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TopicBofors scandal

Topic: Bofors scandal

Bofors story isn’t over. Boxes of secret Swiss documents remain unopened: Chitra Subramaniam

The Bofors howitzers played a key role in India’s Kargil victory. While the performance of the gun was not in question, Chitra Subramaniam said the scam did bring down the Army’s morale.

Trick or retreat: There’s a grand deception behind Indian military shortfalls, and in this column

It is fashionable to curse Rajiv Gandhi for Bofors and more, but the truth is that 1985-89 was the only period in our history when weapons acquisitions were proactive and futuristic.

CBI sends judicial request to US in decades-old Rs 64 cr Bofors case, seeks info from pvt detective

The CBI had also sought information from the US authorities in November 2023, December 2023, May 2024, and August 2024, but did not receive any information.

Bofors scandal – When Rajiv Gandhi’s biggest opposition was a swarm of angry journalists

In ‘The Commissioner for Lost Causes’, Arun Shourie writes about The Defamation Bill of 1988 that the press rose as one against.

Madhavsinh Solanki — Congressman behind Rajiv’s ‘no creamy layer’ push & key Bofors player

Four-time Gujarat CM Madhavsinh Solanki, who passed away Saturday, is also credited for building the Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi, Muslim (KHAM) electoral coalition.

How Army’s artillery modernisation plan, stuck in a rut after Bofors, is picking up pace

The Army’s artillery modernisation plans have picked up pace since 2010 and have a major indigenous component in them.  

Guns, Swedes and the Gandhis — how the Bofors scam tested the limits of the CBI’s power

In ‘A Road Well Travelled’, former CBI chief R.K. Raghavan writes about investigating the 2002 Gujarat riots, Bofors scam and cricket match-fixing scandal.

TN Chaturvedi, the CAG whose report on Bofors brought down Rajiv Gandhi govt 

The former IAS officer, who held various posts, including that of Karnataka governor, passed away Sunday night. He was 94.  

CBI probe into Bofors case to continue, to follow new evidence

A trial court observed that the CBI could further investigate the matter based on its own wisdom given that it has independent right and power to do so then.

SC dismisses CBI’s appeal in Bofors case, says grounds of delay not justified

A bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi rejected CBI's plea to disregard the 13 year delay in filing the appeal against Delhi HC's 2005 verdict.

On Camera

Victor Gao claims all land north of Ganga for China. People say he’s a ‘diplomatic fighter’

Beijing is content to avoid resolution, distract with historical revisionism, and provoke through offensive rhetoric. This is hardly the posture of a country seeking peace.

Operation Sindoor: How Rafales, Pakistani J-10s & lots of propaganda moved global defence markets

New Delhi: The impact of Operation Sindoor extended far beyond the battlefield as aerial battles continued in the stock markets. After India carried out...

Defence stocks surge continues after Operation Sindoor, but is it just a sentiment-driven spike

Success of indigenous systems on battlefield & expectation of increased military spending behind positive investor sentiment. But past flashpoints show such rallies can unwind quickly.

Op Sindoor is the first battle in India’s two-front war. A vicious pawn in a King’s Gambit

The Chinese use Pakistan as a cheap instrument to triangulate India between them. It is safer to presume that the Chinese now see Pakistan as an extension of their Western Theatre Command.