New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has placed the prosecution sanction order received from the competent authority against senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in connection with the alleged INX Media money laundering case before the Special Rose Avenue Court in New Delhi, according to an official statement issued by the central anti-money laundering agency on Thursday. The prosecution sanction order, which was obtained on February 10, 20…
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New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has placed the prosecution sanction order received from the competent authority against P. Chidambaram, the then Union Finance Minister, for the offence of money laundering in the Aircel Maxis deal, before the Special Court, according to a statement issued by the financial investigative agency on Thursday. The prosecution sanction order, which was obtained on February 10, 2026, “has been placed before the Special Rouse Avenue Court to exp…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said the Parliamentary Friendship Groups constituted with more than 60 countries will deepen ties with key nations and strengthen parliamentary diplomacy as a central pillar of India’s foreign policy.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has set up Parliamentary Friendship Groups with 64 countries in a significant step aimed at expanding India’s inter-parliamentary engagement and supplementing conventional diplomacy through sus…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has constituted Parliamentary Friendship Groups with more than sixty countries in a major initiative to deepen India’s inter-parliamentary ties and complement traditional diplomacy through sustained legislative engagement. The move brings together Members of Parliament from diverse political parties to lead these groups, projecting the inclusive and multi-faceted nature of Indian democracy on the global stage. Senior figures including Ra…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Pointing out that youth joblessness stands at 15 per cent in India, with less than 25 per cent of the workforce in regular employment, Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram launched a sharp attack on the Union Budget 2026-27 in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, describing it as cautious, parsimonious, forgettable, and already vanishing from public memory. Speaking on the discussions in the upper house of the Parliament, he questioned whether the government a…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram issued a scathing critique of the Union Budget 2026-27 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, declaring that it “failed the test of economic strategy and economic statesmanship”. In a detailed statement, Chidambaram expressed astonishment at the budget speech, arguing that it disregarded the major challenges highlighted in the Economic Survey 2025-26 and relied instead on a barrage of a…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a plea filed by Congress MP Karti P. Chidambaram challenging a trial court order framing charges against him in connection with the alleged Chinese visa scam case.After briefly hearing the matter, a single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain issued a notice on Chidambaram’s criminal revision petition as well as on the application seeking a stay of the trial court’s proceedin…
Patna, Jan 27 (IANS) Former Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad, in an exclusive interview with IANS on Tuesday, said he had once advised Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi to make regular temple visits and not restrict such outreach to election periods, but alleged that his suggestion was ignored.Ahmad’s remarks come amid a political controversy triggered after he publicly described Rahul Gandhi as a “darpok (coward)” and an “insecure” politician, sparking strong reactions wi…
Chennai, Jan 20 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Girish Chodankar who is incharge of Tamil Nadu, said on Tuesday that the final decision on alliance strategy for the forthcoming Assembly elections would be taken by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) leadership, based on feedback collected from party leaders in the State.Speaking to reporters after the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) Working Committee meeting held at Sathyamurthy Bhavan in Chennai, Chodankar underlined that the party was c…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) on Wednesday proposed presenting the Union Budget for 2026–27 on February 1, even though the date falls on a Sunday.If approved, this would mark a rare instance in recent years of the Budget being tabled on a weekend, as the government sticks to its February 1 timeline to ensure timely implementation of budget proposals from the start of the financial year, as per media reports.The Budget Session will begin on Januar…