Union Home Minister P Chidambaram will undertake a two-day visit of Jammu and Kashmir from today. According to sources, Chidambaram will first visit the cloudburst-hit region of Leh to review the rehabilitation process. He will also hold a meeting with local officials. On Sunday, he will visit border areas in Kargil before going to Srinagar [...]
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Chidambaram appeals for restraint over report of US pastor threatening to burn Quran
September 9th, 2010 |
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Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday appealed to media to help maintain communal harmony in the wake of reports of a pastor in the United States threatening to burn the holy Quran. In a statement issued here, Chidambaram said: “There are reports of a pastor in the United States threatening to burn the Quran [...]
New civic centre should make Delhi world class city: Chidambaram
April 22nd, 2010 |
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The new 28-storey state-of-the-art civic centre that will house the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) should pave way for the national capital to become a world class city, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Thursday.
“Delhi should become a world class city with the inauguration of this multifaceted civic centre — the Doctor Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civic [...]
Congress lacks will to fight Maoists: BJP
April 15th, 2010 |
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday slammed the Congress, saying it looked a divided house lacking the “will power” to fight Maoist guerrillas.
“What is disturbing is the division in the Congress government over its fight against the Naxalites. Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has criticised the home minister (P. Chidambaram). Former minister Mani Shankar Aiyar [...]
Resignation a closed chapter: Chidambaram
April 10th, 2010 |
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Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said he had decided to quit after the Dantewada massacre because the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) that lost 75 men came under his charge. But he added that the resignation was a “closed chapter”.
“Yes, I did offer to resign. The resignation was indeed tendered. The prime minister rejected it. [...]
Chidambaram offered to quit after Maoist massacre?
April 9th, 2010 |
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Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepting “full responsibility” for the massacre of 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh, had also offered to step down, government sources indicated Friday.
The home minister had also written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi accepting blame for Tuesday’s attack in a Bastar forest, the worst Maoist [...]
Buck stops at my desk: Chidambaram
April 9th, 2010 |
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Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday accepted “full responsibility” for the Maoist massacre of 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh and said the “buck stops at my desk”.
Chidambaram has also written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepting responsibility for the worst attack since the Maoist insurgency began more than four decades ago. Seventy-five troopers of the Central [...]
Buck stops at my desk: Chidambaram
April 9th, 2010 |
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Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday accepted “full responsibility” for the Maoist massacre of 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh and said the “buck stops at my desk”.
Chidambaram has also written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepting responsibility for the worst attack since the Maoist insurgency began more than four decades ago. Seventy-five troopers of the Central [...]
I accept full responsibility for Dantewada: Chidambaram
April 9th, 2010 |
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Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday said he has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepting full responsibility for the massacre of 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.
“I accept full responsibility for Dantewada,” said Chidambaram, adding that he has no hesitation to accept that “the buck stops at my desk”.
What went wrong in Dantewada to be probed: Chidambaram
April 8th, 2010 |
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An inquiry has been set up into Tuesday’s Maoist massacre of 76 security personnel in Dantewada to find out “what went wrong”, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Thursday and admitted that security personnel did not have adequate number of mine protected vehicles (MVPs) for operations against the rebels.
“We have taken a decision to institute an [...]
We won’t allow Maoists to succeed, says Chidambaram
April 7th, 2010 |
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Home Minister P. Chidambaram pledged Wednesday that the government would never allow Maoist guerrillas to succeed.
“We cannot and shall not allow them to succeed,” Chidambaram said here after paying homage to 75 paramilitary troopers massacred by the rebels in Chhattisgarh Tuesday. A police head constable was also killed.
Calling the attacks “brutal act of violence”, the [...]
Grief, resolve as cops, Chidambaram pay homage to CRPF martyrs
April 7th, 2010 |
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There were tears and grim resolve Wednesday as policemen joined Home Minister P. Chidambaram in a ‘martyrs ceremony’ to pay homage to the 76 security personnel massacred by guerrillas in the worst attack since the Maoist rebellion began 43 years ago.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and Governor Shekhar Dutt were also present at Jagdalpur, the [...]
Blast in Lalgarh on eve of Chidambaram visit
April 3rd, 2010 |
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Suspected Maoist guerrillas triggered a landmine blast in rebel-hit Lalgarh in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Saturday, a day ahead of union Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s visit to the area, police said.
The blast in Bamal village, a few km from Lalgarh town, created a four-feet crater on the road.
“Raids are on in the area. They [...]
Face up to Maoist threat, Chidambaram tells Jharkhand
January 19th, 2010 |
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Condemning the the landmine explosion triggered by Maoist rebels in Jharkhand last week, central home minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday said Chief Minister Shibu Soren would need to send clear instructions to the state police and the administration to brace for the challenge.
Seven police personnel and a civilian were killed and two others injured in the [...]
Telangana issue takes new turn!
December 14th, 2009 |
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Hyderabad: Telangana issue looks taking a new turn as the Congress leadership has decided to block the matter for the time being.
They are now busy in assuaging the MPs from Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra who were against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and came out by promising inaction after the “statehood-at-midnight” declaration of Union home [...]
Babri mosque incident a “horrendous crimeâ€: says Chidambaram
December 9th, 2009 |
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New Delhi: Winding up the two day debate on the Liberhan commission report in the Lok Sabha, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said BJP leaders associated with the Ayodhya movement were responsible for the frenzy that led to the razing of the mosque.
“The horrendous crimeâ€, Chidambaram added, has “continued to divide our nation even today.â€
He said [...]
Chidambaram asks Indian to respect policemen
November 28th, 2009 |
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New Delhi: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today asks the Indians to respect the security forces.
He lauds the security forces and said, “What does a policeman want? What do our security forces want? Be it the army jawan who stands on glaciers or in jungles of Assam, men who guard naval bases or men who [...]
PM regrets leakage of Liberhan Commission report
November 26th, 2009 |
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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Wednesday, regretted the leakage of the enquiry report of the Liberhan Commission, which probed the circumstances leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992.
The Liberhan Commission, the one-man commission headed by Justice M S Liberhan, probed into the circumstances leading to the demolition of the [...]
No hand in leakage of Liberhan Commission report: Home Ministry
November 26th, 2009 |
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Union Home Ministry on Wednesday drew attention to a telecast made on a news channel and reiterated that the Ministry has absolutely no role in the leakage of the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Mosque demolition case.
“Barkha Dutt, Group Editor of NDTV 24X7, categorically stated that “we will not reveal our sources, but we [...]
Incensed Justice Liberhan says he didnâ€t leak his Babri report
November 23rd, 2009 |
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An incensed and highly agitated Justice M.Liberhan on Monday called on the media not indulge in character assassination, and categoricaly refuted suggestions that he had leaked details of a commission report prepared by him to the fourth estate.
When television and print media reporters asked him at his residence here whether he had leaked the report [...]