New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday said it had no information on the claim by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that the CPM had hatched a conspiracy to assassinate her with help from abroad. At the presentation of the monthly report card of Ministry of Home Affairs, Home Minister P Chidambaram was asked by a reporter about the details of threats being faced by the Trinamool Congress supremo as...
07:29 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna has accused 15 UPA government ministers including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram, of corruption. The 15 ministers named by Team Anna are: Manmohan Singh, P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee, Sharad Pawar, SM Krishna, Kamal Nath, Praful Patel, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Virbhadra Singh, Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid, GK Vasan, Farooq Abdullah, MK Alagiri and SK Shinde. Following is the report compiled...
03:35 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna has accused top UPA government ministers including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram of corruption. Targeting 15 UPA ministers in their report, Team Anna has asked for a Special Investigation Team to be formed to probe the charges and has named six judges to look into the allegations. "I have written to PM for a special investigative team to...
03:11 PM, May 26, 2012
Islamabad: There is disappointment for Indians and Pakistanis who were hoping for easier cross-border travel. An agreement on the liberalised visa regime between the two countries was on Friday postponed for a later date as the Home Secretary level talks concluded. Although both sides have agreed in principle, the modalities of the visa agreement still need to be worked out. In what is being seen as a snub to India,...
07:04 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: A modern immigration and visa registration project, aimed at bringing all the information of foreigners under one platform, will be inaugurated in New Delhi by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday. "The project envisages facilitation services to the travellers including online application forms, 24X7 online channel, phone support for grievance redressal and e-mail/SMS support for dissemination of information, application status and feedback," a Home Ministry statement said....
02:59 AM, May 25, 2012
Srinagar: Home Minister P Chidambaram and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday reviewed the law and order situation in the state. The minister was on a day's visit to the Kashmir Valley and the border region of Kargil. "Various issues related to the overall security and law and order were discussed in detail," a government statement said. Earlier, Chidambaram and Abdullah flew to Kargil where they inaugurated...
02:05 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: India will take up with Pakistan the issue of early release of Sarabjit Singh, the condemned Indian prisoner currently lodged in a Lahore jail, during the Home Secretary-level talks on May 24-25. This was conveyed by Home Minister P. Chidambaram to Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, who met him in Delhi on Monday to request him to ask Home Secretary RK Singh to raise the issue of Sarabjit during...
02:48 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who is known to be fluent in Tamil and English, stunned the Lok Sabha on Thursday when he addressed the House in Bhojpuri, receiving praise from Speaker Meira Kumar, who comes from Bihar, for his effort. Chidambaram was replying to a calling attention motion on the need to include Bhojpuri, the native tongue of Bihar, in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution to...
03:01 PM, May 17, 2012
Home Minister P Chidambaram surprised many in Parliament by switching to Bhojpuri. ...
02:27 PM, May 17, 2012
An emotional Home Minister clarified saying his family was not directly or indirectly related to the controversial deal. ...
10:28 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: There were fresh fireworks over the Aircel-Maxis deal in Parliament on Monday as the government dismissed Opposition charges of delay in clearing investment by Aircel-Maxis in 2006 during the tenure of P Chidambaram as Finance Minister. An emotional Home Minister also clarified saying yet again that his family was not directly or indirectly related to the controversial deal and that he was ready for a probe. Chidambaram mounted...
08:32 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: There is a clash between the Ministry of External Affairs and the Home Minister over a visit of eight ambassadors from European Union countries to Nagaland. The Home Ministry has written a letter to the MEA, claiming it was not informed by the ministry of the delegation visiting the north eastern state. According to the letter, the Home Ministry and the Intelligence Bureau had no knowledge of the...
05:00 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday clarified yet again on the Aircel-Maxis deal, saying his family was not directly or indirectly related to the controversial issue. Chidambaram mounted a defence against allegations that his son Karthi benefited from the Aircel-Maxis deal. He said that the firm his son works for only provided consultancy. Chidamabram said he's open to a probe and denied any member of his family has...
01:03 PM, May 14, 2012
Itanagar: Making it clear that there would be no compromise with Maoists trying to destabilise peace in the north east, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said state governments of the region have been asked to deal with the ultras with a firm hand. He said the Centre was alive to the situation created by such groups in the region and was taking concrete steps to curb them. "There will...
03:17 PM, May 12, 2012
Is the BJP carrying out a personal vendetta against P Chidambaram as it has stepped up the campaign against the Home Minister. ...
11:18 PM, May 11, 2012
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