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2 days ago | 
newslaundry.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna. In this Tamil Nadu special, we found out the details behind DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran’s astonishing legal notice to his brother Kalanithi Maran alleging a massive corporate fraud.
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1 week ago | 
newslaundry.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed
In Karnataka, Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh has remained untouched by the wave of suspensions that followed the deadly stampede at Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium. Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna.
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2 weeks ago | 
newslaundry.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Shabbir Ahmed |Pooja Prasanna
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna. After the shocking suspension of Bengaluru Commissioner of Police B Dayananda, we spoke to sources in the police and those close to CM Siddaramaiah. One of the main reasons for his suspension is not known in the public domain, we realised.
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2 weeks ago | 
newslaundry.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Leena Gita Reghunath |Pooja Prasanna
In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, and Leena Reghunath discuss RCB's long-awaited IPL victory and the tragic deaths that followed in the stampede at the franchise’s success meet in Bengaluru. Sports journalist Venkat Ananth weighs in on the discussion with important pointers about fandom, the team’s lack of responsibility in organising the event, what the police and state should have done, and what such incidents do (or not) for the sport.
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3 weeks ago | 
newslaundry.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh MK
The Nilambur bye-election in Kerala is turning out to be Anvar vs Anvar: a campaign to defend his own political relevance against the contradictions of his trajectory – from loyal LDF ally, to spurned UDF hopeful, to a one-man front backed by a party with no base. 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.
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1 month ago | 
newslaundry.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh MK
Inside TrackExclusive stories, for your eyes onlyWhere does Shashi Tharoor see himself next? Shashi Tharoor is never far from the news cycle. As he makes headlines for remarks during his ongoing visits abroad—this time as part of a parliamentary delegation—the question on many minds is: what happens when he returns to India? Speculation is swirling, and even those close to him offer differing theories. We sifted through the noise, and here’s what we gathered.
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1 month ago | 
newslaundry.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed
In Tamil Nadu, the ED is raising the heat against the first family of the DMK, particularly Ratheesh, a close friend of Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, in the alleged TASMAC scam. 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.
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1 month ago | 
newslaundry.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh MK
In Kerala, the strategic appointments in the Congress leadership reshuffle aim to consolidate support across diverse communities. 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.
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2 months ago | 
newslaundry.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed
An exclusive scoop on Indian politics. Chandrababu Naidu and Amit Shah. Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna. We learnt details of the meeting between Amit Shah and Chandrababu Naidu in Delhi on April 22 where the BJP and TDP placed their demands on the table. Where does former TN BJP chief Annamalai feature in this?
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2 months ago | 
newslaundry.com | Pooja Prasanna |Priyanka Thirumurthy
In the heart of lush green Auroville lies a fenced-off plot of land – now referred to by many as the ‘mass graveyard for trees’. What we saw was overwhelming: hundreds of thousands of tree trunks stacked in massive piles. Our source alleged that the most valuable trees, like red sanders and chinar, were missing. Were they stored elsewhere, or had they simply vanished? “No one really knows, because there are no clear answers,” he said.
