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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicAnanth Kumar

Topic: Ananth Kumar

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

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

‘Shah’ in Amit Shah is of Persian origin, says Irfan Habib

Rajgopal Singh -
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Ananth Kumar, a skillful administrator and a political heavyweight

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

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

The solution to deteriorating India-US relations—go nuclear

David Santoro -
New Delhi should now speed up its legal reforms to facilitate the participation of foreign companies in its nuclear development efforts.

Stray dogs have the right to live. SC order can trigger a wave of animal cruelty

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Economy

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

Sampurna Panigrahi -
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Defence

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

Javaria Rana -
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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