Tag: P Chidambaram

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Rahul, Chidambaram call Modi's electrification claim 'jumla'

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi and senior party leader P. Chidambaram on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his claim that all villages in India have been provided electricity under his rule, and called it “another lie” and “complete jumla”. “#EkAurJhoot (another lie),” Gandhi tweeted attaching a news report that says Modi claims […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Karti in CBI custody for 3 more days, gets protection from ED arrest

New Delhi: The CBI on Friday got a court permission to question Karti Chidambaram for three more days even as the Delhi High Court gave him interim protection from being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a case relating to alleged kickbacks in getting foreign investment clearances to private companies when his father P. Chidambaram […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Karti taken to Mumbai for questioning in INX media case

New Delhi: The CBI on Sunday took Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader P. Chidambaram, for questioning in the INX Media alleged bribery case, an official said. The Central Bureau of Investigation official told IANS that Karti left for Mumbai at 8 a.m., in an Air India flight. Karti allegedly received Rs 3.5 crore from […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Chidambaram, Sibal attack Modi government over Kashmir

New Delhi: Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday attacked the Modi government’s Kashmir policy, saying its “hard, muscular, militaristic” approach had failed to end militancy in the troubled state. “It was claimed that the hard, muscular, militaristic approach will put an end to infiltration and militancy. Has it?” the former Home Minister tweeted. Chidambaram quoted […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
Jayant Sinha article reads like PIB release, says Chidambaram

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday said Union Minister Jayant Sinha’s article “New economy for New India” reads like a release of the government’s Press Information Bureau and that administrative changes were not structural reforms. In a series of tweets, Chidambaram, a former Union Finance Minister, posed several questions and asked if […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Karti Chidambaram can't leave India for now: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said Karti Chidambaram, son of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, cannot leave the country for now as the court will hold a further hearing on the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea on October 4. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
SC ruling on privacy will pave way for relook at Section 377: Chidambaram

New Delhi: Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Thursday said that with the Supreme Court ruling that right to privacy is a fundamental right it would be possible to ask the apex court to take a second look at Section 377, which criminalises gay sex. “In my view, it (Section 377) was rightly struck down or read […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Threat of economic slowdown is real: Chidambaram

New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday said the economic slowdown is real as stated by the government’s Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian and asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley believed him. “Economic slowdown is real. CEA says so. Will PM and FM believe him,” Chidambaram asked in […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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CBI raids Chidambaram's Chennai residences

Chennai: The CBI on Tuesday raided the residences of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and his son Karti in Chennai, Delhi and various other places alleging he could have benefited to the tune of Rs 3.5 crore for helping in the clearance of an FIPB proposal of media company INX Ltd when his father was […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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MGNREGA in doldrums due to BJP govt's neglect: Chidambaram

New Delhi: Accusing the BJP-led government of neglecting the MGNREGA, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said in times of “rural distress”, the one thing that staved off hunger was the employment programme and now that too was in the “doldrums”. The former finance minister claimed that the states had exhausted the money allotted […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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Glad key people shedding fear, breaking silence on govt decisions: Chidambaram

New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said it was heartening that persons who were in key posts in the government were “shedding their fear and breaking silence” on important policies and decisions. His reaction came a day after Lieutenant General (Retd) D S Hooda, who was the Northern Army commander when the surgical […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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Probing Chidambaram's role in Aircel-Maxis deal: CBI to court

The CBI on Monday told the special 2G court hearing the Aircel-Maxis case that the FIPB approval given by former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the deal was a "mistake"

  • Saturday, 26 June 2021
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FM asks regulators to be alert, curb excessive volatility

Concerned over the sudden spurt in stock markets ahead of poll results, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today asked regulators, including Sebi and RBI, to remain alert and take necessary actions to curb excessive volatility

  • Friday, 25 June 2021
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Rajan's credentials outstanding, should remain RBI chief: FM

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has an outstanding record and the next government must respect his appointment, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday

  • Friday, 25 June 2021
Chidambaram has always played fraud in Budget: Yashwant Sinha

A day after Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram taunted him for presiding over "worst years" of Indian economy since liberalisation, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha Friday hit back saying Chidambaram has always "played fraud" in the Budget, including the interim one for the current fiscal

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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