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Editor (Politics) @ThePrintIndia , write on politics and policy, past stints @httweets @IndianExpress and @bsindia , views personal, RTs not endorsements, Open DM

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DK Singh
6 years
BJP spokesman Sambit Patra attacks Rahul Gandhi in @sardesairajdeep show, asking whether his mother "Antonio Maino who comes from Italy" will build the Ram temple. Patra also calls Congress spokesman @Pawankhera "Mr Piddi". Where is our public discourse headed to?
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Look who are heading the two SITs on Delhi riots-- a DCP who was barred by the EC from poll duty for wrongly identifying the man who fired at Shaheen Bagh as AAP supporter; another DCP whose probe into JNU violence has been a non-starter via @ThePrintIndia
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3 years
Delhi has reduced the number of daily tests by almost 50 per cent in the last fortnight despite high positivity rate. Just keep the numbers down and the crisis will go away! Many lives may be lost in this cynical battle of perception management.
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Delhi records 20,201 new COVID19 cases, 380 deaths and 22,055 recoveries; case tally 10,47,916
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DK Singh
3 years
It's "absurd" for PM Modi to play up personal equations with world leaders and his Lahore visit was unnecessary, wrote late Pranab Mukherjee in his memoir. He blamed Sonia Gandhi for "mishandling" Maharashtra and creating Telangana, among other things, reports @khanthefatima
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Modi plays up personal equations with world leaders — Pranab Mukherjee in autobiography ThePrint's Fatima Khan @khanthefatima reports
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DK Singh
3 years
Lakhimpur Kheri reporter who was killed would have earned Rs 500 had he reported the incident for his channel. Raman, a tehsil reporter, was paid Rs 500 for a story and Rs 300 for a phono (phone-in). He earned only Rs 1000 to Rs 1500 a month but loved reporting, reports @NPDay
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Lakhimpur Kheri reporter was alive but police took him to morgue, not hospital, brother agonises Neelam Pandey @NPDay and Praveen Jain @PraveenJain2622 report for ThePrint from the ground
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2 years
Amit Shah backing Yogi Adityanath as future PM! In an interview with The Indian Express, he says talks about Yogi as a future PM candidate are "natural"
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DK Singh
5 years
Rahul Gandhi's most trusted lieutenant, AICC gen sec in charge of organisation and Alappuzha MP KC Venugopal, runs away from electoral contest this time. Talk about opposition leaders' confidence !
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3 years
If Keynyan 'aid' hurt egos in India- on social media, at least- a reality check is in order: 20 African countries, mostly in Sub-Saharan landmass, are richer than India on a per capita GDP basis, writes @ShekharGupta in #NationalInterest via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
4 years
Finally, some positive news from JNU
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A JNU lab is working on a revamped BCG vaccine with Covid-19 protein to fight pandemic Jyoti Malhotra @jomalhotra reports #ThePrintExclusive
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4 years
What next? Treatment to be limited to AAP voters!
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4 years
The least @nsitharaman can do is to use her influence to get the VC sacked. He is the most incompetent VC JNU ever got. The campus has been boiling since his appointment. But what can she do? Read @ThePrintIndia #pretruth
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Horrifying images from JNU — the place I know & remember was one for fierce debates & opinions but never violence. I unequivocally condemn the events of today. This govt, regardless of what has been said the past few weeks, wants universities to be safe spaces for all students.
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4 years
In 1999, Bolsonaro called for the assassination of former Brazilian president Cardoso. In 2003, he told a legislator that he won’t rape her because she “doesn’t deserve it”. He is our Republic Day chief guest via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
5 years
Think it's the right time to re-plug my last column: BJP set for victories in Maharashtra & Haryana but something has changed for Modi voters via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
3 years
Capt. Amarinder Singh ends suspense over his next move: To launch party & ally ‘with BJP, others.’ Says no sacrilege by Singhu lynching victim. Also hints at likely resolution of the stalemate over farm laws #ThePrintExclusive via @ThePrintIndia
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2 years
For those who attacked Kiran Mazumdar Shaw for talking reason, this report could be an eye-opener. As communal tensions rise in Karnataka, IT firms ‘reach out’ to investment-seeking Tamil Nadu, reports @revathii95 via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
7 years
In promoting Rawat, three generals were superseded: Praveen Bakshi, Pervez Mohammed Hariz and BS Negi.
