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.
Apr 29, 2020 01:55 PM IST "Rahul Gandhi should take tuition from P Chidambaram on the difference between " 'write-off' and 'waive-off'. The Narendra Modi government has not waived off any loan. 'Write off' is a normal accounting process. It doesn't stop recovery or action against defaults," senior BJP leader and Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said.
Apr 25, 2020 12:10 PM IST The finance ministry on Thursday froze inflation-linked allowance for 50 lakh central government employees and 61 lakh pensioners till June 2021 due to the COVID-19 crisis. However, DA and dearness relief (DR) at current rates will continue to be paid, it said.
Apr 19, 2020 09:53 AM IST "There is overwhelming evidence that more and more people have run out of cash and are forced to stand in lines to collect free cooked food. Only a heartless government will stand by and do nothing," he said.
Apr 14, 2020 11:28 AM IST Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said, "The poor have been left to fend for themselves for 21+19 days, including practically soliciting food. There is money, there is food, but the government will not release either money or food. Cry, my beloved country," he said on Twitter.
Apr 05, 2020 01:16 AM IST He also welcomed the ICMR's advice to the government for starting antibody tests in hotspots, as it was overdue.
Mar 25, 2020 04:16 PM IST Chidambaram also suggested a 10-point plan to put money in the bank accounts of the poor and the marginalised, including farmers and labourers, and demanded a cut in GST rates by 5 per cent on all wage goods, essential goods and services, and all goods of mass consumption
Mar 24, 2020 11:09 AM IST The senior Congress leader took to twitter to question the delay
Mar 23, 2020 01:40 PM IST The former finance minister also hoped that there would relief measures and cash incentives offered to the poor in view of the virus threat and lockdown.
Mar 09, 2020 09:45 PM IST On asked about the declaration of election results and the delay in his constituency, the former minister said he was not aware of the time when the election results were out and also in most of the places he knew it was only during that time the official results were announced.
Mar 08, 2020 08:00 AM IST The opposition has been demanding a discussion on Delhi riots, but the government has not relented.
Feb 29, 2020 10:35 AM IST "Delhi Government is no less ill-informed than the central government in its understanding of sedition law," Chidambaram tweeted.
Feb 11, 2020 10:40 PM IST Chidambaram said the clarification was sought on four numbers that are on the first page of Budget at a Glance.
Feb 07, 2020 09:12 PM IST The jibe 'suit boot ki sarkar' (a government of rich and elite classes) had been first used by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while targeting the Narendra Modi-led Union government during its first term.
Feb 02, 2020 08:46 AM IST Chidambaram made the remarks when he was asked by reporters to comment about the higher allocation for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the Union budget.
Jan 11, 2020 11:32 AM IST Many news items and data were contrary to the truth, he added.
Jan 06, 2020 08:05 PM IST Chidambaram said direct tax revenue collections were only 41.6 per cent of the budget estimates and the credit growth to industry was 3.4 per cent, while manufacturing output had shrunken by 3.8 per cent.
Jan 06, 2020 02:54 PM IST Addressing a press conference, he also said there is a world of difference between the National Population Register of 2010 and the NPR of 2020.
Jan 05, 2020 11:03 AM IST He also said that it was a shocking admission by the police that there is no evidence of their involvement.
