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Topic: KC Venugopal

Priyanka leads, Tharoor weighs in strongly as Oppn hits out at Centre over ‘retrograde’ G RAM G Bill

Oppn benches in Lok Sabha erupted in protest as Rural Development Minister Shivraj Chouhan sought to introduce the new Bill, which seeks to replace MGNREGA.

Congress-led UDF edges ahead in Kerala civic polls, BJP set to clinch Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala local body polls being seen as a precursor to assembly election next year, see ruling Left suffer major setbacks with BJP making breakthrough in state capital.

BJP defends Sanchar Saathi—‘Govt doesn’t want to snoop on you, app cannot read your messages’

Row has erupted over Centre’s directive to manufacturers & importers to pre-install the app on every smartphone sold in India within 90 days. Oppn calls it ‘Big Boss moment’.

5 MPs write to LS Speaker seeking privilege motion against Air India over flight diversion row

Group also writes to civil aviation minister seeking a time-bound investigation, covering both technical & procedural aspects, & to ensure that the findings are made public in full.

Shashi Tharoor & Mahua Moitra lead Oppn’s charge against BJP govt’s Finance Bill 2025. What they said

Countering their criticism, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey accused the Opposition of focusing solely on flaws while ignoring broader economic progress.

‘Mercenary spyware’ targets KC Venugopal’s iPhone amid Pegasus attack allegations by others

Congress's Venugopal, who is a close aide of LoP Rahul Gandhi, made the allegation based on an alert from Apple. He previously received such an alert on 30 October, 2023.

‘PM is panicking after phase 1,’ says Congress’s Alappuzha candidate KC Venugopal

Venugopal thanked PM Modi for 'bringing the Congress manifesto into the public domain'. In Kerala, UDF will sweep all 20 seats, he said.

Congress to rope in ‘like-minded’ civil society groups in 100 LS seats, get them to train party workers

Bharat Jodo Abhiyan, an umbrella body of civil society groups, which counts political activist Yogendra Yadav as its convenor, will be nodal platform in this mission.

‘We didn’t politicise it,’ says KC Venugopal on Parliament security breach

Addressing media in Delhi Saturday, Congress leader said Delhi Police, which reports to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, ‘called the security breach terror attack.’

On Camera

A 2-hour op, precise extradition—what Maduro’s capture tells us about modern US military

Despite multiple agencies being involved, the US could maintain a clear chain of command. This is something India should consider too, as it defines the theatre command structures.

Trump threatens India with fresh tariffs on Russian oil, calls PM Modi a ‘good guy’

The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.

S-300, Su-30 jets, T-72 tanks: Inventory of Venezuela’s largely Russian-origin arsenal

Venezuela also boasts of a diverse portfolio of unmanned aerial vehicles capable of carrying out surveillance, reconnaissance and being employed for kinetic purposes as well.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.