Bring down fees of government-owned medical colleges in Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI: DMK President M.K.Stalin on Saturday demanded the Tamil Nadu government to reduce the fees charged by two government medical colleges – Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Chidambaram and IRT Perundurai Medical College, to fees charged by other state-owned medical colleges. In a statement issued here, Stalin said the government has hiked the fees in these […]
Chidambaram sent to Tihar jail in INX Media corruption case
By Pawan Kumar Singh and Udayan Kishor NEW DELHI: Veteran Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram was sent to Tihar jail Thursday by a Delhi court where he will spend 14 days in judicial custody in connection with the INX Media corruption case. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar sent him to judicial custody […]
Narendra Modi government wants to ‘capture’ RBI’s reserves: Chidambaram
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Board meeting, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday alleged that the Narendra Modi government was determined to “capture” the bank to gain control over its Rs 9 trillion reserves. In a series of tweets, the former finance minister also claimed that the government and the Reserve […]
Chidambaram dares BJP to contradict official data on economy
NEW DELHI:Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Sunday dared the BJP to contradict an official data on growth which has said the economy clocked a 10.08-per cent growth in 2006-07 under the UPA rule, the highest since liberalisation in 1991. The former finance minister reacted after BJP president Amit Shah asked his party leaders to challenge […]