P Chidambaram Arrest

Former Union finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram welcomed the Supreme Court's judgment pronouncing the arrest of the NewsClick founder invalid, saying that justice has triumphed.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the release of Mohammed Zubair after the Supreme Court's orders is the "triumph of liberty over tyranny" and held that the judgement reaffirms abuse of power of arrest must be ended.

The arrest of a 22-year-old climate activist from Bengaluru, Disha Ravi, sparked widespread outrage on Sunday, with politicians, academics, activists, authors and poets among those condemning the police action over a guide to the anti-government farmer protests that was tweeted by environmentalist Greta Thunberg.

The Congress's P Chidambaram was left "shocked and devastated" after former J&K Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah - detained without charge since August - were among those charged under the Public Safety Act late last night

An officer who climbed the walls of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's house to arrest him last year is among 28 CBI officers who have been awarded the President's police medals on the eve of Republic Day, officials said on Saturday.

P Chidambaram arrived in parliament on Thursday, a day after he was released from Delhi's Tihar jail, and told reporters: "The government cannot suppress my voice in parliament". The former union minister, who spent 106 days in prison in connection with the INX Media case, will also address the media later today. Mr Chidambaram is a Congress member...

The Goa Congress on Monday said the BJP was deriving "sadistic pleasure" by keeping former Union minister P Chidambaram in jail for more than 100 days.

Former Union Minister P Chidambaram, who has been in custody for more than three months since his arrest in corruption and money laundering cases, on Wednesday questioned the denial of bail to him during a hearing in the Supreme Court.

Senior Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tiwari met former finance minister P Chidambaram in Tihar Jail here on Monday. Chidambaram was first arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 21 in the INX Media corruption case and was granted bail by the Supreme Court on October 22.

Congress leader P Chidambaram, arrested in the INX Media money laundering case, on Monday denied in the Delhi High Court the Enforcement Directorate's claim that he used the office of finance minister for personal gains and laundered the proceeds of crime, saying no material directly or indirectly linking him with the alleged offence has been put t...

P Chidambaram was granted bail on Tuesday in the INX Media corruption case by the Supreme Court, which ruled that there is no possibility of the former Union Minister absconding and "no whisper" of any evidence that he tried to influence even one witness. But Mr Chidambaram will not be released as he remains in the custody of the Enforcement Direct...

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, his son Karti Chidambaram, and 13 others including senior bureaucrats and private companies were accused of causing losses to the government in a charge-sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI before a Delhi court on Friday in the INX Media corruption case.

Former Union Minister P Chidambaram, who is in Tihar jail in Delhi since September 5 in INX media case, is in "great spirits", his son Karti said today after visiting him this morning at the jail. The 74-year-old Congress leader was arrested by a three-member team of the Enforcement Directorate today after he was questioned for nearly an hour at De...

A three-member team of the Enforcement Directorate arrested former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram this morning after questioning him for nearly an hour at Delhi's Tihar Jail in the INX Media case.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials have arrested former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram after questioning him in Tihar Jail. The probe agency will move the CBI court later in the day, seeking his custody which will be heard tomorrow.

Former Union finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram welcomed the Supreme Court's judgment pronouncing the arrest of the NewsClick founder invalid, saying that justice has triumphed.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the release of Mohammed Zubair after the Supreme Court's orders is the "triumph of liberty over tyranny" and held that the judgement reaffirms abuse of power of arrest must be ended.

The arrest of a 22-year-old climate activist from Bengaluru, Disha Ravi, sparked widespread outrage on Sunday, with politicians, academics, activists, authors and poets among those condemning the police action over a guide to the anti-government farmer protests that was tweeted by environmentalist Greta Thunberg.

The Congress's P Chidambaram was left "shocked and devastated" after former J&K Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah - detained without charge since August - were among those charged under the Public Safety Act late last night

An officer who climbed the walls of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's house to arrest him last year is among 28 CBI officers who have been awarded the President's police medals on the eve of Republic Day, officials said on Saturday.

P Chidambaram arrived in parliament on Thursday, a day after he was released from Delhi's Tihar jail, and told reporters: "The government cannot suppress my voice in parliament". The former union minister, who spent 106 days in prison in connection with the INX Media case, will also address the media later today. Mr Chidambaram is a Congress member...

The Goa Congress on Monday said the BJP was deriving "sadistic pleasure" by keeping former Union minister P Chidambaram in jail for more than 100 days.

Former Union Minister P Chidambaram, who has been in custody for more than three months since his arrest in corruption and money laundering cases, on Wednesday questioned the denial of bail to him during a hearing in the Supreme Court.

Senior Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tiwari met former finance minister P Chidambaram in Tihar Jail here on Monday. Chidambaram was first arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 21 in the INX Media corruption case and was granted bail by the Supreme Court on October 22.

Congress leader P Chidambaram, arrested in the INX Media money laundering case, on Monday denied in the Delhi High Court the Enforcement Directorate's claim that he used the office of finance minister for personal gains and laundered the proceeds of crime, saying no material directly or indirectly linking him with the alleged offence has been put t...

P Chidambaram was granted bail on Tuesday in the INX Media corruption case by the Supreme Court, which ruled that there is no possibility of the former Union Minister absconding and "no whisper" of any evidence that he tried to influence even one witness. But Mr Chidambaram will not be released as he remains in the custody of the Enforcement Direct...

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, his son Karti Chidambaram, and 13 others including senior bureaucrats and private companies were accused of causing losses to the government in a charge-sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI before a Delhi court on Friday in the INX Media corruption case.

Former Union Minister P Chidambaram, who is in Tihar jail in Delhi since September 5 in INX media case, is in "great spirits", his son Karti said today after visiting him this morning at the jail. The 74-year-old Congress leader was arrested by a three-member team of the Enforcement Directorate today after he was questioned for nearly an hour at De...

A three-member team of the Enforcement Directorate arrested former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram this morning after questioning him for nearly an hour at Delhi's Tihar Jail in the INX Media case.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials have arrested former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram after questioning him in Tihar Jail. The probe agency will move the CBI court later in the day, seeking his custody which will be heard tomorrow.