P Chidambaram

Aircel Maxis case: Delhi court extends interim protection of P Chidambaram, son Karti till Nov 26

November 01, 2018 11:42 am

The ED Wednesday had opposed Chidambaram's anticipatory bail plea and sought custodial interrogation of the former union minister in the money laundering case

Farmers cheated by budget, nothing on changing strategy for creation of jobs: P Chidambaram

February 02, 2017 5:50 pm

"Now I don't know what more disruptive and reckless measures are there in the armoury," said Chidambaram.

Indian economy not in good shape, says Manmohan Singh; denies helping Vijay Mallya

January 30, 2017 6:36 pm

"Indian economy is not in good shape is now obvious. The IMF has projected that the growth rate of India this current fiscal year will not be 7.6 per cent but 6.6 percent. Several other agencies have made similar projections," said Singh.

Is a Joint Secretary running RBI? asks P Chidambaram

January 14, 2017 7:55 pm

The United Forum of Reserve Bank Officers and Employees had earlier written a letter to RBI Governor Urjit Patel saying that employees were feeling “humiliated” by events since demonetisation.

Demonetisation will cause loss of Rs 1.5 lakh crore to GDP: P Chidambaram

January 11, 2017 1:28 pm

Chidambaram said that except Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, "no one in the world thinks that the GDP wont be hit.

A thoughtless move, punishing the poor: P Chidambaram's top quotes on demonetisation

December 13, 2016 11:58 am

P Chidambaram on demonetisation: Here are his top quotes

Demonetisation debate: Why shouldn't PM Modi be present in Parliament, asks P Chidambaram

December 13, 2016 11:46 am

P Chidambaram on Parliament protests: Why is the PM unwilling to be present during the debate?

Demonetisation biggest scam of the year, must be probed: P Chidambaram

December 13, 2016 11:08 am

"This is an absurd move by the government. No one has any good word to say on this," Chidambaram said.

P Chidambaram, Piyush Goyal elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra

June 03, 2016 7:14 pm

Others elected are former union minister Praful Patel (NCP), BJP's Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Vikas Mahatme and Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut.

Ishrat Jahan case: Nothing wrong in second affidavit, says Chidambaram

June 01, 2016 3:58 am

Chidambaram said the affidavit was drafted after Ahmedabad Metropolitan Judge S P Tamang’s report said the encounter was fake.

Bhandari ‘admits’ to email from Robert Vadra, DU admissions begin: Top headlines of today

June 01, 2016 11:06 am

From Chidambaram saying there was nothing wrong in the second affidavit drafted in the Ishrat Jahan case to Sanjay Bhandari admitting to email from Robert vadra, top news that made headlines today.

Express Eye for Detail Ep 12: Two years of demonetisation, the Diwali mess and Faizabad renamed as Ayodhya

June 18, 2020 2:30 pm

Two years on, The Indian Express learns that RBI did not approve of demonetisation and more about the week’s top stories in Express Eye for Detail episode 12.

Demonetisation Worse Than Natural Calamity: P Chidambaram

December 13, 2016 8:12 pm

P Chidambaram At Express Adda

May 10, 2016 4:34 pm

There is no new idea in Budget 2016-17: P. Chidambaram

February 29, 2016 4:37 pm

New Delhi, Feb 29 (ANI): Congress Leader P. Chidambaram on Monday said that one big take away from Budget 2016-17 was that there is no new idea presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, adding that NDA has followed its own brand of budget making. He further said that there is no major relief for tax payers, and the reduction of corporate tax rate from 30 percent to 29 percent for a very limited class, is laughable. He said that the only virtue of the budget is that it has left every section disappointed and he is happy that the UPA schemes have been continued with. He added that the government is boasting that they collected more tax than ever, but it was only due to excise on crude and not from corporate tax.

Why was Chidambaram silent when Afzal was hanged?: Swamy

February 25, 2016 9:55 am

New Delhi, Feb 25 (ANI): Attacking former finance minister P Chidambaram for his remarks on Afzal’s hanging, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday said what took him two years to open his mouth? Swamy questioned that despite being in part of UPA government at that time, why had Chidambaram maintained silence, if there were grave doubts about the extent of Afzal’s involvement in the 2001 Parliament attack. He further said a case of sedition should be filed against him for provoking people to bring down the current government.