Beyond Raids: Should Regulators Also Be Measured by Prevention?

Tukaram Mundhe has never been an easy man to ignore. Across a 21-year career and 25 transfers, the 2005-batch IAS officer has built a reputation — in Solapur, in Nashik, and now at the helm of Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration — as someone who enforces rules without exception and without regard for whose interests…
Kolkata-based Dairy Keventer, which bought electoral bonds worth Rs 617 cr

At least four firms, which purchased electoral bonds between 2019 and 2024, are part of the Keventer conglomerate and have their registered offices in Kolkata. Keventer Foodpark Infra Pvt Ltd, Madanlal Ltd, MKJ Enterprises Ltd and Sasmal Infrastructure Pvt Ltd figure in the list of donors by contributing over Rs 600 crore in electoral bonds,…