Vp Singh

In August 1990, India's 7th Prime Minister, V.P. Singh, implemented the Mandal Commission report to reserve seats for the backward classes in government jobs and public universities. In an interview to author Neerja Chowdhury, he said: "Some run governments. I ran history."

Budget 2017: 10 iconic Budgets that made a difference

We bring you some of the iconic Budgets that have made a difference.

Budget 2017: See which FMs had a literary bone in them

Over the years Finance Ministers in India have unleashed their literary spirit from within. In their Budget speeches, they have often quoted poets, saints, economists and litterateurs to buttress a given political social and economic context. Here are a few select picks from the annals.

2nd affidavit in Ishrat Jahan case fraudulent: Jaitley

Saying the encounter in which Jahan and her other alleged LeT operatives were killed in Gujarat was "honest", he asked if the Congress believed it was fake why did it then allow those officers involved in the actual shootout to get bail on the 90th day by not filing chargesheets and make them a witness

Grab opportunities; buy first, research later: Jhunjhunwala

India's ace investor big bull Rakesh Jhunjhunwala says he came to the market in 1985, but his first forward trade was in 1988.

PM's Cabinet swell: As much about politics as performance

Modi's message to ministerial hopefuls and India in general is: show me what you are capable of and I may have something for you.