Following are the names of some high-profile people who have been put behind the bars
Priyanka Chopra, Parineeti's Mimi Didi, flew in from LA for the engagement ceremony.
'Das is friendly, but he finally does what he does. The quality of engagement is very good.'
The agency recorded his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act with some specific queries on the circumstances and procedures adopted by the now-defunct Foreign Investment Promotion Board while giving approval to the Aircel-Maxis deal during his tenure.
Party chief Rahul Gandhi formed a nine-member Core Group Committee, a 19-member Manifesto Committee and a committee comprising 19 top party leaders who will look after the publicity during the elections.
If convicted, the offences entail a maximum punishment of seven years.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday alleged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is "directly and openly" trying to put all the blame for the economic slowdown on former Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and charged that he was equally responsible for the state of affairs.
She said that despite government scheme and initiatives ranging from roads to agriculture, housing, scholarships to electricity benefiting lives of people, a false narrative was being created by the opposition that the government was working for cronies.
Accusing the Union government of using the central agencies to target leaders like former finance minister P Chidambaram and others, Kamal Nath expressed hope that the court will take a right decision in the case.
Going by its past experience of differences between the central bank and the finance ministry, the government might prefer a person who could bridge this gap.
With political parties in Tamil Nadu stepping up pressure on Centre for boycott of CHOGM at Colombo this month, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram met DMK chief M Karunanidhi in Chennai on Saturday and said no decision has been taken as yet on Prime Minister's visit to the meet.
The TMC chief had said that she would never allow the Centre to conduct a similar exercise in West Bengal.
The bond, which the Reserve Bank of India started issuing on behalf of the Union government in 2003, was considered one of the safest savings instruments for retail investors.
'Neither farmers nor farm labourers will benefit from these jumla announcements of the finance minister'
The BJP hailed teh package, saying it reflected the government's commitment towards creating jobs and stimulating the economy.
"You are 74 years old and no 56!!! can stop you," Karti wrote to his father as he wished him on his birthday.
A poll update from Maharashtra's Nashik, where Raj Thackeray is on fire
Gandhi said that the BJP government has clearly mishandled the economy that was built by the United Progressive Alliance government, and is now resorting to selling the country's assets as a "last resort" to generate some money.
Sinha, a former finance minister, hogged the limelight and started trending high on social media on Wednesday morning, after he criticised his own government for sinking the economy, in an article he penned for The Indian Express.
Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi on Saturday made a fresh attempt to make the panel take up his controversial report on the 2G scam that had questioned the role of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
A decision by P Chidambaram in his last days as finance minister has annoyed the revenue department.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress on Wednesday released the second list of office-bearers and executive committee members of its Tamil Nadu unit, prominent among them being Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti.
The Congress leader said he made the changes to improve the quality of the language as is any lawyer's wont in the second affidavit.
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram said he was "disappointed and profoundly saddened" by Rajan's decision against a second term, but was not surprised by the development
Slammimg the erstwhile UPA government, Sitharaman said between 2012 and 2013, foreign investment recorded a negative 36 per cent growth.
Cong leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, former Prez Pranab Mukherjee, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav as well as CMs of six states to be present at the occasion.
One is really left wondering how India can ever claim to fare better than the United States and the United Kingdom in this space.
Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph: Jayanta Dey/Reuters The Congress also said demonetisation has come a full circle and added that the Rs 2,000 note was a "band-aid to cover up the foolish decision of demonetising" Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
More than a week after state-owned oil firms ended a 19-day pre-Karnataka poll hiatus on revising fuel prices, petrol and diesel rates have touched record highs.
The action came after investigations carried out by an inter-ministerial committee formed by the home ministry in 2020.
Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was the first and only women till now to have presented the Union Budget.
Whether it was the MGNREGS or the NFSA or the Aadhaar-based DBT scheme for cash transfer, the Modi government has built on the basic architecture created by the Singh government. Policy makers in the Modi government, instead of discarding them as products of the previous political regime, worked on them, expanded their scope and reach, and used new tools to improve their performance, explains A K Bhattacharya.
The ED also alleged that Karti had 'disposed' off a property in Gurugram and had 'closed certain bank accounts.
Over 100 questions on various aspects of the case were drafted by investigators which were put to 45-year-old Karti.
The strongest reasons for creating an independent debt management office (DMO) are also the ones for not doing it now, says Rajeev Malik.
He dismissed as "hollow claim" Prime Minister Narendra "Modi's propaganda" that things have started looking up
Rahul Gandhi, who is scheduled to again visit poll-bound Gujarat from Saturday, said the government can't break the back of small and medium businesses, crush the informal sector and destroy millions of jobs.
Former president A P J Abdul Kalam was admitted to a hospital in Shillong following a sudden illness on Monday.
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