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TopicYashwant Sinha

Topic: Yashwant Sinha

10 IAS, IFS and other civil servants who made it big in politics

Chhattisgarh IAS officer O.P. Choudhary joins a long list of those who made the switch. He signed up with the BJP at CM Raman Singh’s behest.

Modi govt will look guilty if it doesn’t divulge Rafale details: Ex-NSA Shiv Shankar Menon

Former minister Yashwant Sinha says even Americans were forthcoming about nuclear pact, so France should also be transparent about the Rafale deal.

Ex-union ministers Yashwant Sinha & Arun Shourie demand CAG audit into Rafale deal

Shourie terms it the ‘biggest defence scam in India’, activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan calls it ‘criminal misconduct’.

Yashwant Sinha has lit the fuse, the discontent against Modi will explode soon

The point is, every regime, autocrat and system has its own ‘style’ of purging dissidents. But, quite often, the dissidents have ended up having the last laugh.

Coming this Saturday: ‘Big news’ from Modi critic Yashwant Sinha

Sinha is organising a meeting of anti-BJP parties in Patna on 21 April that will be attended by representatives from the Congress, RJD, AAP and JD(U).

The uncanny similarities between Yashwant Sinha’s Rashtra Manch & V.P. Singh’s Jan Morcha

Like the Jan Morcha in 1987, Yashwant Sinha’s Rashtra Manch has started off as an apolitical movement of ruling party outcasts and opposition leaders.

Yashwant Sinha backs Supreme Court judges’ protest, says democracy is ‘threatened’

Rebel BJP leader says with Parliament sessions ‘not being held’ and all not well in the Supreme Court, democracy is in danger.

Kashmir’s Broken Cycle of Talks

Calling for a political dialogue has become the default option for politicians and pundits every time the security situation in the Valley worsens. The optics of talks looks intended to be a healing touch in itself and ends up becoming a tactic to buy time. RAMA LAKSHMI

Unreformed on the tarmac

After wondering for an entire week why poor Yashwant Sinha got such bad press on his budget, I found the answer last week, in...

On Camera

Jana Sangh leader VK Malhotra brought Advani to Delhi, kept the party afloat after 1984 setback

Unlike his colleagues from the time of the BJS, several of whom became governors and held other constitutional posts, Malhotra chose to lead a quiet and simple retired life after the massive 2014 victory of the BJP.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition

Since 1815, Nepali Gorkhas have served in Indian & British Armies, as well as in Bihar, Bengal & Assam Police. Since Agnipath scheme came in, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.