NO fresh probe in Bofors case: Antony

India and Italy had been trade partners since the infamous Ottavio Quattrocchi came calling as a representative of the Italian oil giant Eni and its engineering firm Snam Progetti way back in the 1960s. His entry led to a host of high-profile ...

In a bid to embarrass the Congress in Parliament, BJP leader Arun Jaitley made repeated references to Ottavio Quattrocchi in Rajya Sabha, given the fugitives' Gandhi connection.

The Congress on Wednesday scoffed at the Opposition's attempts to link Italy's refusal to send back its two marines to face investigations here with India's failure in getting the extradition of Bofors scam accused Ottavio Quattrocchi in the past saying both ...

May 6/13: SPH. A Parliamentary reply indicates that India is pursuing another avenue for new self-propelled guns, in the wake of the 2007 RFP's failure: A case for procurement of Qty.100 x 155mm/52 Calibre Tracked (self-propelled) Guns is in ...

Barely hours later, Ashwani Kumar, too resigned as Law Minister for the sin of covering up the tracks on behalf of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Coalgate scandal. But in his comments soon after, and again on Sunday, he insinuated that he was ...

Believe it or not, some analysts in Karnataka publicly attributed the Congress victory in the state to Rahul Gandhi's campaign speeches. Narendra Modi was all bombast, they said, while Rahul asked people about their problems and promised to redress ...

The Congress is missing Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj who as a former law minister had handled many problems in the UPA 1 smoothly and successfully. But the UPA 2 has already appointed three law ministers M. Veerappa Moily, Salman Khurshid and Ashwani ...

The CBI's feathers were trimmed from the start, its beak trained to give friendly pecks to its masters, says Sunil Sethi The Supreme Court’s comparison of the Central Bureau of Investigation to a “caged parrot” is both colourful and vivid, but it betrays the notion that the judges have ever kept one in the house. Anyone who has tamed a bird, trained it, taught it to talk and spoilt it silly as a domestic pet can tell them what will happen if it is un-caged. It is unlikely to ...

The Supreme Court's comparison of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to a "caged parrot" is both colourful and vivid, but it betrays the notion that the judges have ever kept one in the house. Anyone who has tamed a bird, trained it, taught ...