Reddy began his political career with TRS in 2001-02 before joining TDP in 2008. He switched to Congress 9 yrs later. Though branded an 'outsider' earlier, he enjoys support of Gandhi family.
Congress won 64 seats out of 119, surpassing the simple majority mark of 60. It was a huge turnaround, considering that the party was reduced to just five MLAs since 2018.
In Kodangal, Revanth beat closest rival, BRS's Patnam Narendar Reddy, by over 32,000 votes. Kamareddy, the 2nd seat from where he contested, went to BJP's Katipally Venkata Rama Reddy.
Of total 119 seats, Muslim votes are treated as decisive — depending on local equations — in another 20-25 seats apart from those of AIMIM. In 2018, a majority of them went to BRS.
Telangana CM attacked Congress over promise of bringing back Indira Gandhi’s rule if voted to power, alleging that her regime was fraught with ‘encounters, firings, & killings.’
As Telangana prepares to vote on 30 November, villagers in Vasalamarri, which KCR adopted in 2020, point to issues such as lack of govt jobs, poor access to PDS & inadequate housing.
While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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