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Journalist @DeccanHerald, Previously with @PTI_News

 New Delhi, India
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Joined September 2009
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After a break following the festival season, the protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar are set to restart with the 'People Against SIR', a coalition of organisations, announcing a series of programmes between Nov 26 and Dec 20 deccanherald.com/india/peopl…
Gyanesh Kumar: People Against SIR to restart nationwide campaign against CEC

Gyanesh Kumar: People Against SIR to restart nationwide campaign against CEC

Electoral roll protests: The coalition will organise rallies and voter list audits across the country from Constitution Day to December 20 to protect voting rights.

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OBC organisations to organise 'Chalo Ramlila Maidan' protest on November 28 demanding proper counting of castes deccanherald.com/india/obc-o…
Caste census protest: OBC bodies call for Delhi rally on November 28

Caste census protest: OBC bodies call for Delhi rally on November 28

Census questionnaire flaws: All India Caste Census Coordination Committee plans Ramlila Maidan protest to demand a drop down option for proper enumeration.

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DMK MP P Wilson seeks FCRA Bill panel sittings in Goa, Bengaluru deccanherald.com/india/dmk-m…
DMK MP P Wilson seeks FCRA Bill panel sittings in Goa, Bengaluru

DMK MP P Wilson seeks FCRA Bill panel sittings in Goa, Bengaluru

Parliamentary panel: Opposition MPs support P Wilson seeking regional hearings on the Foreign Contribution Regulation Amendment Bill in Goa and Bengaluru.

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Fifty years ago on Nov 11, Parliament cleared the controversial 42nd Amendment to the Constitution. Many of its contentious provisions did not survive but insertion of words‘secular’ and ‘socialist’ in the Preamble survived the test of time deccanherald.com/india/50-ye…
42Nd Constitutional Amendment: Looking back at 50 years of Preamble changes

42Nd Constitutional Amendment: Looking back at 50 years of Preamble changes

Constitution amendment: Parliament cleared changes to include secular and socialist in the Preamble fifty years ago in New Delhi during the Emergency.

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Four powerful memoirs from four women in the past 1+ years: 1) Mother Mary Comes to Me 2) Just Being 3) The Constitution is My Home 4) Belonging: A Journey of Love
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Sonia Gandhi and her trusted lieutenants deccanherald.com/india/sonia…
Sonia Gandhi: Tribute to Congress leaders who shaped early days

Sonia Gandhi: Tribute to Congress leaders who shaped early days

Senior Congress leader: Remembering Arjun Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, Sheila Dikshit and others who guided her early political journey in New Delhi.

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Protest letter against locking photojournalist's X account for posting photographs and videos exposing #Delhi's severe #AirPollution conditions. @PCITweets
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Both her children feared for her life and tried to prevent her entry into politics. Now, Sonia Gandhi “fear for both” Rahul and Priyanka knowing the “extent to which our adversary is ruthless and unprincipled”, her ‘Belonging: A Journey of Love' says deccanherald.com/india/our-a…
‘Our adversary is ruthless’: Sonia Gandhi says she fears for Rahul, Priyanka

‘Our adversary is ruthless’: Sonia Gandhi says she fears for Rahul, Priyanka

Rahul Gandhi politics: Sonia Gandhi reveals in her new memoirs that she constantly fears for the safety of her children in politics and details internal party resistance.

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Did leaders discuss someone other than Sonia Gandhi to lead Congress campaign in 2004 Lok Sabha polls? Yes, and she felt “wounded” at the thought that they saw her as an “outsider” and “liability”, if one goes by Sonia’s 'Belonging: A Journey of Love' deccanherald.com/india/did-c…
Did Congress seniors consider someone else to lead 2004 campaign? Sonia says yes

Did Congress seniors consider someone else to lead 2004 campaign? Sonia says yes

Shimla Shivir 2003: Sonia Gandhi reveals in her memoirs that senior Congress leaders discussed someone else to lead the 2004 campaign, making her feel like an outsider.

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A political relationship that lasted for nearly 20 years and ended recently began when Sonia Gandhi made that “first telephone call” to M Karunanidhi with her heart in her mouth and her voice trembling deccanherald.com/india/heart…
Sonia Gandhi memoir: How Sonia called DMK's Karunanidhi in 2003

Sonia Gandhi memoir: How Sonia called DMK's Karunanidhi in 2003

Political memoirs: In her new book, Sonia Gandhi recalls making a trembling phone call in 2003 to DMK supremo M Karunanidhi to forge an alliance against the BJP in New Delhi.

