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Donald Trump - The Backstory Of The Viral Interview - by Sreenivasan Jain
The first message popped up in early July this year - "Trump is ready to do an interview. How soon can you get a US visa?" The sender: Shalabh "Shailly" Kumar, the brash Indian-American businessman who emerged as an early supporter and funder in Dona
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Congress Has A Deeper Problem Than The Gandhis - by Sreenivasan Jain
As expected, the Congress was one of worst performers in this latest election cycle, and as expected, (justifiable) demands for the removal of the Sonia-Rahul-Priyanka Gandhi trio from the helm of affairs have begun anew.
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Blog: The Lakhimpur Lesson - Hate Speech Finally A Liability For BJP?
Could this, then, finally be a lesson to the BJP, that when hate is let out of the bottle, it becomes impossible to ensure that it will only be directed at politically-convenient targets at politically-convenient times?
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Blog: At Afghanistan Embassy In India, Quiet Resistance Against Taliban
In a leafy lane in Delhi's Diplomatic Enclave, Afghanistan's embassy is grappling with a question confronting Afghan diplomats in capitals across the world triggered by the hasty, unseemly exit of former President Ashraf Ghani and the rapid takeover
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Blog: Not Yet, But Soon? Talk Of BJP-Sena Reunion Picks Up
A possible rapprochement between the BJP and Shiv Sena, triggered by the recent unscripted meeting between Uddhav Thackeray and Prime Minister Modi in Dehli, is not entirely implausible.
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Blog: Why The Farm Bill May Not Be The 1991 Moment For Indian Farmers
Amid rising unrest, supporters of the Farm Bill inside and outside the government describe it as ushering in a 1991 moment for Indian farming, suggesting that this will liberate farmers from the clutches of state-run mandi's and middlemen-commission agents, paving the entry for corporate players who will offer farmers a better deal.
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Blog: From Mumbai Hostel Room To High Seat Of Power: Rise Of Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra elections 2019: The transformation of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis from a low-key BJP strategist to a modern-day political campaigner is evident at a rally in Purandar, on the outskirts of Pune.
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Blog: Want Lynchings To Stop? A Six-Point Guide For The BJP
As outrage rises over cow-related lynchings, the government has responded by appointing a high-level committee to study the growing menace. They have also issued an advisory asking states to rein in the violence, the second in a month.
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Blog: Record-Breaking Cash Seizures In Karnataka Just Tip Of The Iceberg
It came as no surprise to observers of Karnataka elections that the Election Commission last week reported a record-breaking haul of seized cash and other election inducements of Rs 152 crore, the second highest state in such seizures.
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Blog: BJP Handling Of Yeddyurappa's Son Drives Major Conspiracy Theory
For all the rivalry, both BS Yeddyurappa and Siddaramaiah share an unusual predicament - while both have been declared chief ministerial candidates by their respective parties, an impressive performance may not necessarily guarantee either a chance to rule the state.
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Blog: Sasikala's Earlier Acquittal Had Large Loopholes. Now A New Verdict
The political takeover by VK Sasikala, J Jayalalithaa's long-time aide, has largely been obstacle-free. But with the AIADMK voting to make her the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, she does face one potential challenge: the Supreme Court has said today that in a week's time, it will rule on whether she is guilty of charges of corruption in a three-decade-old case.
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Blog: 'NDTV, You're First': My Interview With Donald Trump
"NDTV, you're first" - with those words, my crew and I were led into a small room on the side of an auditorium, and brought face to face with Donald Trump.
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Blog: How The Maharashtra Government Might Be 'Licensing' Gau Rakshak Violence
Filming for the NDTV show Truth vs Hype last week, we caught on camera how an aggressive mob of gau rakshaks (cow vigilantes) forcibly stopped a truck on the outskirts of Pune, yanked the driver out, snatched his phone, and forced the truck to a police station.
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Opinion: Gai Pe Charcha: BJP and Cow Violence
We are now told that the Prime Minister is "angry" with the incendiary statements made by his party colleagues. It isn't quite clear why. After all, the troops were dutifully following the general's lead.
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Opinion: Why the Debate Over the Sanatan Sanstha Ban Diverts From the Real Questions
With the Hindutva group Sanathan Sanstha once again in the news after one of its members was arrested for his alleged role in the murder of Govind Pansare, a parallel - but distracting - controversy has broken out on why the group has not been banned.
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Opinion: Three Murders and the Dilemma of the Violent Fringe
The arrest of Samir Gaikwad, a member of the Sanathan Sanstha, on suspicion of his role in the murder of the Communist leader Govind Pansare in February has foregrounded the dilemma of gauging the full extent of the violent potential of fringe groups.
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Blog: The Perils of Lalit Modi Converging With Twitter
A tweet from Lalit Modi that he was giving an interview to my ex-colleague Rajdeep Sardesai had triggered the panic button in our newsroom; the next thing I, knew, I was uprooted from a European holiday and sent on a 12-hour airdash to this Balkan isle.
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Opinion: The Muzaffarnagar Model
Incendiary claims in complete absence of evidence, writes Sreenivasan Jain.
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Opinion: Snoop-Gate's Four Unanswered Questions
The current election campaign has seen a resurgence of the "Snoop-gate" controversy. In an election which it is expected to lose abysmally, the Congress has used the scandal as ammunition against Narendra Modi, the bJP's prime ministerial candidate, who is accused of ordering the illegal surveillance of a young woman architect in Gujarat.
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Blog: Jayalalithaa's mixie-grinder gambit
For Jayalalithaa to emerge as a player on the national stage, perhaps even as a Prime Ministerial contender, she needs to win in Tamil Nadu.
