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The Supreme Court will hear the plea of former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection to the INX Media caseon Monday, August 26. On Thursday, Chidambaram was sent to CBI custody till August 26 by a special court. The agency argued his custody is important for interrogation and alleged Chidambaram hasn't been cooperative.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in the INX Media case. On Thursday, the top court had reserved its order on the 74-year-old leader's bail plea in the case. Chidambaram is being probed on allegations of money laundering by the Enforcement Directorate.

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram suffered a series of setbacks, on Monday. Firstly, the Supreme Court refused to take up a plea, filed by him seeking protection from arrest in a probe related to INX Media case. The bench termed his plea "infructuous" (meaning unnecessary) as he has already been arrested by CBI. Secondly, his petition challenging his CBI custody wasn't listed for the hearing, either.

P Chidambaram, former Finance Minister and one of the tallest leaders of Congress, was arrested by CBI on Wednesday in full media glare. Interestingly, the 73-year-old was taken away by the probing agency to the same building whose inauguration he attended in 2011 when he was the Home Minister in UPA-II. Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was the guest of honor back then.

Finance minister of India Mr. P Chidambaram has announced the interim budget for the session 2014-15 today in parliament. Here are the borderlines of the significant budget:

Ahead of his Supreme Court hearing in the INX Media case, Congress leader P Chidambaram was visited by party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the Tihar Jail on Wednesday morning. Today, the court will hear Chidambaram's bail plea in the case filed by the Enforcement Directorate.

The interim budget of 2014-15 was opened on the cheerful note conveying that the anticipated GDP of 4.6 % will be achievable as said the Union Finance minister P Chidambaram on Monday in Parliament session. It is to be noted that fiscal deficit is an amount that is borrowed by the government to meet its expenses.