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.@SoniaGandhi's memoirs 'Belonging: A Journey of Love' hits bookstores @DeccanHerald
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Once mocked, Rahul Gandhi now leads India’s resurgent opposition. With his sister Priyanka at his side and his mother Sonia’s memoir forthcoming, can he take on Modi? We have a brilliant essay by @rasheedkidwai in @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/argument/can…
Can India’s Oldest Political Dynasty Find a New Mandate?

Can India’s Oldest Political Dynasty Find a New Mandate?

After a decade of defeats, the Nehru-Gandhi family is fighting to prove that the Indian National Congress can once again become a political force capable of challenging Narendra Modi

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Parliament sees new prorogation record; Cong says it’s done to pass ‘destructive’ delimitation bills deccanherald.com/india/parli…
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'Any time, any place': Rahul Gandhi reiterates debate dare after PM Modi's 'Dimagi Naxal' jibe on Diwali deccanherald.com/india/any-t…
'Any time, any place': Rahul Gandhi reiterates debate dare after PM Modi's 'Dimagi Naxal' jibe on...

'Any time, any place': Rahul Gandhi reiterates debate dare after PM Modi's 'Dimagi Naxal' jibe on...

As the Prime Minister resumed the 'dimagi naxal' pitch, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday renewed his challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a debate, saying they could...

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Parliament sees new prorogation record; Cong says it’s done to pass ‘destructive’ delimitation bills deccanherald.com/india/parli…
Parliament prorogation: Congress accuses Amit Shah of delimitation conspiracy

Parliament prorogation: Congress accuses Amit Shah of delimitation conspiracy

Delimitation Bills: Congress claims the government is keeping the Monsoon Session alive to let Amit Shah manipulate a two-thirds majority in Parliament through swift reconvening tactics.

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Amit Shah may have thrown a gauntlet at Rahul Gandhi for his ‘open debate’ challenge at PM Modi, expressing readiness for a special Parliament session to discuss SIR but BJP had earlier repeatedly rejected such demands earlier citing Parliamentary ruling deccanherald.com/india/amit-…
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Amit Shah may have thrown a gauntlet at Rahul Gandhi  for his ‘open debate’ challenge at PM Modi, expressing readiness for a special Parliament session to discuss SIR but BJP had earlier repeatedly rejected such demands earlier citing Parliamentary ruling deccanherald.com/india/amit-…
Amit Shah SIR debate: BJP shifts stance, proposes special session

Amit Shah SIR debate: BJP shifts stance, proposes special session

Parliament special session: Union Home Minister Amit Shah offers a special parliamentary session for discussing the Special Intensive Revision after previously rejecting opposition demands in New...

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Delhi this morning…..#pollution #AQI . Pics by @shashiskashyap @the_hindu
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EC faced questioning from Opposition, activists in the past decade - and not just under GyaneshKumar - for what they said were partisan actions on complaints against PM Modi, decoupling of elections, disqualification of MLAs, delays in sharing LS poll data deccanherald.com/india/gyane…
Gyanesh-led EC faces heat over SIR: A barrage of controversies has hit poll body in past decade

Gyanesh-led EC faces heat over SIR: A barrage of controversies has hit poll body in past decade

Election Commission India: Facing allegations of bias under Gyanesh Kumar, the EC has battled controversies involving voters' roll revisions, accusations of political influence by Modi, and past...

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Sonia believes Cong has been too complacent and there was a laissez-faire kind of attitude in tackling BJP. Keeping SanjayGandhi “in check” during Emergency could have prevented much of the damage that followed, she says as her memoirs hit stands on Nov 10 deccanherald.com/india/keepi…
'Keeping Sanjay in check could have prevented damage': Sonia Gandhi says Emergency was a mistake

'Keeping Sanjay in check could have prevented damage': Sonia Gandhi says Emergency was a mistake

Congress memoirs: Sonia Gandhi reveals family split over Emergency, crying over Babri Masjid demolition, and Modi's authoritarian rule in New Delhi.

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