court verdicts is not bad enough, the government just added a brand-new dimension to the travails of companies trying to do business in the country. Depending on whether you want to be charitable to the government, you could call it arm-twisting - blackmail, however, is a more honest way of describing it.  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took an exception to the communication ministry's alleged pressure tactics to soften up S Tel, a joint venture between Chennai-based Shiva Group and Bahrain Telecom, to give up its demand for 2G mobile service liecenses in 16 telecom circles. A bench comprising Justice B Sudershan Reddy and Justice SS Nijjar expressed its displeasure over S Tel letter to the ministry headed by A Raja saying it was open to settle its claim over the licence for 16 telecom circles when the mat  

The communication ministry headed by A Raja will now have to live with the Delhi High Court's strictures against the Department of Telecom on the issue of allocation of 2G spectrum in 2007 by arbitrarily advancing the cut-off date for application from October 1 to September 25, 2007. The Supreme Court on Friday categorically said that it was not interfering with the findings of the HC on the issue. This was recorded in the order despite the government withdrawing its appeal challenging the Delhi High Co  

When, on Friday, the Supreme Court refused to intervene in a Delhi High Court order that had found violations in the 2G spectrum allocation by Telecom Minister A Raja, it became clear that the time had come now — if not earlier — for the Prime Minister to act against his "honoured" colleague. The dubious allocation had resulted in a loss of more than one lakh crore rupees to the public exchequer. Manmohan Singh, who often preaches 'zero tolerance' to corruption, has to take a final call.