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TopicP.V. Narasimha Rao

Topic: P.V. Narasimha Rao

An SC verdict shielded Shibu Soren in ‘JMM bribery case’ of 1990s, but his own family undid the ruling

The genesis of this case lies in a no-confidence motion moved against the PV Narasimha Rao government in July 1993.

8 parts, multilingual, Allu Arjun link — all about web series on Bharat Ratna Narasimha Rao

Biographical web series will have 8 episodes of 45-60 minutes each. Director Prakash Jha, who is helming the project, said former PM Rao 'was victim of politics within his party'.

Sonia ‘welcomes’ Bharat Ratna to Narasimha Rao & Charan Singh but here’s why Gandhis won’t celebrate

While Rao shared an icy equation with Sonia Gandhi that pushed him into political oblivion, Charan Singh quit Congress in 1967, dissolved party’s state govts & got Indira arrested.

Modi announces Bharat Ratna for ex-PMs Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh & scientist MS Swaminathan

Rao, says Modi, was instrumental in making India economically advanced, while Singh dedicated his life to welfare of farmers. Swaminathan, he adds, made modernised Indian agriculture.

Worried about Babri, Narasimha Rao called Mani Shankar Aiyar at 5am. PM was ‘frozen in fright’

When it came to economic reforms, Rao was half a lion, but when it came to Babri Masjid, he was half a man, said Aiyar at the launch of his book The Rajiv I Knew.

‘Gandhis, Kharge believe I’m a dinosaur, loose cannon’— Mani Shankar Aiyar on being kept out of CWC

Aiyar, whose autobiography ‘Memoirs of a Maverick’ was released Monday, says he won’t leave Congress but laments party’s drift from ‘secularism of Gandhi & Nehru kind'.

SC might reconsider judgment protecting MPs/MLAs who take cash for votes. What this could mean

In 1998, SC ruled in 'JMM bribery scandal' that MPs who took bribes in connection with speech or vote in Parliament had immunity from prosecution under Article 105 of Constitution.

Stood up by Rahul Gandhi, Narasimha Rao’s son excuses Congress snub, cites ‘security reasons’

Congress leader Rahul in Hyderabad paid homage to his grandmother Indira Gandhi but skipped visiting Narasimha Rao’s statue just a few metres away, kicking up a storm in Hyderabad.

When economics defeated ideology in India and the three men behind it

In 'Reform Nation', ORF vice president Gautam Chikermane calls the 1991 reforms 'economic in expression but political in stance'.

Himachal ‘king-maker’, telecom trailblazer, corruption convict — Sukh Ram leaves complex legacy

Sukh Ram, 94, passed away in Delhi this week. He was elected to the Himachal Pradesh assembly 5 times and thrice to the Lok Sabha, but ‘telecom scam’ of 1996 cast a long shadow.

On Camera

Road building is a money-making racket in India. And we have a very short memory

We get very angry when rain disrupts our lives and brings our cities to a halt, but by the time the elections come around, we have forgotten how angry we were.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.