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Nehru Trophy Boat Race to be held on Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha today

Nehru Trophy Boat Race (NTBR) returns to Alappuzha on Saturday with 72 boats, 19 of them being chundan vallams (snakeboats). Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to inaugurate the event at 2 p.m. with 2,000 police and traffic personnel on duty. Heats to decide top four boats for the final and modern…

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Alappuzha all set for Nehru Trophy Boat Race

Nehru Trophy Boat Race (NTBR) to be held on Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha on Sat. 72 boats incl. 19 chundan vallams to compete in 9 categories. Inaugural function at 2 pm, snakeboat race after. Modern starting & photo-finish sys. used. Security beefed up, 2,000 police & traffic personnel deployed, 100m…

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Karnataka govt decides to remove chapters on RSS founder and Savarkar in school textbooks

BENGALURU: The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday approved the revision of Kannada and Social Science textbooks of classes 6 to 10 in the state for this academic year by removing the chapters on RSS founder K B Hedgewar and Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar among others.

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Review of Abhishek Choudhary’s Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right 1924-1977; The right man in the right party

Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right 1924-1977

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India’s China strategy needs to be debated

The period since Galwan is not the same as 1949-62, but the same pattern of appeasement and self-denial seems to be emerging

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The very concept of ‘double engine’ government is against spirit of Constitution and is a threat: Sudhindra Kulkarni

They are actually saying that if there is a State not run by the BJP, then it will not have the same kind of treatment as that of the BJP regime. This is blackmail politics, says Sudhindra Kulkarni, a political activist who once worked closely with former Prime Minister A.…

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History lessons

Literary writers and their concerns fall out of fashion, but should history be viewed in the same way?

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"Our family nurtured democracy of this country with their blood": Priyanka Gandhi lashes out at BJP

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday trained her guns on the ruling BJP and vowed to keep fighting for the people at the party's Sankalap Satyagraha to protest against the move to disqualify her brother and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Solving people’s pain greater aspiration than any personal reward: Varun Gandhi

Feroze Varun Gandhi is the third-time Lok Sabha MP from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh. He is not only a politician but also a poet and author of four books, including his latest release "The Indian Metropolis" today. He holds a BSc (Hons) Economics from the prestigious London School of Economics…

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Why it’s silly to forcefit ‘love-vs-hate’ narrative on Pathaan

This piece contains spoilers.

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A long march through India: Rahul Gandhi's bid to revive Congress Party

As India celebrates Republic Day, 52-year-old Rahul Gandhi, heir to the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, is due to complete a march of more than 3,500 kilometres across India next week. His aim is to put the opposition Congress Party back on the political map after a string of scandals and political defeats.…

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Kharge as Congress president won’t impact Karnataka election: BJYM chief Tejasvi Surya

Karnataka is the only southern state where the BJP is in office. Assembly election will likely be held in the state in May 2023. Power equations had changed dramatically since the 2018 assembly election. The president of the BJP’s youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Tejasvi Surya, who is…

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A 'brilliant event manager': Congress quotes Advani to take dig at PM Modi over G20 presidency; BJP hits back

NEW DELHI: Just a day after India assumed the presidency of the coveted G20, the Congress quoted senior BJP leader LK Advani and attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling him a “brilliant event manager”. The BJP reacted by calling Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as “The Prince”, its leader Jairam Ramesh…

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5 ways in which Kharge vs Tharoor mirrors Sonia Gandhi vs Jitendra Prasada election for Congress president’s post

NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Wednesday finally elected its first non-Nehru-Gandhi president in 24 years when former leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge trounced Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor in the election which was held on October 17.

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India’s Congress Elects First Non-Gandhi Chief in 24 Years

India's opposition Congress party declared veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge its new chief on Wednesday, the first person from outside the influential Nehru-Gandhi family to hold the beleaguered party's presidency in 24 years. Kharge, 80, was elected by members to replace Sonia Gandhi as president of the once-mighty party that helped…

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India's Congress elects first non-Gandhi chief in 24 years

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Veteran of India's opposition Congress expected to win leadership race

Members of India's opposition Congress party voted on Monday to elect its first head in nearly 25 years from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty of leaders, with a veteran loyal to the family expected to win.

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No family man: On the Gandhis and the Congress president election

The Congress is on the right track, but the Gandhis must not play favourites in the contest

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Congress president polls | Open to public debate, will evoke people's interest in party, says Shashi Tharoor

Tharoor said the Nehru-Gandhi family has held and will always hold a special place in the hearts of Congress party members.

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Political Line | The paradox of the Gandhi family fiat

Here is the latest edition of the Political Line newsletter curated by Varghese K. George

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4 reasons why Mallikarjun Kharge may pip Shashi Tharoor at Congress president’s post

NEW DELHI: After a long-lasting drama and several twists and turns, the battlelines for the election to the Congress president’s post have finally been drawn. Leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge seems to have a clear advantage over Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor in the election to…

Reuters

Gandhi loyalist, ex-UN diplomat in race to lead India's opposition Congress party

An ex-United Nations diplomat and a veteran politician emerged on Friday as contenders to lead India's main opposition Congress party as it prepares to elect a new president from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty for the first time in nearly 25 years.

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Congress president election: Is Rajasthan going the Punjab way?

NEW DELHI: Instability has come back to haunt the Congress in Rajasthan after two years. The Congress leadership’s move to replace Amarinder Singh with Charanjit Singh Channi in September last year as the Punjab CM a few months before the state poll had cost it dear. Its similar bid to…

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India's Congress party likely to get first non-Gandhi chief in 25 years

India's main opposition Congress party is likely to elect a new party president from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty for the first time in nearly 25 years, as it looks for a reset ahead of the next election to compete with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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5 reasons why Ashok Gehlot has edge over Shashi Tharoor in Congress president's election

NEW DELHI: Congress's Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor met party president Sonia Gandhi on September 19 and got the latter’s approval to contest the organisation's presidential election. With this development, it appears that the presidential poll would be contested between Tharoor and Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, provided no one…

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