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Why KTR wants to revert from BRS to old party name TRS

TRS rebranded itself in October 2022 as BRS with an aim to reach out to a wider audience in the country, 8 yrs after forming govt for the first time since Telangana’s creation in 2014.

With grand ‘yagna’ & new office in Delhi, KCR steps up drive to become ‘desh ka neta’

Telangana CM K. Chandrashekar Rao is in Delhi for two-day yagna that will conclude with official launch of the office of his renamed party, Bharat Rashtra Samithi.

WhatsApp chats, ‘conspiracy meetings’: How BJP’s Santhosh became an accused in TRS poaching case

Telangana govt-appointed SIT submits fresh evidence against BJP's top gun in court. The senior leader's name had figured in a remand report & SIT had named him as accused last week.

‘Shinde model’ vs ‘call to Kharge’ — KCR’s daughter Kavitha & BJP trade barbs in Telangana

Denying BJP MP Dharmapuri's claims that she had called the Congress president, Kavitha Kalvakuntla challenged him to contest against her in polls, threatened to 'slap him with slippers'.

National ambitions in mind, KCR could send party legislators to campaign against BJP in Gujarat

With an aim to dent BJP voter base, Telangana CM considers sending a team of MPs, MLAs, MLCs to Gujarat where polls are due next month; BJP says it will turn out to be a futile exercise.

Modi will be BJP face in Telangana polls, says Rajya Sabha MP after ‘moral victory’ in bypoll

Senior BJP member K Laxman says TRS made Munugode bypoll battle of 'prestige', pumping in over Rs 500 cr to ensure victory. For 2023, he says, BJP will focus on mass appeal of Modi.

In ‘semi-final’ bypoll before Telangana elections in 2023, TRS survives tough match with BJP

Bypolls in Munugode were necessitated by defection of sitting MLA Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy from Congress to BJP. BJP put up a tough fight, experts say they relied on Reddy’s clout

Cameras, voice recorders, ‘nariyal paani’ & ‘vitamin’ – How BJP ‘agents’ were trapped in Telangana

TRS MLA Rohit Reddy was told to ask for coconut water as signal to cops for action. WhatsApp chats of accused mention list of 50 TRS & Congress MLAs, says remand document.

Drama in Telangana as ‘BJP agents’ held for trying to poach TRS MLAs with ‘bribes’, oppn says staged

Three 'BJP agents' held from farmhouse of one of 4 TRS MLAs they tried to lure to rival party, say cops. Both parties have been levelling allegations in run-up to Munugode bypoll.

Our take on Gujarat violence, Bhagwat’s population theory, Pahadi reservation—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

On Camera

What Modi got wrong. Indians don’t want hundreds of new MPs

If the government wants to spend taxpayers’ money to make India a better place, then spend it on building more courts, improving the collapsing bureaucracy. But, of course, politicians will only think of themselves.

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.