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Topic: Nalin Kumar Kateel

Pratap Simha, Nalin Kateel — why BJP’s Hindutva firebrands in Karnataka were denied LS tickets

Sharan Poovanna -
Simha replaced by Mysuru royal scion Yaduveer Wadiyar, former Army officer Capt Brijesh Chowta fielded in place of Kateel. Party yet to decide fate of 6-time MP Anantkumar Hegde.

Karnataka BJP chief calls Rahul Gandhi a ‘drug peddler & addict’, Congress wants him sacked

Anusha Ravi Sood -
Nalin Kumar Kateel’s comments on Rahul Gandhi comes just weeks after he called former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah a 'terrorist'.

BJP again stalls Yediyurappa’s plans to induct ‘rebels’, cabinet expansion delayed

Shanker Arnimesh -
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, looking to expand his cabinet since January, has now been told to carry out the exercise after panchayat polls on 30 December.  

For many in Karnataka BJP, new chief Nalin Kateel isn’t popular or influential enough

Rohini Swamy -
RSS loyalist Nalin Kumar Kateel, who was picked to head Karnataka BJP chief on 20 August, has been facing opposition within the party unit.

Why this Karnataka seat looks set to re-elect a BJP MP it doesn’t like

B.S. Nagaraj -
The Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, held by the BJP, wants a lot of issues resolved, including jobs and a bank merger seen as an assault on local pride.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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