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Amit Shah praises Uttar Pradesh’s transformation from producing country-made pistols to manufacturing cannon balls

Amit Shah praises Uttar Pradesh's shift from pistols to cannon balls, criticizes Congress leader's atom bomb remark.

The Hindu

The pitch for subaltern secularism

The principal national parties are framing the general election in 2024 as a choice between subaltern Hindutva versus subaltern secularism

The Hindu

Amit Shah targets Gandhi family in Congress bastion Rae Bareli, Priyanka hits back

Amit Shah accuses Sonia Gandhi of spending MP funds on minorities, criticizes Gandhi family's lack of development work.

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Contest elections from Pakistan if you are so fond of it: M.P. CM tells Congress

Madhya Pradesh CM criticizes Congress for praising Pakistan, praises PM Modi's leadership ahead of Lok Sabha polls.

The Hindu

‘PoK belongs to India’: Amit Shah slams Mani Shankar Aiyar over ‘Pakistan has atom bomb’ comment

Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar over his comments on Pakistan asserting that Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) is part of India and nobody can snatch it.

The Hindu

Why are we discussing Pakistan when polls are in India: Priyanka Gandhi slams BJP amid Aiyar row

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra questions BJP's focus on Pakistan over real issues during Indian elections.

The Hindu

Congress distances itself from comment made by Mani Shankar Aiyar on Pakistan

Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar clarifies old comments on Pakistan, BJP campaign, sparking controversy ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

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Inside Aiyar-RWA dispute: Diary on reporters, web series dismay, cheer on WhatsApp

Kapil Kakkar, president of the Jangpura Extension Welfare Association and a psychologist by profession, is a busy man these days. It’s not patients but reporters who are now queuing up outside his clinic. And Kakkar is jotting down the details about the journalists in a diary, categorising them as “pro-”…

Newslaundry

Morning Digest | Champai Soren to take oath as Jharkhand CM today; Nirmala Sitharaman announces panel to examine challenges of ‘fast population growth’ to development, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on February 2

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Congress, not Rajiv Gandhi, responsible for unlocking of Babri Masjid gates, Arun Nehru behind it: Aiyar

Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar claims Congress, not Rajiv Gandhi, responsible for unlocking Babri Masjid gates.

The Hindu

KPCC cracks the whip on indiscipline by referring Aryadan Shoukath to disciplinary committee

Congress cracks whip on KPCC gen. sec. for 'rebel activity'. KPCC orders him to stay away from party functions. CPI(M) sees political advantage in Congress' quandary. IUML's rejection of CPI(M)'s invitation to rally in Kozhikode saves Congress face.

The Hindu

Mani Shankar Aiyar defies State Congress request to not take part in Keraleeyam seminar

Mani Shankar Aiyar defies Kerala Congress leadership's request & speaks at Keraleeyam event. He pays tribute to Rajiv Gandhi for 73rd Constitutional Amendment to introduce Panchayati Raj. He lauds Kerala's record in implementing panchayati raj & praises its poverty alleviation. He calls for addressing stagnation in fiscal decentralisation & administrative…

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Read Gandhi, Nehru, Vivekananda to rediscover India, says Aiyar

Rediscover India by rereading works of Gandhi, Nehru, Vivekananda: Aiyar. Modi's view of 1,200 yrs of slavery under Muslim & British rule wrong; India flourished during Muslim rule. Gandhi & Nehru said India's culture composite in nature; Hindi invented by Muslim Amir Khusro combining Brijbhasha, Turkish, Arabic & Persian.

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Opposition leaders meet Palestinian Ambassador to express solidarity, call for urgent ceasefire

The delegation included CPI general secretary D. Raja, CPI(ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, JD(U) leader K.C. Tyagi, Samajwadi Party leader Javed Ali Khan, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Nilotpal Basu, and Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar.

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Between ‘snake’ and ‘maiden’ jibes: Karnataka poll campaign takes the usual ‘poisonous’ turn

As if determined to not disappoint the cynics, the figure of speech is having a wild run in the ongoing Karnataka Assembly poll campaign. The controversies have taken a serpentine turn; the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has been accused of calling PM Narendra Modi “a poisonous snake” (a comparison that,…

The Times of India

Gujarat poll: PM Modi turns election into a personal battle, once again

NEW DELHI: As campaigning for the Gujarat assembly election peaks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought to turn it into a personal battle. The development is akin to similar instances in the past when he hit out at the Congress for making personal and unsavoury comments against him and turned…

The Independent UK

What the Queen meant to India and Pakistan: ‘A symbol of continuity in a churning ocean of change’

Ascending the throne just after the birth of independent India and Pakistan, the Queen will be remembered for ‘gracefully’ observing south Asia’s post-colonial transitions

The Independent UK

What the Queen meant to India and Pakistan: ‘A symbol of continuity in a churning ocean of change’

Ascending the throne just after the birth of independent India and Pakistan, the Queen will be remembered for ‘gracefully’ observing South Asia’s post-colonial transitions

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Congress government should have acted faster in implementing State’s Panchayat Raj Act: Aiyar

The new Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act was formulated based on the recommendations of the committee headed by Congress MLA K R Ramesh Kumar during the Siddaramaiah government

Newslaundry

Chowdhury’s ‘rashtrapatni’ remark: Why politicians should be careful with wordplay

On April 21, 1997, in his reply to a motion of confidence debate in the Lok Sabha, prime minister HD Deve Gowda expressed anguish over being called “nikamma” by then Congress president Sitaram Kesari.

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