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DK Singh
3 years
No wonder some Congress leaders think overseas units of the party should be revamped and Rahul Gandhi be made International Congress President
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Rahul Gandhi is abroad on a 'short personal visit', will be away for a few days — Congress
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2 years
@cpimspeak So, our Comrades are also going to the US for health check-ups! Chalo, they're beginning to see something positive in 'imperialist' America. I've a hundred grievances against our ruling party leaders, but can't but appreciate the fact that they still trust our own institutions.
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DK Singh
4 years
Prasar Bharati gets 5 new board members including Jagran's Sanjay Gupta, Ashok Tandon & Shaina NC. They will guard--passionately and fiercely, I am sure-- the autonomy of India's public broadcaster 😛 via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
3 years
NCB makes an absconder its witness in Aryan Khan case, reports @manasi87 . Guess who was on a high?
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‘Witness’ in NCB raid, man seen escorting Aryan Khan is ‘absconder’ in Pune cheating probe Manasi Phadke @manasi87 reports for ThePrint
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DK Singh
5 years
Sam Pitroda owes everyone an apology for his nonsensical remarks about 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Congress president @RahulGandhi says in an interview to @ThePrintIndia @NPDay @ChitleenKSethi
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#ThePrintExclusive : Don’t appreciate this nonsense, says Rahul Gandhi of Sam Pitroda’s 1984 Sikh riots remark ThePrint's Associate Editor Neelam Pandey @NPDay and Sr. Associate Editor Chitleen Sethi @ChitleenKSethi bring you the story:
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DK Singh
4 years
Signs of change in Bihar post-APMC: A farmer with an annual turnover of Rs 80 lakh and an agri supply company's turnover at Rs 70 crore in 8 years. Politicians seem unaware as agri reforms have no claimant this poll season, I report via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
3 years
Modi govt has lost farm laws battle. It's the BJP's inability to accept the realities of Indian politics and appreciate the limitations of a parliamentary majority that has brought it here, writes @ShekharGupta in #NationalInterest via @ThePrintIndia
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5 years
If Pakistan wishes to retaliate, it has to also know that this isn’t a game of cricket with one innings for either side, writes @ShekharGupta via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
2 years
No prize guessing where I am
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DK Singh
4 years
AAP is not an anti-Muslim party, not yet. Soft Hindutva, hard nationalism, woolly economics and hard-core populism could be a better description for brand AAP, writes @_YogendraYadav via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
1 year
Thank you @derekobrienmp for highlighting how there has been a systematic, concerted attempt to restrict media access in Parliament.
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DK Singh
3 years
Indira Gandhi tried to take private markets away from farmers. Modi is bringing more markets to them. In each case, supremely powerful and popular leaders failed to see their limitations, writes @ShekharGupta in #NationalInterest via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
4 years
There is something of King Lear about Rahul Gandhi. Those he loves the most are the first to betray him, says Mani Shankar Aiyar.
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DK Singh
2 years
At the BJP national executive meeting venue
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DK Singh
4 years
Something for @ArvindKejriwal govt to take note of. Telangana HC says, "It is imperative that every dead body... necessarily has to be tested in order to eliminate the possibility that the dead body, even of an asymptomatic person, is not a carrier of coronavirus."
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Don’t hide behind financial constraints, test more, including dead bodies: HC to Telangana @MandhaniApoorva reports #ThePrintLaw
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DK Singh
3 years
. @_YogendraYadav writes @ThePrintIndia people like him and Prashant Bhushan failed to foresee the most dangerous personality traits of Arvind Kejriwal: His willingness to sacrifice everything at the altar of electoral success. via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
3 years
Trump may lose but Trumpism has arrived. A demagogue can turn a majority’s latent insecurities into a victim complex and build an impregnable base. See the minority complex of Hindus in India... writes @ShekharGupta in #NationalInterest via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
4 years
What a mess @DelhiPolice has created at ITO! Hundreds of people stuck in nooks and crannies because the police can't properly manage a @PMOIndia visit to Rajghat!
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DK Singh
4 years
Congress fossilised, status-quoist and undemocratic, party spokesman @JhaSanjay at his articulate best in an interview with my colleague @khanthefatima
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Congress fossilised, can’t beat BJP with such laid-back approach: Party spokesperson Sanjay Jha Fatima Khan @khanthefatima reports #ThePrintExclusive
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DK Singh
5 years
Give it to @nitin_gadkari His persuasive and accommodating speech was quite in contrast with the unnecessarily hostile speeches and interventions that other ministers make.
