Clarification from India Today Group
We wish to clarify that broadcast/articles on Niira Radia were made as part of the usual course of reportage of news and current affairs at the relevant time on the basis of reliable information available with us with the only intention of disseminating news worthy information and were not meant to affect the reputation of Ms. Radia or her companies.
Apropos the broadcasts titled "Radia lobbied to get Raja Telecom Ministry" and the Interview of /discussion with Mr. Dheeraj Singh carried on the news Channel Headlines Today on 28.04.2010 and 23.12.2010 respectively and the story "Niira Radia -- The Destroyer" published in India Today (India and International Editions) on 24.12.2012, in relation to Ms. Niira Radia and her companies, we wish to clarify that these broadcast/articles were made as part of the usual course of reportage of news and current affairs at the relevant time on the basis of reliable information available with us with the only intention of disseminating news worthy information and were not meant to affect the reputation of Ms. Radia or her companies.
It is now learned that the CBI has not found any criminality in the preliminary enquiries conducted by it in relation to Ms. Radia's tapped conversations and no charges have been filed against her and she has also been discharged as a prosecution witness in the ongoing 2G trial.
For India Today Group
Dr Puneet Jain, Head Legal