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Ishrat Jahan case: Involvement of Chidambaram, other senior Congress leaders should be probed, demands BJP

The BJP on Tuesday slammed Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram of misusing his office and trying to use the Ishrat Jehan case to frame Narendra Modi and Amit Shah.

Mar 01, 2016, 20:04 PM IST

Ishrat Jahan case: After Pillai, another former bureaucrat comes forward, says 'SIT chief was engineering evidence'

In what could escalate war of words between the Congress and the BJP, former under secretary, Internal security, RVS Mani, has come forward and revealed certain details about the Ishrat Jehan case.

Mar 01, 2016, 19:30 PM IST

Ishrat Jahan case: Chidambaram rewrote affidavit, I was bypassed, says GK Pillai

Former home secretary GK Pillai has said that Congress leader and former minister in UPA government P Chidambaram had bypassed him and got the affidavit on Ishrat Jehan changed.

Mar 01, 2016, 16:46 PM IST

Ishrat case: I accept responsibility for affidavit, disappointing Pillai is distancing himself from it, says Chidambaram

Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram said on Monday that he accepted the responsibility for the second affidavit in the Ishrat Jahan case.

Feb 29, 2016, 21:13 PM IST

Chidambaram got Ishrat’s LeT link dropped from affidavit, says GK Pillai; BJP seeks probe

Former home secretary GK Pillai said that Chidambaram, as the then home minister, had seen to it that any references to Ishrat's Lashkar-e-Taiba links was dropped from the second affidavit.

Feb 28, 2016, 21:42 PM IST

Swamy hits back at Cong, says got 'Z' security under Narasimha Rao govt

 Responding to Congress's criticism over the extension of 'Z' category security to him, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today said it was during former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao's tenure that he was provided this protection, which was later curtailed by the UPA government.

Dec 19, 2015, 18:11 PM IST

HRD ministry was earlier known for political friction: Smriti Irani

 Smriti Irani on Friday said that the HRD ministry was known for "political friction" for long.

Dec 04, 2015, 18:43 PM IST

CBI allowed to retain seized documents in Virbhadra's DA case

 CBI was on Wednesday allowed by a Delhi court to retain the documents seized during searches conducted at the residences of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh in a disproportionate assets case lodged against him.

Oct 07, 2015, 18:57 PM IST

UPA provided Rs 2 lakh crore devp assistance to Bihar: Congress

Congress on Friday claimed that the UPA government of Manmohan Singh had provided Rs 2 lakh crore to spur development in Bihar.

Sep 26, 2015, 20:41 PM IST

Employment schemes for Kashmiri youth should continue: Ghulam Nabi Azad

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad here on Thursday said the Centre should continue the job schemes that the erstwhile UPA government had initiated in Jammu and Kashmir.

Sep 17, 2015, 19:41 PM IST

IOC to remove four independent directors?

State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) will hold its annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday in Mumbai amid speculation that it may seek to remove four independent directors appointed by the previous UPA government.

Aug 25, 2014, 23:48 PM IST