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Parliament clears Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill with Rajya Sabha voting 108 to 13 in favour. Heavier fines for drink driving to jail term for parents of minors causing accidents — read this June report by Moushumi Das Gupta @dgupta_moushumi to know more
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DK Singh
3 years
Have been driving from one roundabout to another for the last 15 minutes just to reach home. All barricaded. Some VIP is going somewhere. Thought , @PMOIndia had ended this VIP culture!
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DK Singh
3 years
Return from War Zone: How my colleague @NayanimaBasu negotiated with Taliban to make it out of Afghanistan via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
4 years
Now, JNU does not stand for any ideological orthodoxy, it stands as a symbol of democratic dissent. It is not Left vs Right anymore. It is simply right vs wrong now, writes @_YogendraYadav via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
3 years
Superb work, Jyoti.
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DK Singh
2 years
When Mamata Banerjee's sister-in-law saw a BJP flag on the road, she asked a TMC worker to pick it up and keep it on the side as cars would drive over it. “It doesn’t matter which party it belongs to, don’t let it just lie on the road this way,” she said, reports @SreyashiDey
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‘I assumed it was a joke’: Mamata’s sister-in-law didn’t know she was getting civic poll ticket @SreyashiDey reports #ThePrintPolitics
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1 year
From Udaipur to Raipur, Congress showed how desperately it's trying to become BJP- not in terms of electoral success but in keeping its leaders away from the media. The privileged leaders sitting on the dais didn't even come down to meet AICC and PCC delegates.
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DK Singh
5 years
Wonder how @BearGrylls could manage to produce such a boring show even with a charismatic personality like Prime Minister Modi. A Doordarshan team could have done a much better job.
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DK Singh
1 year
One reason why graft and impropriety charges against UPA stuck was because Sonia sacked people at the slightest provocation. Modi knows how foolish it was. So, wrestlers can only sob as Brij Bhushan Singh rides high, writes @virsanghvi via @theprintindia
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DK Singh
1 year
A BJP MP calling Rs 2k notes a source of black money and terror-financing is like questioning PM Modi's demonetisation and its goals! Another BJP MP talks about hoarding of Rs 2 k notes- by the opposition, of course! Whatever happened to demonetisation goals!
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Rs 2000 notes mean ‘black money’, phase them out gradually — BJP MP’s plea to Modi govt Moushumi Das Gupta @dgupta_moushumi reports for ThePrint
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DK Singh
4 years
The prime minister, chief minister and district magistrate are the three engines of India’s governance, but their handling of the coronavirus pandemic is going awry, writes @ShekharGupta in #NationalInterest via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
1 year
Ek yehi label bachaa thaa!
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DK Singh
2 years
“I am a well-wisher and admirer of the Prime Minister. But if I see an electricity wire or a snake near his feet, should I not caution him?" says Meghalaya governor Satya Pal Malik via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
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@ManishTewari Tweet of the Day
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@narendramodi says in Meerut - hamari SENA Ne Pakistan Ki Dharti Par Itna Bada operation Kiya-Isn't POK integral part of India?Has stance1/2
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DK Singh
3 years
. @ShekharGupta in #NationalInterest : What Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote in 1974 fits in perfectly with Rahul Gandhi-Cong today: “Aag lagi hum ri jhopadiya mein, hum gawain malhar/dekh bhai kitne tamashe ki, zindagani hamaar." via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
2 years
Mamata biopic in several languages to create a 'larger-than-life' image, changing Trinamool Congress' name, revising its constitution and much more as Didi prepares for 'Delhi chalo', reports @SreyashiDey via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
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Modi may be too smart to fall for his own propaganda but the official narrative of positive transformative change has become increasingly untenable. For its own sake, the government should course correct, writes TN Ninan via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
3 years
Congrats @jyotiyadaav and @khanthefatima on winning Laadli Media and Advertising Award for Gender sensitivity! Way to go
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DK Singh
3 years
Youth Congress members protesting at Kapil Sibal's house for asking who drafted the party's suicide note in Punjab! How pathetic!
