...poorer sections. Ram works as a ''moneyman,'' collecting bribes for Mr. Gupta, who funnels the money to the Congress Party. But Ram's corruptness is only the beginning. The reader learns soon enough that the fat, aging official, whose...

...excess water from two reservoirs in the region, increasing flood levels, United News of India said. Opposition Congress party members met Deputy Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya to complain that sufficient aid was not reaching people in...