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May 31, 2018 12:55 PM IST In the INX Media case, the CBI had registered an FIR on May 15 last year against alleged irregularities in the FIPB clearance to INX Media for receiving overseas funds to the tune of Rs 305 crore in 2007 when Chidambaram was finance minister.
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May 31, 2018 11:36 AM IST The court also sought the investigating agency's response on the Congress leader's anticipatory bail plea and listed the matter for further hearing on July 3.
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May 30, 2018 02:10 PM IST According to advocate P K Dubey who filed the plea on behalf of Chidambaram, the matter was mentioned in-chamber before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar, which allowed it to be listed later today.
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May 30, 2018 11:06 AM IST The senior Congress leader moved his plea for anticipatory bail before Special Judge O P Saini, who directed Chidambaram to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on June 5 as already summoned by the agency.
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May 23, 2018 12:21 PM IST In a series of tweets, the former finance minister said the bonanza to central government is Rs 25 on every litre of petrol and this money rightfully belongs to the average consumer.
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May 14, 2018 01:57 PM IST In separate tweets, Chidambaram also asked all chief ministers to oppose the terms of reference (ToR) of the 15th Finance Commission, which he said was the central government's "attempt to violate the Constitution and wreck the federal system".
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May 09, 2018 07:36 PM IST "BJP is trying to enter South India through Karnataka and we should stop them. It is a danger signal for the diversity of South India," he added. Sharply criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chidambaram said he should maintain the dignity of his post.
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May 08, 2018 05:42 PM IST Speaking to reporters here, the former union minister also said that the prime minister's attack on Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, while raking up the National Herald case at a poll rally, will have no impact on electoral prospects of the Congress party in the May 12 Karnataka assembly polls as all charges were "bogus".
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Apr 26, 2018 05:10 PM IST "What is holding up Justice K M Joseph's appointment? His State or his religion or his judgement in the Uttarakhand case?
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Apr 20, 2018 10:15 PM IST The Congress, however, downplayed it saying the party did not want to involve its senior leaders in the issue.
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Apr 18, 2018 06:30 PM IST In the wake of cash crunch in some parts of the country, he also said there was a possibility that people have lost confidence in the banking system due to the "bank scams" and they were not putting their surplus money into the banks.
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Apr 17, 2018 08:24 PM IST In a series of tweets, Chidambaram said as a rule, cash supply must grow at the same rate as the economy is growing and the government was obliged to provide as much cash as people need at any given time.
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Apr 10, 2018 07:59 PM IST Karti was questioned for the first time by the ED in connection with the case which is related to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval granted in 2006 by his father.
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Mar 26, 2018 01:58 PM IST Chidambaram was "horrified" at the high price of tea at the Chennai Airport
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Mar 23, 2018 02:52 PM IST Karti was arrested on February 28 by the CBI on his return from the United Kingdom, and his 12-day judicial custody was to expire tomorrow in the case.
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Mar 12, 2018 08:00 AM IST Chidambaram said that instead of dealing with a business problem and finding a business solutions, a political twist, a legal twist was given to it. The result was that today the power and telecom sectors are 'in a shambles," he said.
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Mar 08, 2018 02:08 PM IST A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra requested the acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court to allocate Karti's matter to an appropriate bench so that it can be taken up for hearing tomorrow.
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Mar 07, 2018 04:21 PM IST A sub-committee of the PAC has requested a probe into the decision-making that led to implementation of the 80:20 gold import rule.
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Mar 07, 2018 04:08 PM IST India Bullion and Jewellers Association had accused the previous UPA government of “deliberately yielding to the cronies” by changing the gold policy days before demitting office
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Mar 06, 2018 10:25 AM IST Karti said the ED cannot act against him until the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) completes its probe and asked the SC to restrain ED from issuing summons.
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Mar 05, 2018 07:47 PM IST Senior leader Ravi Shankar Prasad targeted the Congress and Chidambaram at a press conference which was described by the BJP as an "expose on the politics of lies and deceit" of the opposition party.
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Mar 04, 2018 10:54 AM IST Karti may be brought face-to-face with former media barons Peter and Indrani Mukerjea, both accused in the Sheena Bora murder case and currently lodged in a Mumbai jail.
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Feb 27, 2018 08:01 AM IST "If I was in Jaitley's position, what I would have done? I would have resigned," Chidambaram told an interactive session organised by the Bharat Chamber of Commerce here.
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Feb 25, 2018 11:35 AM IST ormer Union minister P Chidambaram today advised the NDA government to appoint "good managers" to implement its various welfare programmes.
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Feb 11, 2018 05:55 PM IST The central probe agency had earlier summoned Karti on February 2 after which he informed them that he would be unable to depose as he has an interlocutory application pending in the Supreme Court in this case.