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3 weeks ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh M K
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, Pooja Prasanna, and Nidheesh MK. This week, we bring you insider information on the buzz behind the next Director General of Police in Tamil Nadu, given that an election year is coming up. In Kerala, with the controversial PV Anvar contesting from TMC, Nilambur becomes a testing ground for what kind of politics the state may be drifting toward.
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1 month ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh M K
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna. What next for Shashi Tharoor after he’s back from his ongoing visits abroad? Even those close to him offer differing theories. We sifted through the noise to tell you what we gathered.
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1 month ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh M K
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, Pooja Prasanna, and Nidheesh MK. In this edition, we tell you about Shashi Tharoor’s long, uneasy dance with the Congress that’s nearing its final steps — and how Delhi’s power corridors are bracing for the break-up.
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1 month ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh M K
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, Pooja Prasanna, and Nidheesh MK. The Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs is meeting on May 19 to discuss the recent escalation with Pakistan and Operation Sindoor. Will Opposition members refrain from asking tough questions, as Powertrip found out has been the trend lately?
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2 months ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh M K
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, Pooja Prasanna, and Nidheesh MK. In this week’s edition, we bring you details of the restraining order obtained by Isha Foundation in the US against an Indian couple. The couple had alleged that their daughter was sexually assaulted by a teacher at Isha’s school in Coimbatore.
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2 months ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh M K
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, Pooja Prasanna, and Nidheesh MK. In this week’s edition, we tell you about a prominent BJP minister who played a role in Annamalai’s exit as TN BJP president. We also spoke to the startup community to understand their true feelings about Piyush Goyal’s tirade at the recent Startup Mahakumbh.
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2 months ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh M K
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, Pooja Prasanna, and Nidheesh MK. In Kerala, all the buzz – political and otherwise – is about the controversy surrounding the movie Empuraan. When Powertrip spoke to BJP sources and industry insiders, we found that it wasn’t a censorship battle or an ideological clampdown. So why did Mohanlal hasten to apologise?
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh M K
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, Pooja Prasanna, and Nidheesh MK. Comedian Kunal Kamra, who is being hounded by Shiv Sena workers after he stirred a controversy in Mumbai, is giving the Tamil Nadu police sleepless nights after he said that he was in Tamil Nadu. Newly appointed Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar is vastly different from the inherited modest local leadership.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
thenewsminute.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh M K
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, Pooja Prasanna, and Nidheesh MK. In this week’s edition, we reveal what a fuming CPI(M) in Kerala is planning against the Union government for its refusal to declare the Wayanad landslide a national disaster.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
thenewsminute.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh M K
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, Pooja Prasanna, and Nidheesh MK. While we usually focus on stories from the power corridors, spotlighting politicians, political parties, and bureaucrats, this week we bring you two unique stories—both delving into powerful individuals and their intense power struggles.
