Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Sunday called political parties and “right-minded” people to come together in the battle against the scam-ridden UPA government at the Centre.

BJP leader and former Union telecommunication minister Arun Shourie on Saturday declared that he was prepared to answer CBI’s queries on the 2G spectrum allocation during his tenure and alleged that the policy was “twisted” to benefit those close to former union telecommunication minister A. Raja.

Slamming media reports claiming that the Niira Radia tapes suggest that Union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran paid chief minister M. Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal `600 crores for a Cabinet berth, the DMK chief on Friday flatly denied the charge and dared political analyst Cho Ramasamy to prove the allegation.

Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi’s daughter, Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, on Thursday said the series of raids by the CBI on Tuesday and a week earlier in connection with the 2G spectrum scam at her offices and residential premises, and those of former Union communications and IT minister A. Raja’s relatives and associates, would not affect the DMK’s ties with the Congress.

Charging CBI with showing "monumental lethargy" in its probe of the 2G spectrum scam, AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa on Friday said she welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to monitor the probe but the ce

The second round of CBI raids in the 2G scam, exactly a week after the first “searches” at the premises of A. Raja and his close associates, has rattled the ruling DMK here.

The second round of raids by the CBI teams probing the spectrum scam, coming exactly a week after the first string of “searches” in the premises of former Union communication minister A. Raja and his close associates in Tamil Nadu and Delhi, has rattled the ruling DMK here.

Barely 12 kilometres away from Perambalur town, surrounded by lush green hillocks is a quaint and scenic village called Velur.

Former telecom minister A Raja has said he will cooperate with the CBI to prove his innocence in the wake of the probe agency conducting searches at his residence in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.

Beleaguered former telecom minister A. Raja on Saturday met DMK president M. Karunanidhi, three-days after the CBI raided his residence in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.