02 Aug 2011 01:20,

(2 Aug) NEW DELHI: The Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games scam, which is likely to be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, blames the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for the appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as the Common Wealth Games Chief. Sources also said that the CAG report questions the role of New Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit's office for not being prompt in dealing with the high expenditures incurred by the government. Questions were raised against the PMO for overlooking concerns raised by Mani Shankar Aiyar and Sunil Dutt against Kalmadi. CAG sources also report that intentional delays caused by Kalmadi led to high expenses. The report also indicts the Delhi government agencies for excessive spending in beautification of the city. Bhupendra Chaubey

minister A Raja was merely following the existing policy, i.e. to award the licence and spectrum at the price of 2001. All his predessors, starting from the Telecom Minister during the NDA regime had followed the same policy. He claimed that the 'supressed' document will prove that whatever changes Raja had made in the policy was due to the heavy rush of spectrum applicants. Raja carried out the policy after informing the highest government authorities, it was alleged. Memon reiterated the point of Raja informing Prime Minister Singh about his 2G activities which have been consistently repeated by three public servants accused, Raja, Telecom Secretay Siddharth Behura and Raja's personal secretary R K Chandolia while arguing against framing of charges against them.

Now, bid to drag Pranab into 2G scam

02 Aug 2011 10:21,

(2 Aug) NEW DELHI: After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram, on Monday it was the turn of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee who had held the External Affairs portfolio in the UPA-I Cabinet, to be dragged into the 2G scam in the trial court . Making a rather startling allegation, 2G accused Shahid Balwa's lawyer, Majid Memon, claimed that the CBI had withheld from the court some crucial documents pertaining to a personal discussion between Mukherjee, then Minister of External Affairs, and the Solicitor General of those days, Ghoolam Vahanvati, on the telecom allocation policy. This was in 2007. "There was a personal discussion between the then External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee and the Solicitor General G E Vahanvati on the allocation policy. The CBI should place all the documents before this court," Memon argued before Special CBI Judge O P Saini on Monday. The document, he alleged, was crucial as it would establish the fact that former Telecom