CBI had lodged an FIR on May 15, 2017, alleging irregularities in Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance granted to INX Media group for receiving overseas funds of Rs 305 crore in 2007 during Chidambaram's tenure as union finance minister.
The ED said that Chidambaram has remained evasive and therefore grant of pre-arrest bail at this stage would be highly detrimental to the investigation.
The second Women's T20I between India and South Africa in Chennai was called off due to rain after South Africa set a challenging target of 177 for 6.
The Delhi government has given a go-ahead to the city police to prosecute former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in connection with a four-year-old sedition case, as the ruling AAP denied the persistent BJP charge of blocking the proceedings in the matter.
The court had also directed Chidambaram to cooperate with the investigation in both the cases as and when required.
The poll panel said it found Kharge's letter, placed in the public domain in the middle of the ongoing electoral process, 'highly undesirable' and designed to create confusion, misdirection and impediment to the conduct of smooth, free and fair elections.
The former union home and finance minister also alleged that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government would not have taken the bold decision had Jammu and Kashmir been a "Hindu-dominated" state.
The cricketing extravaganza became a business opportunity for everyone, from five-star hotels to cafes to street vendors across the country on Sunday.
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday visited the site outside the Delhi High Court where a blast left nine persons dead.
Bollywood stars Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff grooved to some of their hits at the IPL opening ceremony at the M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday, March 22, 2024.
The top court had granted bail to Chidambaram in the case lodged by the CBI saying he is neither a 'flight risk' nor is there a possibility of 'his abscondence from the trial'.
Chidambaram said he would count every additional rupee the government infuses into the economy and examine what the poor, hungry and devastated migrant workers get after walking hundreds of kilometres to their home states.
He was produced before the court after the Supreme Court refused to entertain his plea challenging the Delhi high court order which had dismissed his anticipatory bail plea in the corruption case lodged by the CBI arising out of the INX Media scam.
The court extended the interim protection granted to Chidambaram and his son, Karti, till December 18.
The ED told the apex court that during the investigation it found Chidambaram had 11 'immovable properties' and 17 bank accounts abroad and his custodial interrogation was required to unearth the larger conspiracy in the case.
'This is a case of nepotism,' alleges Dr Subramanian Swamy.
'I get enormous pleasure from seeing the uplift of an underprivileged or poor person.' 'I feel elated when I walk on the street and see someone who pushes a handcart talking on a cell phone.' A revealing glimpse from Peter Casey's The Story of Tata: 1968 to 2021.
Sitaram Yechury strived to have the country's Left movement shed its doctrinaire approach to India's socio-cultural complexities and stitch electoral and social alliances to fight the Sangh Parivar.
Gujarat Titans fans were treated to a glimpse of the team's latest gear.
It is understood that the agency wanted to put a fresh set of questions to him regarding the deal and hence had asked him to appear.
India's 40-4 (win-loss) home record in the last decade is awe-inducing but there is an ever-little crack, which is getting more pronounced in the past three years, particularly in the case of star batter Virat Kohli.
Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar said the CBI demand was "justified" that Chidambaram has to be further interrogated in its custody.
India surpassed that mark when Richa Ghosh hammered a four in the first ball of the 109th over bowled by Annerie Dercksen.
His son Karti was questioned by the agency in the same case on Thursday for about six hours.
With Mahendra Singh Dhoni playing in his final IPL season for CSK, the knockout games in Chennai will be a treat for all the his fans.
Modi had challenge to the opposition to publicly declare that they are prepared to accord Indian citizenship to all Pakistanis.
It's time India re-visited its Western alliances for the attitude and approach that the West reserves for the nation when it comes to security cooperation of the kind that they might not have visualised outside of China, India's bug-bear, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy.
Reacting to the Delhi court order that allowed Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy to become a witness in his complaint against Home Minister P Chidambaram in connection with the 2G telecom scam case, Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said that there was no case against Chidambaram. "There is no case against Chidambaram. The court has not yet given any indication as to whether it agrees to a case against Chidambaram or not," he said.
Bollywood superstars Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff will bring their signature charisma and high-octane energy to the ceremony.
State school education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi assured that action will be taken against the speaker for his controversial speech at a government school in Chennai.
The bench also extended the interim protection from arrest granted to Chidambaram till September 5.
Punjab Kings equalled Mumbai Indians' record of five straight victories over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly says Gautam Gambhir will be a "good coach" for the national cricket team if he has applied for the job, and favours the appointment of a home-grown talent to the high-profile position.
'It's the court, not the government that decides where to put the people who indulge in corruption'
If the BJP has to work as a junior partner of Vijay's TVK, then either the party will have to change the state leader, or the latter should change himself. Incidentally, ever since Vijay started talking politics and elections, the pro-BJP/Hindutva social media had stopped dragging his name into any non-existing issue.' In particular, they have stopped referring to him by his Christian name, 'Joseph Vijay', observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
'There have even been times when he's stood right in front of the tava and shown us exactly how he wants it.'
The ED had filed the first chargesheet in the case against Chidambaram's son Karti; later, a supplementary chargesheet was also filed against him.
As the Supreme Court dismissed a plea for making Finance Minister P Chidambaram a co-accused in 2G case, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said that he remains "constitutionally and politically accountable" as the nation suffered a loss in spectrum pricing in 2008.
Congress leaders P Chidambaram and Abhishek Singhvi said the judgement of the Supreme Court in cases concerning the abrogation of Article 370 has decided many issues but has left some.
In a sharp attack on Pakistan, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday accused it of supporting terrorist activities and communal violence in India, even as he voiced concern over the alienation of Muslim and Christian communities in this country.Noting that India is caught in a 'troubled neighbourhood', Chidambaram said Pakistan has taken its 'hostility towards India beyond Kashmir'.
