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No response of UK, Singapore received on letters issued: ED informs court
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate on Monday informed the special Court that no response has yet been received from the concerned authorities of the United Kingdom (UK) and Singapore to the Letter Rogatory (LR) issued in Aircel Maxis matter involving former Unio
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Union budget a let down like never before, farm sector has been shortchang
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Alleging that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has "deceived the people, especially the poor" in the union budget presented on Monday, Congress leader P Chidambaram said farm sector has been shortchanged, the fiscal situation "is in a mess" and the
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Watch out for increase in healthcare, defence expenditure, says Chidambara
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Ahead of the keenly awaited Union Budget 2021, senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday asked the people of the country to watch out for an increase in healthcare and defence expenditure.
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Chidambaram slams NITI Aayog for rejection of RTI on farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): Citing NITI Aayog's rejection of activist Anjali Bhardwaj's Right to Information Act (RTI) request regarding the information on farm laws, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday slammed the government body for the delayed actions.
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SC's decision to form Committee to help find solution well-intentioned: Ch
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): Congress leader P.Chidambaram on Tuesday said that 'the concern expressed by the Supreme Court over the farmer's protest is justified and the decision to form Committee to help find a solution is well-intentioned,' Chidambaram tweeted.
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Chidambaram rejects Digvijay Singh's allegations of Cong not supporting ag
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Rejecting Congress leader Digvijaya Singh's remarks that Congressmen are sleeping over farmers' issue, party veteran P Chidambaram on Monday refuted the allegations and said that the party has supported the agitating farmers.
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UPA chairperson not a PM post, don't think Sharad Pawar wants to be declar
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): With speculations that Sharad Pawar may become chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), former cabinet minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said that the post is not that of a Prime Minister, noting that even Pawar wil
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Motilal Vora's life was shining example of public service: Sonia Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday condoled the demise of veteran party leader Motilal Vora saying that his life is a shining example of public service and he was a true Congress leader.
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Chidambaram slams Centre over issue of farmers' protest
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday slammed the Central government and alleged that some of its Ministers had alluded to the presence of "separatist" elements in ongoing farmers' protest against the agriculture reforms.
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There is too much bureaucracy, laments P Chidambaram
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI): Taking a veiled dig at NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant's reported comments on the issue of democracy, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said there is too much "bureaucracy" in the country.
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Special court grants ED, CBI time till Feb 1 to complete probe in Aircel M
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): A special court in Delhi on Wednesday granted the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation time till February 1 to complete the investigation into the Aircel Maxis case involving former Union Minister P Chidambaram, his son Karti Ch
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Congress welcomes economic experts' criticism of central govt's proposal t
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): The Congress party welcomed the statement of Dr Raghuram Rajan and Dr Viral Acharya stoutly opposing the proposal of the BJP government to allow corporates and business houses to enter the banking sector and establish banks, in a media briefing on Tue
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