The CBI probe into the alleged irregularities in overlays contracts, related to the Commonwealth Games, has indicated that those who won the bids may have paid at least 2.5 per cent of the total contract amount of `640 crores as bribe to some of the OC officials. The agency has begun looking into this aspect after one of the arrested OC officials has reportedly turned a witness in the case.

Having registered cases for alleged irregularities involving members of the Common-wealth Games organising committee, the CBI has begun to move towards other agencies accused of malpractices related to the Games.

The CBI is all set to register FIRs in connection with alleged irregularities committed in awarding contracts related to renovation and construction of a couple of stadia and the Barapulla elevated road project. The total worth of the contracts to the tune of `727 crores in a day or two.

The DMK decision to pull out from the UPA and give only issue-based support to it appears to have come at a crucial juncture as far as the on-going CBI probe into the 2G spectrum scam is concerned.

The CBI probe into the 2G spectrum scam has revealed that Shahid Balwas’ Swan Telecom transferred its 107,91,000 shares (held by another telecom operator of India) to a Mauritius-based company on December 5, 2007 after filing applications for the Unified Access Service (UAS) licences, in violation of several norms.

The CBI probe into the 2G spectrum scam has clearly indicated that certain officials of the DoT had leaked information selectively to almost all the telecom companies, which were issued “Letter of Int

The CBI, investigating the 2G Spectrum scam, has started probing the alleged role of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) officials in allowing merger of certain telecom companies after they got spectrum licences separately.

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday arrested two of sacked Commonwealth Games organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi’s closest aides — former organising committee secretary-general Lalit Bhanot and former finance chief V.K. Verma — for alleged irregularities in giving contracts to a company. Sources also claimed the Central Bureau of Investigation had gathered enough evidence against Mr Kalmadi.

The CBI, probing the 2G spectrum scam, on Monday questioned Videocon group chairman Venugopal Dhoot and his brother and Rajya Sabha MP Rajkumar Dhoot in connection with alleged irregularities in changing the share capital in Datacom Solutions (which was later renamed as Videocon Telecommunications).

The CBI has now begun probing the banking loan of `1,200 crores which was given by certain public sector banks to Swan Telecom (now Etisalat-DB Telecom Private of Shahid Balwa) for the payment of Unified Access Service (UAS) licence fees. Sources said the agency is probing the role of former telecom minister A. Raja, his associates and certain former as well as serving officials of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in helping Swan Telecom and other private companies obtain these loans just a few days before the allotment of UAS licences.