Chidambaram said the RBI governor who conceived of the idea was C Rangarajan
During the Budget discussion in Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman slammed the Opposition for attempting to "politicise" Agniveer scheme
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Emphasising that this is too large a country with too many candidates writing the examination, he said that the government needs to give up this all-India examination
The panel would study the new laws to propose amendments including 'state-level name change' for the three laws
Dhankhar had said he was 'shocked beyond words' when he read Chidambaram's interview to a leading national daily wherein he had said that the new laws were drafted by part-timers
Chidambaram added the government did not rebut or answer any of the criticisms in the dissent notes and there was no worthwhile debate
In a post on 'X', he said the people have voted to curtail the ambitions of the BJP
Tamil Nadu's principal opposition party, AIADMK, on June 15 announced a boycott of the bypoll to the Vikravandi Assembly constituency
The ED has registered the money laundering case against Karti Chidambaram in the alleged scam pertaining to the issuance of visa to 263 Chinese nationals in 2011
The Election Commission Wednesday came down heavily on the ruling BJP and opposition Congress, asking them to desist from campaigning along caste, community, language, and religious lines
Other Congress leaders like P Chidambaram and Sachin Pilot also paid their respects to the former prime minister in the national capital
"On his death anniversary, my tributes to our former PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji," Modi said in a post on X
Coming from the Hon'ble Prime Minister, this allegation has to be viewed with utmost seriousness, he said
While the BJP and its allies supported Murmu, he said 17 Opposition parties, including the Congress, supported Sinha
Chidambaram, who headed the committee that drafted the Congress manifesto, said his party is committed to rapid growth and generation of wealth
Sources indicated that Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath may also chip in this week to add to the BJP firepower in Gujarat campaign, but there's no confirmation on this so far
Chidambaram's remarks come amid repeated attacks by the prime minister over Congress leader Sam Pitroda's 'inheritance tax' comments amid the row on the issue of 'wealth redistribution'.
The former Union minister said the manifesto gives new hope to the SCs, STs and OBCs, youth and women