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TopicDelhi CM Rekha Gupta

Topic: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta

Rekha Gupta is the ninth chief minister of Delhi, and the fourth woman to hold this position. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party and represents Shalimar Bagh as an MLA in the legislative assembly.

Gupta has previously served as councilor from North Pitampura and President of the Delhi University Students’ Union.

BJP CMs are drawing the wrong lessons from election victories

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What’s wrong with the BJP’s chief ministers? The lackadaisical governance of many stems from their reading of election victories as a result of three Ms: Modi, majoritarianism, money.

Kapil Mishra calls Delhi Shabdotsav a ‘surgical strike against ideological terrorism’

Almina Khatoon -
Ayodhya replica, 40 book launches & 100 speakers—Delhi Shabdotsav was a grand affair.

ThePrint photos of the week: The ‘GOAT’ in India & ‘G RAM G’ in Parliament

ThePrint Team -
In PhotosOfTheWeek, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists, video journalists and reporters this past week.

Argentina poll and Mamdani’s rise show the new-age electorate’s fixation on politics of noise

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

This Diwali is the first pollution test for Delhi CM Rekha Gupta

Akanksha Mishra -
SC allowing green crackers—Delhi govt supported this—puts new BJP dispensation's pollution control promises to test as the city braces for toxic air days of Diwali.

ThePrint photos of the week: Floods in Punjab & the swollen Yamuna

ThePrint Team -
In PhotosOfTheWeek we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists, video journalists and reporters this past week.

ThePrint photos of the week: Farmers’ protest, Modi-Rabuka meet & anti-Trump protest in Sadar Bazar

ThePrint Team -
In PhotosOfTheWeek we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists, video journalists and reporters this past week.

Centre withdraws Delhi CM’s CRPF security, Delhi Police to retain charge

Mayank Kumar -
CRPF had been handed over Rekha Gupta’s security last week, hours after she was attacked at her residence by a man from Rajkot, who is in Delhi Police’s custody.

‘Dog lover’ from Gujarat held for ‘attacking’ Delhi CM Rekha Gupta; attempt to murder invoked

Mayank Kumar -
Both ruling and opposition leaders condemn the attack on the CM that took place at the weekly Jan Sunwai event at her official residence.

Why Delhi minister Kapil Mishra’s Rakhi post has been flooded with wishes from women animal rescuers

Almina Khatoon -
Most of these comments echoed the same message originally posted by Alka Singh Bhargava, a retired IRS officer and former Chief Commissioner of Income Tax. 
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Telangana spoke up for Muslim vendor who was attacked. South is different from the North

Yunus Lasania -
A poor Muslim man from Kurnool, selling khoya buns during the Medaram Jatara in Telangana, was harassed by some YouTubers and surrounded by a mob over allegations of 'food jihad'.

Tarique Rahman’s govt is on a mission of de-Yunusification. It will fix India-Bangladesh ties

How China sees Delhi AI Summit—India’s attempt at visibility, not a breakthrough

Economy

Venezuela crude returns to India’s oil basket. But only as ‘supplementary’ supply

Udit Bubna -
Indian refiners are testing Venezuelan barrels again as Russian supply sinks, but analysts say volumes will remain limited due to refinery constraints & supply capacity.

Defence

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

Snehesh Alex Philip -
At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

National Interest

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

Shekhar Gupta -
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.

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