Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday denied allegations by opposition leader Sushma Swaraj that he “misled” the committee that selected P.J. Thomas as central vigilance commissioner (CVC) last year. “I take exception to the statement by Swaraj that I ‘misled the selection committee’ and told the committee that Thomas had been ‘acquitted’,” Chidambaram said in a [...]
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Train rooftop accident toll 17, blame game on
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Three more youths succumbed to their injuries in the train rooftop accident in Uttar Pradesh, taking the death toll to 17, officials said Wednesday. The authorities continue to pass the buck over why hundreds of youths were allowed to sit atop a train, which led to the victims being crushed by an overbridge. The accident [...]
PM concerned over women’s security
February 1st, 2011 |
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday expressed concern at violence against women in various parts of the country and asked the state governments to step up efforts to protect them. “Most of the women in our country also do not have a voice,” Singh said in his inaugural address at the fourth Chief Ministers’ Conference on [...]
New terror modules emerging: Chidambaram
February 1st, 2011 |
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Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday said new terror groups were emerging and there was no room for complacency even though the internal security situation in the country had vastly improved in the past year. Addressing the fourth chief ministers’ conference on internal security here, Chidambaram said: “A number of modules (of terrorists) are active. New [...]
Serious challenges to internal security: PM
February 1st, 2011 |
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The internal security situation was by and large stable but serious challenges and threats remained, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Tuesday. Addressing a meeting of chief ministers on internal security here, the prime minister said there were “serious challenges and threats” from left wing extremism, cross border terrorism and fundamentalism. He said left wing [...]
Pakistan to again seek access to 26/11 witnesses
January 28th, 2011 |
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Pakistan has again decided to ask India for access to the witnesses of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack to record their statements. A formal request is going to be filed soon, officials said. This would be the second time that Pakistan would be making such a request, interior ministry officials told The Express Tribune Friday. [...]
Return to Delhi, Chidambaram tells Sushma,Jaitley
January 25th, 2011 |
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Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday asked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley to respect the orders of the Jammu and Kashmir government and call off their planned flag-hoisting in Srinagar by giving up the “path of confrontation”. “I would request the two leaders of the opposition and their colleagues to [...]
Omar happy with centre’s backing on BJP march
January 25th, 2011 |
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is elated with the central government’s unqualified support in stopping the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) march to Srinagar and the treatment meted out to three top party leaders, sources say. “The chief minister is happy with the centre’s support. Almost every one is speaking in his favour and [...]
Respect orders of Kashmir government, Chidambaram tells BJP
January 25th, 2011 |
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Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday asked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders to respect the orders of the Jammu and Kashmir government and call off their planned flag hoisting in Srinagar. “The order of the Jammu and Kashmir government should be respected,” Chidambaram said in a statement, adding that there was no justification for any step [...]
BJP to go ahead with yatra, Nitish expresses disapproval
January 25th, 2011 |
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In a day of high drama, three top BJP leaders were prevented from leaving Jammu airport and later arrested to thwart the party’s controversial flag-hoisting in Srinagar on Jan 26. Even as the BJP dug in its heels, its top ally, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed open disapproval of the move. The stand-off between [...]
PM-led meet on price rise ends inconclusively
January 11th, 2011 |
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A meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held with senior cabinet ministers and officials Tuesday, to discuss measures to check rising food prices, ended inconclusively. According to a senior official, the high-level meeting will take place again Wednesday or Thursday. The meeting began around 10.30 a.m. at the prime minister’s 7, Race Course Road residence. Finance [...]
Bengal firing: Village tense, Mamata meets locals
January 8th, 2011 |
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Police raids were on in Netai village near this Maoist hub in West Bengal Saturday a day after seven people were shot dead and 12 wounded allegedly by Marxist-backed assailants. Groups of villagers were seen huddled together, mourning the deaths, while anxiety was writ large on the faces of those whose family members lay critically [...]
Massive security in Andhra ahead of Srikrishna report
January 6th, 2011 |
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Massive security arrangements have been made in Andhra Pradesh Thursday in view of the Srikrishna committee’s report on the Telangana issue that will be made public by the central government in the evening after an all-party meet in New Delhi. Police and central paramilitary forces were deployed in Hyderabad and nine other districts of Telangana [...]
Chidambaram visits Gadchiroli to review security
December 28th, 2010 |
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Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday visited the Maoist stronghold of Gadchiroli district in eastern Maharashtra to review the security scenario and discuss development plans for the area, an official said. Chidambaram was accompanied by Maharashtra’s Home Minister R.R. Patil and Director General of Police D. Sivanandan. Chidambaram met Gadchiroli District Collector Atul Patne at [...]
Chidambaram flayed over leakage of letter to Buddhadeb
December 27th, 2010 |
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The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Monday asked Home Minister P. Chidambaram to explain how his letter to Buddhadeb Bhattacharya was leaked to the media while the West Bengal chief minister is yet to get it. “The home minister owes an explanation for this partisan approach,” the CPI-M politburo said in a statement, referring to [...]
Sonia pays homage, thousands gather to bid Karunakaran adieu
December 24th, 2010 |
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A large crowd gathered at the Congress headquarters here Friday to bid farewell to four-time Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran, with party president Sonia Gandhi also paying her last respects to the veteran leader who died at the age of 92 a day earlier. Karunakaran’s last journey began from the capital city – a place [...]
Chidamabaram to visit Manipur today
December 14th, 2010 |
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Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will pay a two-day visit to Manipur today. During his visit, he will review the passing out ceremony of the 36th batch of trainees of the North Eastern Police Academy. Chidambaram is also expected to meet the senior officials of Meghalaya Police and the state home department to review the [...]