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‘What would you have done in my place’: P Chidambaram’s video goes viral, where he defends ‘no action’ of Manmohan Singh after 26/11

OpIndia Staff - 27 March, 2026

Chidambaram was asked that while he says that the UPA government has decided not to engage in dialogue with Pakistan until the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks are brought to justice, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Pakistani leader in Sharm-el-Sheikh, and reaches out to Pakistan with a hand of friendship in Srinagar.

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UCO Bank’s former CMD amassed 100 crores by helping a corrupt industrialist get loans worth 6200 crores through shell companies: How ED busted the...

Rukma Rathore - 2 January, 2026

The major scam unfolded between 2007 and 2010, when the UPA government helmed by Congress held power at the center.

Opinions

Anatomy of the IndiGo monopoly: How UPA’s lost decade, failure of competitors and a lack of aviation reforms paved way for the current mess

Divyansh Tiwari - 8 December, 2025

It is reasonable to argue that the core of this disaster is IndiGo's internal miscalculations, especially with regard to crew planning and rostering. However, tracing how we got to the point where one airline's error could paralyze the network is as fair and politically significant.

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The Mehul Choksi scam: A billion-dollar fraud Congress didn’t stop, RBI didn’t see

Anurag - 14 April, 2025

Then-Finance Minister P Chidambaram had signed off the termination of the whistleblower. This raised the possibility that efforts to suppress internal warnings about the fraud were not only bureaucratic, but also sanctioned at the political level.

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Kerala court summons Dr Philip Augustine, who was awarded Padma Shri by Congress, for allegedly transplanting organ of youth by falsely declaring him brain...

Jhankar Mohta - 16 June, 2023

UPA-era Padma Shri awardee Dr Philip Augustine has been accused of harvesting the kidney and liver of an 18-year-old by falsely declaring him brain dead

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Congress outraged over order barring members from holding Dharnas in Parliament, social media users dig out identical order issued during UPA era

OpIndia Staff - 15 July, 2022

Congress leaders mocked the BJP govt for issuing an order that barred members of the parliament from using the premises of the House to hold protests, demonstrations and Dharnas.

Opinions

When media advisor to former PM Dr Manmohan Singh expresses disdain for ‘strong leadership’ in a democracy

S. Sudhir Kumar - 6 January, 2021

In The Hindu, media advisor to former PM Dr Manmohan Singh Harish Khare expresses his disdain for 'strong leadership'

Politics

If laws are to be made and amended on Sonia Gandhi’s NAC’s whims and fantasies why are we even holding elections

Nirwa Mehta - 5 January, 2021

The moment the central government tries to bring in reforms, the usual suspects invariably oppose it. They invariably have some connection with Sonia Gandhi's NAC

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