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Apr 07, 2021 12:55 PM IST Special Judge M K Nagpal granted relief to the Chidambarams after an application in this regard was moved by their lawyer, saying the accused were busy in assembly election campaign in Tamil Nadu.
Mar 24, 2021 05:55 PM IST Special Judge M K Nagpal issued summons against the senior Congress leader, his son and others directing them to appear before court on April 7.
Jan 28, 2021 04:06 PM IST At a press conference, former finance minister P Chidambaram also demanded that the government should make direct cash transfers to 20-30 per cent of the families at the bottom of the economy at least for a period of six months.
Jan 16, 2021 05:09 PM IST The fault lies with the government because it will not agree to get rid of the disputed laws, the former Union minister said.
Jan 09, 2021 10:47 PM IST Situation in the MSME sector is quite terrible, Chidambaram said adding the government should consider giving loans to micro and small businesses at concessional rates so that they survive.
Nov 19, 2020 08:43 AM IST Talking about the Bihar assembly election result, former union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has said he feels that his party contested more seats than its organisational strength.
Nov 08, 2020 08:52 PM IST Counting of votes for the three-phase Bihar assembly polls, will be held on November 10. Most of the exit polls on November 7 predicted RJD to again emerge as the single largest party.
Nov 06, 2020 12:51 AM IST On the last day of campaigning for the third phase of the Bihar polls, Nitish Kumar stunned his audience with his remark that the assembly elections under way in the state were his last.
Oct 23, 2020 05:41 PM IST "After mocking the RJD for promising to create 10 lakh jobs, the NDA has promised to create 19 lakh jobs in Bihar if elected,” P Chidambaram tweeted.
Oct 22, 2020 10:29 PM IST "Is it not intriguing that @DasShaktikanta, the SEBI Chairman and the DEA Secretary should speak on the same day on the same subject?" the former finance minister said. All three have tried to "talk up" the economy, Chidambaram said.
Oct 03, 2020 07:05 PM IST The senior Congress leader said the state should transform to a knowledge-based economy by embracing Information and Communications Technology, Artificial Intelligence of Robotics and a highly networked world.
Sep 10, 2020 07:30 AM IST The Finance Ministry on Tuesday said more than 42 crore people have received Rs 68,820-crore financial assistance under the government's Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana to protect the poor and vulnerable from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
Sep 01, 2020 11:02 AM IST Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram said it will take many months before the economy turns the corner and registers positive growth.
Aug 29, 2020 01:00 PM IST Sitharaman on Thursday had said the economy has been hit by the pandemic, which is an 'Act of God', and it will see a contraction in the current fiscal.
Aug 23, 2020 04:51 PM IST Six political parties, including the National Conference and its arch rival PDP, issued the resolution making clear that there can be "nothing about us without us", a statement which clearly indicated that the Centre has to take into confidence people of Jammu and Kashmir before implementing any constitutional change.
Aug 10, 2020 03:44 PM IST Chidambaram highlighted the need for the Centre to insist all central government employees to be bilingual in Hindi and English, if it is genuinely committed to both of these being the official languages of India.
Aug 09, 2020 12:55 PM IST What the defence minister said in his "historic Sunday announcement" deserved only an office order from the minister to his secretaries, Chidambaram said.
Jul 27, 2020 10:00 PM IST The former Union minister alleged that BJP-appointed governors have violated the letter and spirit of the Constitution and have in the process "gravely impaired" parliamentary democracy, its conventions and traditions.
Jun 04, 2020 08:40 PM IST A bench headed by Justice R Banumathi rejected the review petition filed by the CBI saying the last year verdict does not suffer from any error apparent warranting its reconsideration.
Jun 03, 2020 08:02 AM IST A password protected e-chargesheet was filed against Chidambaram, his son Karti and others before the court of Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar here on Monday.
May 29, 2020 08:02 PM IST India's economic growth slowed to 3.1 percent in January-March and to an 11-year low of 4.2 percent for the full fiscal 2019-20 amid a drop in consumption and investment.
May 13, 2020 09:35 PM IST Asked if the measures announced would help propel demand, he said, "I do not find anything in this package that could stimulate the demand.”
May 08, 2020 02:30 PM IST Chidambaram's sharp attack on the government came over the death of 14 migrant workers in a train accident in Maharashtra's Aurangabad. The workers sleeping on rail tracks were crushed to death by a goods train on Friday morning.
Apr 29, 2020 02:15 PM IST His remarks came after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that wilful defaulters were beneficiaries of 'phone banking' under the UPA regime and the Modi government is chasing them to recover the dues.
Apr 29, 2020 02:10 PM IST The former finance minister asked the government to prepare an exit strategy in view of the lockdown and look into the issue of migrants stranded in different place due to it.
