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.
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.
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.
Four-time Gujarat CM Madhavsinh Solanki, who passed away Saturday, is also credited for building the Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi, Muslim (KHAM) electoral coalition.
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.
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.
This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
Chitra Subramaniam spent a decade in a story where neither the political parties, nor the public are interested. Why such an worthless effort? Media has to correct its priorities. The bofors scam occurred in 1987 i.e. more than 36 years ago. There are many more bigger scams occurred after that namely, demonetization, electoral funds, Ayushman Bharat, etc. which are still relevant. So why spent a decade in something irrelevant? Did she get money from BJP?
Chitra Subramaniam spent a decade in a story where neither the political parties, nor the public are interested. Why such an worthless effort? Media has to correct its priorities. The bofors scam occurred in 1987 i.e. more than 36 years ago. There are many more bigger scams occurred after that namely, demonetization, electoral funds, Ayushman Bharat, etc. which are still relevant. So why spent a decade in something irrelevant? Did she get money from BJP?