Deep Throat

A regular column on the essential buzz

This Isn’t Television, The Remote Doesn’t Work

Faced by spontaneous, intense and leaderless protests, Delhi must wake to its lack of reach

"India's Muslims Are Definitely A Target For The Puritanical ISIS”

National security advisor M.K. Narayanan on how India can prevent ISIS from taking root here.

Upon Us The Shadow Of A Dark Hood

Radicalisation via the internet puts India within slashing distance of the ISIS. In the light of the Dhaka...

'The Tapes Show How Those Who ­Operate The System At The Highest Level Are Compromised. It's Disturbing.'

Yashwant Sinha lashes out at the system and makes some startling revelations on how the Atal Behari Vajpayee...

The Tapes No One Wants To Hear

The complaint to the PM makes explosive allegations about tapping and about how things are ‘managed’ by...

Mumbai Police Dismiss Essar Whistle-Blower's Claim That Crime Branch Was Tapes' Source

Mumbai Police Dismiss Essar Whistle-Blower's Claim That Crime Branch Was Tapes' Source

The Rot Goes Deeper Than Radia

If Radia tapes made you think the republic was put on sale by the UPA, these tapes will tell you the sale was...

The Shadowy World Of Arms Dealer Sanjay Bhandari

Connections from UPA to NDA, a five-star lifestyle and yet he stayed well below the public radar. Till raids...

Defence Dealer Had Links With Vadra, BJP Leaders

Raids on Delhi-based defence dealer Sanjay Bhandari last month have thrown up links with the who's who of...

RSS, VHP Were Patrons Of Abhinav Bharat

The report says Gorakhpur Member of Parliament Yogi Adityanath was planning to address a gathering of Abhinav...

FinMin Fast-Tracked Agusta Purchase

Fin Min chose to reject the purchase of six mid air refuellers was that it was too expensive, close to $2...

Bofors-2 Comes A Chopper

One note purportedly naming people to be managed in India. Is that all it takes to bring a bribe charge home?

New Security Regime Post Agusta

Home ministry has put in place a security policy that puts an end to subjective, knee-jerk blacklisting of...

Deep Throat

A regular column on the essential buzz

Naming, Shaming And The Panama Files

As far back as the 1970s, tax evasion was a flourishing business in India and the situation hasn’t changed...

Strongarming The Strongarm

The Enforcement Directorate is up and about, some say on political directions. Has it become the new CBI?

Biztro

Business in bitesizes

His Master's Voiceovers

G.K. Pillai’s revelations are the latest trip-’em-up tactic in the games NDA and UPA have played over...

VII Things We Learnt Last Week