Daily Archives: 15 November 2010

‘The Pioneer’ journo who brought Raja to book

So, who gets the credit for the resignation, at long last, of Union telecommunications minister A. Raja in the 2G spectrum allocation scam? The Pioneer, Delhi, has put its hand up–first. Its front-page lead story today says: “Two years after The Pioneer first exposed the 2G spectrum scam, pegged at Rs 1.70 crore by the…

‘Indian Media lost all balance during Obama trip’

E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: The visit of the 44th president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, and his wife, Michelle, was covered by the Indian media in a way reserved historic occasions like the sinking of the Titanic or the invention of penicillin would have been, if only there was 24×7 television. Everything else…