Chennai Super Kings Skipper MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi was spotted during the IPL-6 match at MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday. Actor Kamal Haasan's daughter and actress Shruti Haasan and Sunrisers Hyderabad owner Kalanidhi Maran's wife Kavery Kalanidhi and daughter were also seen cheering for their teams. PTI Photo. ...
11:05 AM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: As Saradha group promoter Sudipta Sen and the Trinamool Congress drag Finance Minister P Chidambaram's lawyer wife Nalini in the chit fund scam, her client Manoranjana Sinh has stepped in to defend her. In a video message on YouTube, she said Nalini advised her and her husband against accepting Saradha funds for her channel. "Mr Sudipta Sen according to me is a white collar criminal who is trying...
10:15 AM, Apr 26, 2013
It isn't just the TMC, but the Congress too that has to answer questions in the West Bengal chit fund controversy. ...
10:31 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram's wife Nalini Chidambaram was engaged as a senior advocate to appear on behalf of Manoranjana Sinh and her husband and a Narasimha Rao government minister Matang Sinh in a company petition filed by her before the company law board against M/4 Positive TV Ltd, sources close to the Union Minister's wife have said. The case is still pending before the Company Law Board. Sources...
01:35 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting, which will be held in the national capital on Thursday to adopt the draft report on 2G spectrum allocation scam, is expected to be a stormy affair with the Opposition planning to corner the panel's chairperson PC Chacko over clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Sources said the Opposition might also force a vote on the...
08:39 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Kolkata: In more embarrassment for the Mamata Banerjee government, another letter written by Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul has surfaced which had pointed towards the inaction over rising chit fund scams in West Bengal. In the letter dated 2010, the Trinamool Congress MP had asked the Centre to control the growth of ponzi schemes in the state. CNN-IBN has accessed a copy of the letter written by Paul to then...
06:31 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Committing to carry forward the economic reforms programme in the remaining term of UPA-II, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the government will take more executive actions in the next two to four months and sought cooperation of the main opposition party to push through important bills in Parliament. Ruling out early elections, the Minister said the government would last for 13 months more and would continue...
12:15 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram yet again parried questions on his becoming the Prime Minister saying he has no such aspirations and would like to do party work. "I have no such expectations. I have no such aspiration and I believe that in the few years that remain to me, I want to do (a) few other things, like travel," he said when asked whom he would like to...
11:28 AM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Apparently seeking to pacify an angry BJP, JPC chief PC Chacko on Tuesday dismissed reports that the panel has named former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in its draft report in the 2G scam. "We have the highest regard for Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This report has not mentioned the name of Vajpayee. We have not made any reference to the former Prime Minister," Chacko, who is also the...
06:17 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: Intensifying it attack on the government over the Joint Parliamentary Committee's 2G probe report, the BJP on Monday demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation. The demand comes after prime accused A Raja claimed that the Prime Minister was in the loop in 2G spectrum allocation. The former Telecom Minister wants a hearing with the JPC. However, rejecting the demand for the Prime Minister's resignation, Congress leader Kamal Nath...
01:50 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: The government may take a final decision on Monday on blending of prices of imported coal and domestically-produced fuel or price pooling of coal. "The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) may meet on April 22 to discuss coal price-pooling," a government official said. Price-pooling is the averaging of prices of domestic and imported coal to get a uniform feedstock price. Finance Minister P Chidambaram had earlier said...
01:25 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani has called for the rejection of the JPC draft report on 2G spectrum allocation scam. He also said the BJP will bring up the issue in the second phase of the Budget Session, which is beginning on Monday. The Opposition alliance - NDA - which is miffed at the contents of the leaked JPC report, also questioned how the panel...
01:09 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Washington: Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday refused to comment on the JPC draft report which gives him a clean chit in the 2G scam, saying that he has "never been concerned" about the allegations. "I have never been concerned about these allegations. In fact my concern has been the fraction of the media's concern," he told a select group of journalists here. The Joint Parliamentary Committee has given a...
01:41 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Washington: Increasing Foreign Direct Investment in the insurance sector is top priority for the ruling UPA, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday, hoping that a bill to address the issue will be passed in the upcoming Parliament session. Responding to questions at the Peterson Institute, Chidambaram appreciated the efforts of the insurance industry in reaching out to the opposition parties and hoped that this would help the political parties...
01:31 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Washington: Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the three stimulus packages India had provided to the economy in the wake of the global financial crisis post 2008-09 lead to a higher fiscal deficit, inflation and slowdown in growth. He said the government is going to take more steps on the supply side to bring down the inflation and ensure 7 per cent growth rate in 2014. The three stimulus...
03:10 AM, Apr 20, 2013
The JPC on the 2G spectrum scam on Thursday gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, saying that the duo was not informed of the change in policy by the then telecom minister A Raja. Do newspaper accounts of the JPC draft report suggest it is both controversial and unlikely to be formally adopted by the committee? ...
10:39 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Bangalore: Questioning the clean chit given by the Joint Parliamentary Committee to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 2G spectrum allocation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley on Friday accused Congress of using the JPC to "subvert" the truth. Jaitley said former Telecom Minister A Raja's correspondence with the Prime Minister made it clear that Singh and the then Finance Minister (P Chidambaram) were fully in the loop of...
04:50 PM, Apr 19, 2013
New Delhi: Former telecom minister A Raja accused in the 2G scam has said that he took all decisions in the spectrum allocation in consultation with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Responding to the Joint Parliamentary Committee clean chit to Manmohan Singh and then finance minister P Chidambaram, Raja said he will send a detailed report to the JPC. "I did everything in consultation with the Prime Minister. I have full...
01:46 PM, Apr 19, 2013
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11:22 PM, Apr 18, 2013
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the 2G spectrum scam on Thursday gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, saying that the duo was not informed of the change in policy by the then telecom minister A Raja. ...
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