Chidambaram
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BJP offering ‘cash for votes’ to placate debt-ridden farmers through PM-Kisan scheme: Chidambaram
India | Feb 25, 2019, 11:38 AM ISTThe former finance minister also said the scheme showed that the BJP was living by the “truth that desperate times require desperate measures”.
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Fear rules country today, claims Chidambaram
National | Feb 06, 2019, 02:55 PM ISTHe also says that miracles could have been performed with the kind of majority that the BJP got on its own (282) and with its allies (336) in the Lok Sabha elections of 2014.
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Interim Budget 2019 | Budget an 'account of votes', not vote on account: Chidambaram
Budget | Feb 01, 2019, 02:51 PM ISTChidambaram also thanked Finance Minister Piyush Goyal for "copying" the Congress declaration that the poor will have the first right to resources of the country.
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'Another institution died due to malicious negligence by govt': Chidambaram on NSC resignations
India | Jan 30, 2019, 10:59 AM IST“One more venerable institution died on 29 January 2019 owing to malicious negligence by the government,” Chidambaram said in his tweet.
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Aircel Maxis case: Patiala HC extends interim protection of P Chidambaram and Karti Chidambaram
India | Jan 28, 2019, 02:36 PM ISTOn September 18 last year it had allowed Karti to travel to the UK from September 20-30. Karti is facing criminal cases which are being investigated by the ED and the CBI.
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'Govt in slumber when distinguished IAS officers were indiscriminately targeted': P Chidambaram
India | Jan 27, 2019, 04:21 PM IST"What cause are we serving or actually hurting? asks the Finance Minister. He knows the answer. The cause of justice," the Congress leader said taking a jibe at Jaitley.
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INX media case: CBI seeks central govt's nod for prosecution of P Chidambaram
India | Jan 21, 2019, 11:39 PM ISTBoth CBI and the Enforcement Directorate are investigating the foreign investment clearance granted to the Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006 and the INX Media in 2007 when Chidambaram was the finance minister in the UPA government.
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BJP following scorched-earth policy: Chidambaram
National | Jan 15, 2019, 11:51 AM ISTThe Congress has been accusing the BJP of taking hasty decisions to woo voters just ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
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‘Truly broad-based’ alliance will be formed in UP: Chidambaram hopeful for rethink on SP-BSP coalition
India | Jan 13, 2019, 09:16 AM ISTChidambaram said the goal was to defeat the BJP and expressed hope that all secular, liberal parties would come together to fight the elections.
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Aircel-Maxis case: Protection from arrest to Chidambaram extended till Feb 1
India | Jan 11, 2019, 06:48 PM ISTSpecial CBI Judge O P Saini put up the matter for February 1 after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI, told the court that the ongoing probe was about to be completed.
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'World will take note of his cry of anguish and defiance': Chidambaram on IAS officer Shah Faesal's resignation
National | Jan 10, 2019, 11:05 AM ISTThe former home and finance minister, in a series of tweets, claimed whatever Faesal had said was an indictment of the Narendra Modi government.
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MGNREGA in doldrums due to BJP govt's neglect: Chidambaram
National | Jan 07, 2019, 10:46 AM IST"With funds not available, work has completely stopped in many panchayats," he claimed.
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Chidambaram targets Modi govt, raises questions over change in 'declared goals' of GST regime
India | Dec 26, 2018, 09:52 AM ISTShooting a series of tweets, Chidambaram said: "Until yesterday a single standard rate of GST was a stupid idea. Since yesterday, it is the declared goal of the government!"
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Chidambaram slams PM for saying govt 'won' in SC in tax case against Sonia, Rahul
National | Dec 05, 2018, 06:05 PM ISTAlleging that the Gandhi family had been enjoying privileges for four generations, Modi said the court order was the "victory of the honest".
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Relief for Chidambaram as HC quashes I-T order sanctioning criminal prosecution against his kin
India | Nov 02, 2018, 04:20 PM ISTAccording to the I-T Department, Chidambaram, wife Nalini, son Karti failed to disclose a property they jointly own in Cambridge in the UK, worth Rs 5.37 crore.
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Issues of jobs, women safety, inflation would haunt BJP in LS polls: Chidambaram
Oct 28, 2018, 07:57 AM ISTSabha elections 2019: The Congress was ushering a new way of drafting a poll manifesto, he said.
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Why is NDA govt buying so few Rafale fighter jets, asks Chidambaram
National | Oct 01, 2018, 05:07 PM IST"They claimed that the fighter jet was cheaper...In that case they should tell how they (jets) are cheaper...They are not revealing...besides if the cost of the plane is cheaper then why not buy more jets? why is the government buying only 36 jets?," the former Union minister said.
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Court grants time to CBI for obtaining sanction to prosecute Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis case
India | Oct 01, 2018, 01:14 PM ISTThe court pulled up the agency for filing the charge sheet without proper sanction and told the CBI that if required documents are not filed by November 26, the next day of hearing, the court may take appropriate action.
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Chidambaram takes dig over Indo-Pak meet at UN
India | Sep 21, 2018, 04:47 PM ISTChidambaram's attack came after the MEA announced that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will meet her Pakistani counterpart Qureshi on the sidelines of UNGA session that begins later this month.
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BJP might have found a way to get 'free' crude oil: Chidambaram
National | Sep 16, 2018, 04:05 PM ISTWhile the Union government has asserted that it will not cut fuel prices, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah has claimed that the "Centre will soon arrest fuel prices", said Chidambaram in a tweet.