Tag: Chidambaram

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday released its fourth list of 45 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, fielding its Uttar Pradesh unit chief Ajay Rai from Varanasi to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.While the Congress fielded veteran leader Digvijaya Singh from Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh, it nominated ...

I begin this column on the unassailable premise that India is a Union of States. The States (minus Jammu & Kashmir) are listed in the First Schedule to the Constitution of India. The essence of federalism lies in the fact that the British-ruled provinces and the princely states voluntarily ...

A judgement of the Hon’ble Supreme Court is the law declared and is binding on all citizens of India. It is therefore entitled to the utmost respect and obedience.  On December 10, 2023, a Constitution Bench of the Court delivered a unanimous judgement upholding the ‘abrogation’ of Article 370 ...

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said the Supreme Court’s judgment asking Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit to decide on granting assent to bills passed by the state assembly was a stern “rebuke” to not only him but to all governors and called on Tamil Nadu Governor ...

Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram has written to the parliamentary committee chairperson to look into the threat notifications that were sent by Apple company to almost two dozen Opposition MPs, journalists and researchers. Speaking to HT, Chidambaram, who is a member of the parliamentary standing committee on communications and ...

Last week, I had referred to the battle lines drawn between the BJP and I.N.D.I.A. I had not used the acronym NDA because, at present, no political party of significance has declared that it is an ally of the BJP. Significant partners of the NDA in the 2019 elections ...

If an English teacher wished to explain to her class the word ‘hyperbole’ and give an illustration, she cannot do better than cite the following sentence from RBI’s Bulletin for September 2023:“In September 2023, the earth’s centre of gravity shifted to India as leaders of the most powerful nations, ...

HYDERABAD: The first meeting of the reconstituted Congress Working Committee on Saturday decided that seat-sharing talks with its INDIA bloc partners should be concluded at the earliest, reports Roushan Ali.At the first-ever CWC meeting in Hyderabad - ahead of assembly elections in Telangana - almost all members suggested the ...

Speaking in Rajya Sabha over the Delhi Services Bill, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said that we talk about break down of the Constitution of India while today we are breaking the Constitutional machinery. Congress MP P. Chidambaram (ANI) “Please remember we always talk about breakdown of the ...

A day after PM Modi made a strong pitch for a Uniform Civil Code, Congress leader P. Chidambaram said it cannot be forced on people by an “agenda-driven majoritarian government” | file photo | Photo Credit: ANI A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for ...