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TopicAnant Kumar Hegde

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BJP MP accuses Twitter of ‘digital colonisation’, asks Modi to launch Indian rival

BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde wrote to PM Modi after Twitter allegedly suspended his account over tweets regarding the Tablighi Jamaat.

Karnataka BJP backs Anantkumar Hegde, says his remarks on Gandhi ‘thought-provoking’

While BJP high command expresses displeasure at Hegde, state unit says MP represents a section of people who have a lot of questions on the freedom struggle.

Why BJP won’t discipline Anantkumar Hegde even though he’s a ‘rabble-rouser & hate-monger’

Anantkumar Hegde has claimed that BJP’s shock bid for power in Maharashtra was a planned operation to save central funds from Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress.

BJP leaders’ praise for Nathuram Godse rattles party, Amit Shah steps in to control damage

Senior leadership believes remarks could hurt BJP prospects in last phase of polling, initiates disciplinary action against 3 leaders, including Pragya Thakur.

EC considers action against BJP’s Anant Hegde for ‘hybrid’ remarks against Rahul Gandhi

Election Commission seeks video recording of rally in Karnataka, where Hegde made the remarks, to ascertain if he violated the model code of conduct.

Be calm, our Constitution has already been amended 101 times

The need for an overhaul of the Constitution has also been evidenced by the setting up of the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC) in 2000. Our Constitution has already been amended 101 times.

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.