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From firm footing, KCR faces tough battle in Telangana

Rohini Swamy -
The CM dissolved the assembly early, hoping early elections would work in his favour, but a Congress-led alliance has slowly made up ground.
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Under attack from Trump & pressure from China, Pakistani army seeks peace with India

Chris Kay -
Fractious ties with US, slowing economy, pressure from Beijing is prompting Pakistan’s overtures to India. But New Delhi isn’t convinced of the sincerity.
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RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha stops short of announcing split with BJP

PTI -
The BJP and the JD(U) offered the RLSP just two seats of the total 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar
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Ram Jethmalani withdraws case against BJP after Amit Shah ‘regrets’ his expulsion

Ritika Jain -
Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani had filed the defamation suit against the BJP after being expelled by then-party chief Nitin Gadkari in May 2013.
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Ayodhya’s moved on from Babri demolition but ‘outsiders’ keep taking it back

Aditi Vatsa -
Local residents say the current generation has little memory of the events of 1992 but are reminded of it by outfits such as the VHP and RSS.
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Development with shrill Hindutva & Congress bashing marked BJP’s state poll campaigns

Ruhi Tewari -
While BJP CMs talked about vikas and pro-poor schemes, big guns such as Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath pandered to their hardcore Hindutva voter base.
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Telangana set for assembly polls as parties end high-voltage campaigning

PTI -
More than 1.50 lakh polling officials will ensure the election to the 119-member House is a smooth affair.
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BJP considering Madhuri Dixit as a candidate from Pune Lok Sabha constituency in 2019

PTI -
BJP chief Amit Shah had met Madhuri Dixit in June and briefed her on the achievements of the government.
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BR Ambedkar, the Congress critic who saw Gandhi and Patel as opposed to Dalits

Maneesh Chhibber -
B.R. Ambedkar didn't approve of Mahatma Gandhi's patronising attitude towards the Dalits or Sardar Patel's opposition to the idea of reservation.
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Eye on 2019, Rahul Gandhi urges students to join Congress’ ‘Behtar Bharat’ campaign

Neelam Pandey -
The campaign, which was launched on 19 November by Congress’ student wing NSUI, is aimed at putting student issues on the national agenda. 
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Opinion

University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

Suresh Prabhu -
India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

Modi’s Nari Shakti pitch is fake. Men hold real power in BJP

BJP wants to be the party of Nari Shakti. Here’s a list to make that happen

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Economy

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Udit Bubna -
Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Defence

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Jaydeep Gadhavi -
Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

National Interest

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

Shekhar Gupta -
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.

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