There is, between Rao's tenure as PM and the current Modi regime, a powerful resonance of how transition can be managed.Rao's tenure saw many scams -- one where he was supposedly approached by......
'What does the nation get out of the CBI's fabulous infrastructure? Very little that is useful,' says Aakar Patel. Photograph: Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters The Central Bureau of Investigation is our......
'It can't be a coincidence that he and his family, uncles and all, vanished from India only days before the scam was discovered.''Surely someone senior in the government alerted him that the......
Whether it is the chopper deal, the Kurien case or the anti-rape ordinance, divisions in the Opposition ranks on these issues has eased the pressure on the UPA government, feels Sunita MogaBefore......
According to the current plan in Congress party quarters to end the stand-off on a parliamentary probe into the telecom scam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to make a statement in......
'The Modi government has been taking credit for improvement in respect of the ease of doing business in India.''But when I look at the scams I cannot help feeling that it is too easy to do business......
'Four weeks have passed after the scam was exposed, yet no big guy has been arrested.''This gives the impression that he wants to be soft on the biggies.' Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters The Rs......
S Narayan, former finance secretary and economic advisor to the PM, says the UPA has done little to carry the reform agenda forward. It has been two decades since the reform process started in......
Harshad Mehta was the man behind the biggest stock-market swindle in India. He manipulated stock prices by exploiting loopholes in the banking system. Mehta and his associates used funds available......
The Sensex rose steeply in early 1992. From 2,000 on January 15, it had touched 4,000 by the end of March. That was also the period when the Harshad Mehta-induced securities scam hit the markets......