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Chidambaram blames Centre's 'maximalist' stance for unrest
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday took to Twitter to stress on the prevailing instability in the Kashmir Valley and blamed the Centre for aggravating the problem by taking "a maximalist position."
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SC refuses early hearing in PMLA case against Karti Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4, (ANI): The Supreme Court today refused to give an early hearing in the PMLA case filed by the Enforcement Directorate against former finance minister P. Chidambaram's son Karti Chidamabaram.
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GST rollout: Micro, small, medium scale traders will suffer huge losses, c
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 1 (ANI): Congress leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its decision to roll out the Goods and Service Tax (GST), saying micro, small and medium scale traders will suffer huge losse
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Karti Chidambaram seeks time from CBI ahead of questioning
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram, who has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to appear for questioning in a corruption case, has sought more time from the agency, sources said today.
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Chidambaram must also be questioned: Swamy on NDTV raids
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday said there was no need for the government to give justification for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids on NDTV co-founder Prannoy Roy's residence and called for a separate inve
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GDP slump: Chidambaram slams Centre for 'ridiculing' Manmohan�
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 2 (ANI): Following the release of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Gross Value Added (GVA) figures for 2016-17 showing sliding of the economy by 1.3 percent, former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Friday trained the guns on the Centre for ridiculing th
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Economy going down rapidly, says Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 1 (ANI): Former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday said the economy is going down rapidly under the Narendra Modi led government.
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'Grown-up' Karti can speak for himself: Swamy taunts Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): A day after former finance minister P. Chidambaram strongly spoke in defence of his son Karti Chidambaram, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy slammed the former, saying that Karti, being a married person with a family, is grown up enough to
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Chidambaram defending Karti is clear case of father protecting son: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru/ Mumbai [India], May 30 (ANI): After former finance minister P. Chidambaram termed the charge against his son Karti meeting with any Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) officer as baseless, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said it is a "clear cut case of a fat
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Chidambaram clarifies over FIPB charges, defends Karti
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 29 (ANI): Speaking strongly over the controversy surrounding his son Karti Chidambaram in connection with a money laundering case, former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said that his son had never met any officer connected with the Foreign Investm
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Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated because he loved peace: Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 21 (ANI): Former finance minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday broke down while remembering late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and said that he was assassinated because he was a "messenger of peace."
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Three 'pro-Chidambaram' officials working in Finance Ministry: S
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): In a startling revelation, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday accused few Finance Ministry officials to be pro-Chidambaram, and expressed concern over them hampering the Income Tax investigation against the former finance minis
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