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TopicSunil Kanugolu

Topic: Sunil Kanugolu

JNU comrades, Kamal Nath’s cold feet, Gehlot’s insecurities—tales about Congress meltdown

Beyond BJP's victories in the three states lie untold stories of the several mini-wars that played out in the Congress party’s backrooms.

Who is ‘elusive’ strategist Kanugolu & why raid on his Telangana office has Congress seeing red

Kanugolu started off as a pollster working for then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. As a strategist to Congress, he is often compared to Prashant Kishor, with whom he worked earlier.

‘Defamatory posts against KCR govt, many FIRs’ – why Congress’ Telangana war room was raided

The Opposition said the raids aimed to suppress dissent & democracy, and were triggered by a post alluding to KCR daughter’s ‘association’ with the Delhi liquor scam.

Young, reclusive, ‘brilliant’ — meet Sunil Kanugolu, the ‘other Prashant Kishor’ of Congress

Sunil Kanugolu, not even 40 yet, was among founders of BJP campaign organisation Association of Brilliant Minds. He has been involved in 14 elections so far, avoids public glare.

On Camera

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

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.

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

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

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

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

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