AICC sets up panel for coordination between party, Telangana govt

Hyderabad: The AICC has set up a committee for coordination between the party and the Telangana government. The committee comprises Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, his deputy Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, state Congress president B Mahesh Kumar Goud, Irrigation Minister N Utttam Kumar Reddy, Health Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha, Panchayat Minister D Anasuya Seethakka, former MLA…

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Uppal Stadium Deal: Another ‘Bofors’ Waiting to Haunt Congress?

Special Correspondent In Indian public life, certain scandals refuse to die. Decades may pass, governments may change, and files may gather dust—but the questions remain. The Bofors gun deal is one such political ghost that has haunted the Congress party for nearly four decades. Now, a fresh controversy emerging from the cricketing corridors of Hyderabad…

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Maharashtra assembly passes Freedom of Religion Bill

Mumbai: The Maharashtra assembly on Monday night passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which has stringent provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement or marriage, by voice vote. As per the Bill, those involved in unlawful conversions on the pretext of marriage will be punished with imprisonment of seven years…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Didi’s LPG Drama

When the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for elections to 242 assembly seats in West Bengal—this time in just two phases instead of the prolonged five-phase exercise seen earlier—it triggered a wave of predictable political theatrics from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. But few expected the Trinamool Congress supremo to clutch at something as…

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