Babu turns supercop

Cabinet approves law to put CBI, ED under CVC, insulate agencies against interference

"I'll be judge, I'll be jury,' said cunning old Fury." Few fit the role of Fury in Alice In Wonderland better than the Indian bureaucrats. Last week, they mustered all the cunning at their command and secured the Cabinet's approval for an ordinance on the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).

It's back to square one

CBI's credibility to be put to test in several cases involving ruling BJP allies

UNENVIABLE TASK: For Trinath Mishra (left) who took over from D.R. Karthikeyan, the challenge lies in acting on his own rather than being prodded by the Government or the courts

Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has spent most of his political life campaigning against corruption - and against the CBI's reputation of being an arm of the Congress party. Since
April 1987, when the Bofors gun deal issue surfaced, the list of unsolved, politically sensitive cases has been growing, giving enough ammunition to the BJP to attack its opponents.