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TopicBharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)

Topic: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)

Why so angry? BRS critics lash into ‘haughtiness’ of ministers in poll-bound Telangana

Opposition terms series of public outbursts of anger by BRS leaders display of ‘ego, power, arrogance & frustration’. KCR's party says home minister's actions were 'unintentional'.

‘KCR wanted to join NDA, I said no’ — Modi says snubbed Telangana CM for his ‘deeds’

At BJP rally in poll-bound Telangana Tuesday, Modi asks voters to give party one chance in the state. Also says his ‘snub’ was the reason KCR ‘stopped greeting’ him.

Kharge on same page as BJP on Telangana’s ‘Liberation Day’ row? ‘Hyderabad got azaadi on 17 Sept 1948’

While BJP wants 17 Sept, 1948 — which saw erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad become part of India — be observed as 'Liberation Day', ruling BRS prefers to call it 'Integration Day'.

Buoyed by Karnataka win, Congress guns for Telangana with mega rally, CWC meet, 5 poll guarantees

Congress, once the principal challenger to ruling BRS, seemed to be ceding opposition space to BJP. Now, it has renewed its efforts to regain lost ground in Telangana.

At parliamentary panel meeting, Congress & DMK oppose UCC, BRS & Uddhav Sena non-committal

The panel was hearing the views of the Department of Legal Affairs, Legislative Department and the Law Commission of India on UCC. BJP suggests exempting Northeast from the code.

Rahul targets KCR at Khammam rally, cites daughter Kavitha’s ‘involvement’ in Delhi liquor scam case

Speaking at a rally in poll-bound Telangana, Rahul Gandhi said Congress had told opposition parties that it will not share stage with KCR's Bharat Rashtra Samithi party in last month's Patna meet.

‘Shift’ in Telangana politics? Karnataka win, BRS defections give Congress momentum in poll-bound state

Exodus of 35 leaders from ruling BRS, coupled with 'voter fatigue' & possibility of merger with YS Sharmila's party indicate Congress set to face polls later this year as principal oppn.

‘BRS, BJP are one’ — Telangana Congress says KCR’s party won’t be part of 2024 Opposition alliance

Announcement comes after Kharge, Rahul & Venugopal held discussions with party's Telangana unit. Chief Minister KCR's Bharat Rashtra Samithi had skipped Patna Oppn meeting.

Why BRS’s Maharashtra push is giving Congress & NCP nasty flashbacks to 2014, 2019

In 2014, AIMIM is said to have dented Congress’s vote bank in a few seats in Maharashtra, while in 2019, Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi is believed to have hurt Congress-NCP’s chances in some seats.

Why KCR is going all out to woo Telangana’s 3% Brahmin vote ahead of polls

BRS denies this is an exercise in appeasement politics, saying a survey had identified 90% of Brahmins as BPL. BJP dismisses outreach as poll gimmick.

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Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.