Chidambaram takes charge as Home Minister

October 14th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said here that there has been an increase in infiltration to India from Pakistan in the past two to three months.

August 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI -Home Minister P.Chidambaram will leave for Thimphu Friday on a three-day official visit to Bhutan, his first foreign tour after taking over the portfolio Dec 1 last year. During his visit, Chidambaram will meet the King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Prime Minister Jigmi Y.

July 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram emphatically said India has no role in the unrest in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Speaking to a news channel Chidambaram ruled out the reports of differences in the Congress Party on Indo-Pak joint statement.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that terror threat to India has not declined. He informed the Parliament that there should be no illusion left about terror threat to India has diminished.

June 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will leave for Srinagar on Thursday for a detailed review of the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

May 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Mullappally Ramachandran assumed charge as Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs here today. He was welcomed by the Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and other senior officers of the Ministry.

May 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today said that the UPA Government has decided to take a decision whether to accept or reject the mercy petitions of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and 27 other prisoners on death row. Chidambaram indicated that Afzal's petition would be taken up after similar pleas by 21 others who are listed in sequence before him.

May 16th, 2009 SIVAGANGA - Congress leader and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has won the Sivaganga parliamentary constituency after re-counting.

April 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - Admitting that there were shortfalls in intelligence sharing among the country's various security agencies, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said these 'gaps' have now been sealed to ensure better co-ordination.

April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said Sikhs had a 'legitimate grievance' that a few people had been punished for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots but assured the community that 'no one in the government is trying to whitewash anything'.

April 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission has issued a notice to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram for violating the model code of conduct. The Election Commission has demanded reply from Chidambaram for allegedly offering poll sops during his Rajasthan visit for a security review.

April 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amid reports of terrorist threats to politicians in the run up to and during the general elections, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Thurdsay there was no need for any panic or alarm and assured that the government was taking all measures to ensure peaceful polls.

March 20th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram arrived here Friday to review the security situation in state in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly elections, an officials said.

January 29th, 2009 RANCHI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will visit Jharkhand Saturday to review the security situation in the state and discuss the Maoist problem with senior officials, official sources said Friday.

January 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Monday visited the Delhi Police headquarters to review its preparedness to combat terrorism against the backdrop of number of terror strikes in India last year.