TopicAnanth Kumar

Topic: Ananth Kumar

Change of guard, no family card: BJP’s larger message in ticket distribution

Ruhi Tewari - March 26, 2019

BJP's ninth list is symbolic of its efforts to ease out the older guard beyond the obvious names and dismiss the 'family factor'.

Power gets concentrated in fewer hands after Modi govt loses one more minister

Neelam Pandey - November 14, 2018

Ananth Kumar’s portfolios given to Sadananda Gowda and Narendra Tomar, triggering criticism that power remains concentrated in a few hands in Modi govt.

Narendra Singh Tomar and Sadananda Gowda assigned charge of additional ministries

PTI - November 13, 2018

Tomar has got Parliamentary Affairs Ministry and Gowda ministry of chemicals and fertilisers, both posts which were left vacant after Ananth Kumar's demise.

Ananth Kumar’s demise a big setback for BJP’s Karnataka 2019 plans

Rohini Swamy - November 12, 2018

Although not a leader with mass appeal, Ananth Kumar had a reputation of being a sound strategist with expertise in organisational affairs.

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Rajgopal Singh - November 12, 2018

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Ananth Kumar, a skillful administrator and a political heavyweight

Rohini Swamy - November 12, 2018

Union minister Ananth Kumar, who passed away Monday, was an old political warhorse who never lost his Bengaluru (South) Lok Sabha constituency.

Union minister Ananth Kumar back in India after treatment, still needs to rest

Pragya Kaushika - October 24, 2018

Union minister Ananth Kumar's office in Bengaluru has denied reports that he is suffering from cancer.

The cancer that ails 2 of India’s top politicians & a talent-averse Modi govt

ThePrint Team - September 22, 2018

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As Ananth Kumar passes away, a look at politicians who have beaten or succumbed to cancer

Rahiba R. Parveen - September 22, 2018

Union minister Ananth Kumar died Monday of cancer, a disease that also afflicts his former ministerial colleague Manohar Parrikar.

Union minister Ananth Kumar undergoes surgery in US, may return next weekend

Pragya Kaushika - September 18, 2018

Minister’s office terms as 'rumours' reports that he has pancreatic cancer. BJP and government silent on nature of illness.

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On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.