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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.

Satanic Verses and the liberal hypocrisy—Has the Congress learned its lesson

The Nehru dynasty was famous for scuttling Freedom of Expression—be it in the literary sense, historical sense or economic sense.

Watch CutTheClutter: As ‘The Satanic Verses’ returns, a look back at the ban & the repercussions

In Episode 1579, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta recalls his involvement in publishing Madhu Jain's review of the book, leading to protests, the ban on the book & a revenge movie in Pakistan.

Rajiv Gandhi is victim of Sangh propaganda. Remember he was 1st PM who held a job, paid tax

In 1990, after he had lost power, he said to me in an interview: ‘Yes, I was young, I made mistakes.’ Off-the-record he added: ‘If you become prime minister tomorrow, you would make the same mistakes.’

‘Papa, your teachings are my inspiration,’ Rahul pays tribute to Rajiv Gandhi on birth anniversary

Born on 20 August, 1944, the former Prime Minister was assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber in Tamil Nadu on 21 May, 1991.

Sonia, Rahul, Kharge pay homage to Rajiv Gandhi on 33rd death anniversary

Other Congress leaders, including P. Chidambaram and Sachin Pilot also paid their respects to the former prime minister in Delhi.

Murlidhar Bhandare’s son almost missed his exams in 1973. Rajiv Gandhi came to his rescue

In ‘The Arc of Memory’, Murlidhar C Bhandare, Congress leader and former governor of Odisha recounts his life events set to the backdrop of India’s history.

3 blunders by Indira, Rajiv, Vajpayee, Advani that changed Indian politics & here’s the worst

Indira Gandhi targeting RSS during Emergency & legitimising it, Rajiv giving up mandate in 1989, and Vajpayee, Advani advancing general elections – these errors changed the course of India’s politics.

Rajiv Gandhi launched his 1989 election campaign from Lucknow. This is what he said

'Many rumours have been spread, many lies have been spread about Babri Masjid and Ramjanmabhoomi,' Gandhi had said in Lucknow on 19 November 1989.

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.

On Camera

Big win for Delhi factories as MCD scraps an extra layer of red tape for ease of doing business

Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.