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Sunday, August 2, 2026
TopicI-PAC

Topic: I-PAC

I-PAC to boutique firms: The rise, reach & reinvention of India’s political consultancy market

Political consultancy is back in focus after TMC, whose WB campaign was handled by I-PAC, suffered huge defeat. Here’s a look at how poll strategists built 'Rs 1,500 cr' industry.

I-PAC emails staff saying West Bengal ops ‘paused’, days ahead of polls. TMC says ‘all is well’

Though Trinamool did not officially confirm shutdown of the agency, it reiterated, in a press conference Monday, that all I-PAC employees will be taken care of.

ED case against I-PAC co-founder Chandel: ‘Only 50% of fee by cheque, unaccounted cash for poll spending’

The PMLA case stems from fresh FIR filed by Delhi Police’s EOW, alleging the directors of I-PAC hatched conspiracy, falsified accounts & handled unaccounted funds.

‘Didn’t inform local stations before, tried to intimidate’—WB Police counters ED’s charges on I-PAC raids

Senior West Bengal Police officers filed affidavits before the Supreme Court in response to ED’s writ petition, which alleged obstruction during the raid on I-PAC office in Kolkata last month.

Under lens in I-PAC case, businessman moves SC to stop ED from accessing data on his seized phone

Jitendra Kumar Mehta challenges ED’s move to seize and examine his mobile phone in the I-PAC case. SC issues notice to ED but refuses interim relief to petitioner.

ED vs Mamata: SC says dispute ‘serious’, seeks Bengal CM’s response on ‘interference’ in I-PAC raid

ED plea has urged SC to order CBI probe into ‘intrusion’ by Bengal government & its head in its money laundering probe against I-PAC, which provides political consultancy services to TMC.

Mamata committed ‘robbery’ during I-PAC raids, TMC hell bent on stalling court hearings—ED tells SC

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee entered I-PAC director’s premises despite request not to interfere, ED submits in writ petition; says TMC workers were ‘hell bent’ on stalling HC proceedings.

ED case against Mamata’s strategist I-PAC—‘Rs 20 cr coal scam proceeds, Bengal to Goa via hawala’

West Bengal ‘coal scam’ funds channelled to I-PAC via hawala, Enforcement Directorate submits in Calcutta High Court.

‘Gandhi problem’: Why Prashant Kishor’s talks with Congress to revive the party crashed

Kishor wanted Priyanka Gandhi as Congress president, Rahul Gandhi as Parliamentary party leader & Sonia Gandhi as UPA chairperson, say members of committee that studied his recommendations.

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Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

In Delhi, an emotional farewell to former Army chief Gen VN Sharma with full state honours

The three service chiefs paid tributes, along with several former Army chiefs. Friends & fellow soldiers remember him as a 'natural charmer'.

India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.