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Jaitley hits back at Chidambaram, says new data series on GDP more realist
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): A day after former Finance Minister P Chidambaram termed the revised Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data series published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) as a "bad joke," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday asserted that the new data provides gr
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Jaitley bats for one nation, one health policy
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that there was a dire need for India to have an integrated health policy to provide maximum benefits to the patient population across the country.
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Chidambaram gets HC protection till Jan 15
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 29 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday extended the interim protection to former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in connection with the INX Media case. He has been granted interim protection from the arrest till January 15 next year.
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Decades of Congress rule just to hail 'Gandhis' as India's royalty: Jaitle
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Nov 27, (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on the Congress party, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that the decades of Congress rule was just to declare "Gandhis as the only royalty of India".
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French economy hit by protests against rising fuel prices
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], Nov 27 (ANI): Bruno Le Maire, France's Finance Minister, has said that nation-wide protests against the rise in fuel prices have adversely affected the economy.
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Aircel-Maxis case: CBI granted permission to prosecute Chidambaram
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 26 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday informed the Patiala House Court that it has been granted permission to prosecute former finance minister P Chidambaram in connection with the Aircel-Maxis case.
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BJD submits memorandum to President on post-matric scholarship scheme
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Nov 24 (ANI): A delegation of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), headed by Odisha Finance Minister Shashi Bhusan Behera, submitted a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday appealing to restore the original funding pattern of the post-matric scholarship s
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CBI's charges in Aircel-Maxis case motivated, untenable: Chidambaram
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 23 (ANI): Former finance minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, while denying all charges leveled by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Aircel-Maxis case, said the decision of his arrest is "plainly motivated and totally untenable."
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Demonetisation, GST responsible for stress on MSME, real-estate sector: Ch
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Senior Congress party leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said that demonetisation and 'flawed' Goods and Service Tax (GST) implemented by the central government, are responsible for the stress on Ministry of Micro, Small and Mediu
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Cong allowed militancy to grow, used 'Operation Bluestar' as poll tactic:
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): A day after a Delhi Court pronounced the punishment for two convicts in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley trained guns at the Congress rule and held the party responsible for letting militancy grow in Punjab in anticipation of p
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BJP is majoritarian, authoritarian; TRS its proxy says Chidambaram
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] Nov 21 (ANI): Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) here on Wednesday by calling the saffron outfit majoritarian and authoritarian. "TRS is its pr
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Nanak's 550th birth anniversary, PM constitutes NIC
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday constituted a National Implementation Committee (NIC), under the Chairmanship of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Minister of State for Culture as Members, to commemorate 550th
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