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Saptarshi Bhattacharya

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Saptarshi Bhattacharya is Senior Coordinator, Programmes and Administration, The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy. He is a former Chief Sub-Editor and a former Chief Reporter of The New Indian Express . He had been a journalist for the past 20 years, most of which were spent as a reporter with The Hindu and a Correspondent for national television channels Aaj Tak and Headlines Today.

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The Conviction of a Chief Minister

With the Special Court in Bengaluru pronouncing AIADMK general secretary, Jayalalithaa, guilty in the disproportionate assets case, she becomes the fi

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Will Support Any Party that Helps Rebuild Andhra: YSR Cong

A veteran of many political battles, M.V. Mysoora Reddy, currently with the YSR Congress Party, believes that in this election, Andhra Pradesh will vo

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My Vision is Development, Not Growth: Y. Sivaji

As 25 Parliamentary and 175 Assembly constituencies in Seemandhara go to the polls on May 7, a former Rajya Sabha MP and political analyst, Y. Sivaji,

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War Won, Now Battle Begins For Telangana

It is likely to be a three-cornered contest between the Congress, the TRS and the BJP-TDP-Lok Satta combine in the newly formed State of Telangana, wh

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Timing of Elections Wrong, Taking Place too soon after Bifurcation: Dr. JP

The founder-leader of the Lok Satta Party Jayaprakash Narayan, has been campaigning hard for economic reforms and clean governance since 1996,

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TRS Sees a Vital Role for Itself in the Union Government: K.T. Ramarao

All of 37, Kalvakuntla Taraka Ramarao, or KTR as he is known among party cadres, is already the face of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He left a well-

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The Rise of Telangana

A high-voltage political battle has broken out on the Telangana statehood issue in Andhra Pradesh in the run-up to the 2014 general elections. M.R.