Yesterday, we suggested that some in the local media had gone overboard in seeking to link Tata and the 2G scam and that it would only be fair to give prominent play to Thursday's news that the Central Bureau of Investigation had testified before the 2G court that it had found no irregularities in Tata Teleservices' licenses.
So how much play did the story get today in the news pages of India's main English-language papers? Take a look below:
General Newspapers
Times of India: no mention
Hindustan Times: “Plea against Tata, Anil Ambani rejected” – Press Trust of Indian wire story, page 8, below the fold
Asian Age: no mention
- The business daily The Financial Express gave the Tata story above-the-fold play.
The Hindu: A brief headlined “Pleas against Ambani, Tata rejected” – PTI, page 1, above the fold; “Court rejects plea to probe Radia, Tata's role” – page 14, above the fold
Mail Today: “Court dismisses petitions on Tata, Ambani & Radia” – page 6, below the fold
Indian Express: no mention
Business Newspapers
Financial Express: “CBI gives clean chit to Tata Tele in 2G Scam” – page 1, above the fold
Business Standard: “CBI court turns down pleas against Tata, Ambani” – page 1, below the fold
Economic Times: “T [...]
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