Pooja Prasanna

3 weeks 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?

4 weeks 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.

4 weeks ago | newslaundry.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh MK

Powertrip learnt that Karnataka contractors are compiling proof of corruption against ministers’ relatives to take their case straight to Rahul Gandhi. 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.

1 month ago | newslaundry.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed

Amid speculation that Tamil Nadu BJP Legislature Party Leader Nainar Nagendran may be appointed as the next state president, a notification issued by the Tamil Nadu BJP regarding the election for the post has added a fresh twist to the ongoing developments. According to the notification the willing aspirant should be a member of the party for at least 10 years. This has made both Nainar Nagendran and Annamalai ineligible to participate in the contest.

1 month ago | newslaundry.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed |Nidheesh MK

An exclusive scoop on Indian politics. 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.