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India needs not just a vipaksha, but a pratipaksha. Vipaksha is limited to offering opposition and criticism; pratipaksha offers constructive criticism and feasible alternatives, writes @_YogendraYadav . Couldn't agree more via @ThePrintIndia
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2 years
Didi & PK have no illusion the Gandhis can revive Congress. That’s why they are offering it the option of seeing itself as a start-up with 13 cr votes as initial capital, and a new management — theirs, of course- writes @ShekharGupta via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
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How Modi deals with farmers-- as Thatcher who locked horns with those opposing reforms or as Dr Singh who gave in to Anna- will determine India's politics going ahead. Wish he chose Thatcher, writes @ShekharGupta in #NationalIntetest via @ThePrintIndia
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‘Better to die at home’ — Why Covid patients have lost faith in two of Patna’s govt hospitals, reports @jyotiyadaav via @ThePrintIndia
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‘Shocking, deplorable’ — Murli Manohar Joshi calls for JNU V-C’s removal over fee hike row via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
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General who led surgical strikes will now head Congress task force on national security, reports @sneheshphilip and @NPDay via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
4 years
Both Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi are harming their parties that suffer from the same weaknesses — over centralisation, and an unhealthy obsession with one dominant face, writes @RuhiTewari via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
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My house was 30 metres away but I must take 5 km detour! Police state is something I read in books! Are we supposed to be humbled/terrified @DelhiPoliceCom1 @AmitShah ?
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3 years
Prakash Javadekar is "useless" and Smriti Irani is a "great friend" while NSA and PMO are hooked to Republic, Arnab Goswami's WhatsApp chats with ex-BARC chief executive also reveal why Amit Shah in the govt was 'great news' for them via @ThePrintIndia
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Himachal CM Sukhu blames 'Bihari architects' (masons) for the collapsing houses in Shimla. Congress has obviously given up on Bihar completely.
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DK Singh
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We hardly remember who opposed Roosevelt and Thatcher because it became nearly impossible to fight against their popularity. I suspect that the Modi phenomenon is turning out to be something like that, a brilliant take from @virsanghvi via @theprintindia
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DK Singh
4 years
How do you explain the PM and his government coining one slogan after another to beat the triple crises, ostensibly? Never mind the joke, the secret may lie in Brezhnev's vodka. Read on this week's #NationalInterest by @ShekharGupta via @ThePrintIndia
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Vajpayee-Advani's NDA is over, used and discarded. Narendra Modi and Amit Shah’s BJP has finished the NDA and written new rules and equations in national politics, writes @ShekharGupta in #NationalInterest via @ThePrintIndia
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Infighting in Priyanka's UP team and how Sandeep Singh is trying to patronise Priyanka, read in ThePrint's #pretruth via @ThePrintIndia
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Is Modi losing his touch? Why has he turned a blind eye to the plight of migrants and directed all his messaging only at the middle classes and elites? @ShekharGupta flags vital questions in #NationalInterest , which may have a great bearing on Indian politics in times to come
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Vande Bharat vs Bharat ke bande: Can Narendra Modi be losing his political touch so soon? @ShekharGupta writes in this week's edition of ThePrint's #NationalInterest
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Time for the railways to clear the air. Punjab IAS officer says Railways not paying 85% of migrants fare, state footing entire bill, reports @ChitleenKSethi via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
2 years
Arvind Kejriwal must also appreciate Team Rahul's efforts to keep Prashant Kishor out.
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Following a presentation & discussions with Sh. Prashant Kishor, Congress President has constituted a Empowered Action Group 2024 & invited him to join the party as part of the group with defined responsibility. He declined. We appreciate his efforts & suggestion given to party.
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Reminds me of my crime reporting days: "The deceased was riding the pillion." A colleague had then consoled me: "Don't worry. I was once covering a sati incident in Rajasthan and my boss asked me angrily how come I didn't get her husband's reaction."
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When I say I nearly passed out from laughing...
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1-2-3 count in the BJP isn't as easy as before: Modi, Shah, Bhagwat. Now you'll need to fit Yogi somewhere. He hasn't done much good for UP but what he does today, others in the BJP do tomorrow, writes @ShekharGupta in #NationalInterest via @ThePrintIndia
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DK Singh
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Sharjeel ‘radicalised’ by books, including one by political scientist Paul R Brass and a thesis on communal riots during Partition, Delhi Police chargesheet says, reports @BhadraSinha via @ThePrintIndia
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