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  Thorough inquiry should be made: P Chidambaram on Hyderabad encounter

  India | December 06, 2019 16:56 IST

  The Congress leader was in the city to take part in the party's poll campaign. "This election in Jharkhand will mark an important turning point -- the BJP on the one side and the secular- progressive parties on the other. Eighty-one members will run the state and I appeal to the people of Jharkhand to remain focused on who will be these 81 people," he said. Urging the people of the state to vote for the opposition alliance, he said the Congress has dented the BJP in Haryana and denied it power in Maharashtra.

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  Shimla man wants to hang Nirbhaya case convicts in Delhi jail

  India | December 04, 2019 22:08 IST

  "Appoint me as executioner so that Nirbhaya case convicts can be hanged soon and her soul rests in peace," Ravi Kumar, 40, Shimla

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  'Happy to breath air of freedom': Chidambaram walks out of Tihar after 106 days

  India | December 04, 2019 23:33 IST

  Former Union Minister P Chidambaram is a free bird, at least for now. He walked out of Tihar jail Wednesday night after securing bail in the INX-Media corruption case. The Congress stalwart met party president Sonia Gandhi and said that he would address a press conference on Thursday.

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  Chidambaram gets bail -- Chronology of events in INX Media case

  India | December 04, 2019 14:10 IST

  INX Media case: The top court observed that Chidambaram should not tamper with the evidence and not influence the witnesses. He should also not give press interviews or make public statements in connection with this case.

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  Tihar inmates say found peace in music, now honing their skills for a fresh start

  India | December 01, 2019 18:57 IST

  The authorities have set up an exclusive green-walled one-room studio inside Central Jail 1 for inmates to hone their craft. It has a huge mirror and a number of music instruments like congo and speakers. Next to the studio runs the Tihar FM station.

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  Rahul, Priyanka meet Chidambaram in Tihar

  India | November 27, 2019 9:37 IST

  Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday visited former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in Tihar jail, party leaders said.  

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  Rahul, Priyanka to meet Chidambaram at Tihar on Nov 27

  India | November 26, 2019 19:02 IST

  Chidambaram is being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with granting of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance to INX Media while he was the Finance Minister.

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  Shashi Tharoor, Karti Chidambaram visit Chidambaram in Tihar jail

  India | November 25, 2019 11:35 IST

  P. Chidambaram is in Tihar Jail as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing a money laundering case, pertaining to alleged irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance to the media group for receiving overseas funds in 2007 when he was the Union Finance Minister.

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  Dushyant Chautala: Possible heir to Devi Lal's legacy?

  Elections | October 27, 2019 16:04 IST

  His father Ajay Chautala, who walked out of Tihar prison in Delhi for two weeks on a furlough, said he feels proud that "Today, I am known in the public as Dushyant's father".

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  Dalit men sit on hunger strike in Tihar jail

  India | October 13, 2019 19:32 IST

  Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and scores of Dalit men lodged in the Tihar Jail on Sunday sat on a hunger strike protesting against the jail authorities who allegedly denied them permission to observe Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti.

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  Finally, Chidambaram gets to relish 'ghar ka khana' in Tihar Jail

  India | October 03, 2019 19:57 IST

  Finally, some "ghar ka khana" for Chidambaram is on its way. Now that Former Finance Minister has got approval of a Delhi court, Chidambaram will now be able to relish home-cooked food in Tihar jail once daily. The Congress leader has been permitted on grounds of his medical condition.

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  Chidambaram loses 4 kgs in Tihar, to spend festivals in jail

  India | October 03, 2019 16:25 IST

  Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram has lost 4 kgs in Tihar jail. And, his stay is set to be prolonged as his judicial custody has further been till October 17. This also means that the senior Congress leader will have to spend festivals in Tihar jail.

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  Senior Congress leaders meet Shivakumar in Tihar Jail

  India | September 26, 2019 11:59 IST

  In a show of solidarity with jailed former Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar, senior party leaders Ahmed Patel, K.C. Venugopal and D.K. Suresh met him on Thursday.

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  SC Judge, Delhi CJ inaugurate new legal clinic in Tihar

  India | September 26, 2019 7:15 IST

  The new legal clinic was jointly inaugurated by Justice Khanna, and Delhi Chief Justice Patel, he said. Justices G.S. Sistani and S. Murlidhar of the Delhi High Court were also present on the occasion.

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  Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh meet Chidambaram in Tihar jail

  India | September 23, 2019 10:21 IST

  Congress has maintained that Chidambaram's arrest is a witch hunt by the central government. P Chidambaram was sent to Tihar jail by the Rouse Avenue Court. 

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  Undertrial attempts suicide inside Tihar jail, dies at hospital

  India | September 20, 2019 19:15 IST

  "Gufran was lodged inside the jail number 1 of Tihar prison. On Tuesday at 11.15 am, he hanged himself with a piece of cloth to commit suicide.  

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  DK Shivakumar discharged from hospital, moved to Tihar jail

  India | September 19, 2019 13:47 IST

  The Congress leader was admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital after the court directed the ED to take him for a check-up.

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  Chidambaram likely to celebrate 74th Birthday in Tihar

  India | September 15, 2019 21:04 IST

  The former Union Minister, born in 1945 in Kanadukathan in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, is in judicial custody till September 19 in the INX Media corruption case that the Central Bureau of Investigation is probing.

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  Chidamabaram spent first night in Tihar sleeping on floor

  India | September 07, 2019 0:06 IST

  The first Home Minister of India to end up in the Tihar Jail, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, who has been sent to 14 days judicial custody in the INX Media case, spent his first night in his cell on the floor - with only three to four blankets to his comfort.

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  Chidambaram victim of 'Gujarat Model of Governance': Digvijaya Singh

  India | September 06, 2019 15:00 IST

  Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday accused the BJP government at the Centre of implementing the "Gujarat Model of Governance" where innocents are framed in "false" cases. Singh said former finance minister and party colleague P Chidambaram, arrested in the INX Media corruption case and lodged in Tihar jail, has been falsely implicated.