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TopicK.C. Venugopal

Topic: K.C. Venugopal

Ghazals meet politics at Chowmahalla Palace & why SP has roped in two political consultancies

The famed Chowmahalla Palace built during the 18th century Nizam era has always been an exquisite setting for Sufi ghazal concerts. Lately, it has...

Air India rejects Venugopal’s ‘plane on runway’ claim after flight diversion, MP cites captain announcement

Airline counters KC Venugopal, who was onboard, on his claim that flight made go-around due to another aircraft on Chennai runway. BJP says if false, allegation should invite no-fly list.

Congress alleges Centre & CPIM ‘compromise’ as RA Chandrasekhar takes charge as Kerala DGP 

Congress raked up 1994 Koothuparamba police firing case in which 5 DYFI activists were killed. Chandrasekhar was appointed as ASP in Kannur district just two days before incident.

Karnataka caste survey: What’s behind Congress high command’s call for a recount

The caste survey report was submitted to the state government last year, but it has not been made public, even though some portions have purportedly come out through leaks.

Kerala local polls ‘1st step to dethroning Pinarayi’, Congress steps up voter connect with door-to-doors

Though Congress-led UDF won 18 of 20 seats in Lok Sabha elections last year, the party in Kerala is mired in infighting and a lack of organisation at grassroots level.

Congress’s KC Venugopal wins by 63,000-plus votes in Kerala’s Alappuzha

LDF was angry with Congress fielding him since Alappuzha is lone Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala which it won in 2019. Currently, Venugopal is Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan.

‘How many women are there in RSS?’ Venugopal hits out at BJP, Yogi Adityanath in Rajya Sabha debate

K.C. Venugopal calls women's reservation bill Congress's 'child', reiterating what many senior party leaders have said. TMC MP Mausam Noor says, 'It is our bill.'

Congress to begin door-to-door Haath se Haath Jodo campaign on 26 Jan, launches ‘political’ logo

With the new campaign, which it says is different from 'apolitical' Bharat Jodo, Congress aims to reach every Indian household in 2 months. Its direct target — 'failures of Modi govt'.

Amid power tussle, Congress likely to maintain status quo in Rajasthan until Bharat Jodo Yatra

With Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra to enter Rajasthan on 5 December, sources said the general mood of the party leadership is not to rock the boat in the state just yet.

MBAs, ex-SPG personnel, ex-Leftists, bankers — Meet Rahul Gandhi’s Congress ‘coterie’

Congress' 'coterie of inexperienced sycophants', that former party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad mentioned in his exit letter, includes professionals from largely non-political backgrounds.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.