[The Pioneer, October 28, 2009] The 2G spectrum scam might not have taken place but for the clout that A Raja wielded in the UPA-I Government, when his party (the DMK) — as a major ally of the Congress — called the shots at the Centre. Documents available with The Pioneer show how the Telecom…
[July 1, 2009 – The Pioneer] The father-son duo that tried to influence a Madras High Court judge through a Union Minister for a favourable verdict in a criminal case was close to Telecom Minister A Raja. Justice R Reghupathy created a sensation on Monday evening in open court in Chennai when he alleged that…
(Reports appeared in ‘The Pioneer’ daily on the blatant corruptions in the WiMax franchise allotment of the State owned telecom company BSNL) May 6, 2009 – The Pioneer Telecom Minister’s Confidant enters into WiMax deal with five shell companies After the 2G spectrum allocation, the Telecom Ministry headed by Union Minister A Raja is embroiled…
[This article published in ‘The Pioneer’ on April 25, 2009] The Chief Vigilance Commissioner has confirmed large-scale irregularities by the Telecom department in awarding licences for 2G spectrum services, and said it would soon fix responsibility for the lapses. In an exclusive interview to The Pioneer, CVC Pratyush Sinha said his organisation had found “gross…
(Report published in ‘The Pioneer’ on March 29, 2009) The 2G Spectrum allocation scam, considered as the mother of all scam in India, caused more than Rs. 60,000 crores loss to public exchequer exposes the vulnerability of prevailing laws of the Nation, at the whims and fancies of political-middlemen nexus. The word Spectrum simply means…
[This book review was published on Sept 21, 2008 in The Pioneer daily] More than fifty years ago, a young elegant man stood up in the Lok Sabha and started speaking, better to say roaring. He was exposing out the first scam in the parliamentary democracy of India, though he belong to the Treasury bench….
(Following are the three reports appeared on ‘The Pioneer’ daily on the violation of norms in the purchase of Radars and Lightning Detection Systems by India Meteorological Department) Sept 11, 2008 – The Pioneer Met flouts rules in buying radars The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has placed an order for purchasing 12 S-band Doppler Weather…
(This article published in ‘The Pioneer’ daily on August 4, 2008.) An unknown company from the little-known Cayman Islands has received the green signal from the UPA Government to make a massive investment in construction and renovation of airports in India. The Pioneer daily’s investigation has revealed that the company — Agam SPV Six Limited…
(The series of reports appeared in ‘The Pioneer’ daily (May-June 2008) on the Vaccine Scam, which collapsed the vaccine production in the public sector and hidden agenda behind it) Report – 1 May 10, 2008 – ‘The Pioneer’ Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss linked vaccine scam A Chennai-based private company, owned by a close associate of…
Spectrum Scandal and Telecom Minister’s covert activities [Following are the reports published in ‘The Pioneer’ daily on the Specutrum scandal and violations by the Telecom Minister A.Raja by floating several companies, flooded with family family members] Dec 11, 2008 – The Pioneer How to become a crorepati overnight When the spectrum controversy began to spin…