Rahul Gandhi’s ‘team player’ message puts spotlight back on Congress’s faction-ridden Punjab unit | Political Pulse News

Though Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi addressed a MGNREGA Bachao rally in Barnala on Saturday, his message to Punjab Congress leaders to operate as “team players” did not go unnoticed and continues to create ripples in the state’s political landscape. Warning his partymen, including senior leaders who were seated alongside him on the…

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Indira confidant, key figure in V P Singh’s rise, and early Bofors critic: K P Unnikrishnan dies at 89 | Political Pulse News

4 min readThiruvananthapuramMar 3, 2026 01:59 PM IST First published on: Mar 3, 2026 at 01:59 PM IST Senior Congress leader, socialist and seven-term parliamentarian K P Unnikrishnan died in Kozhikode on Tuesday. He was 89. The former Union minister had been indisposed for the past few years. A native of Kozhikode, Unnikrishnan represented Kerala’s…

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How BJP’s new “Joy Ma Kali” strategy aims to dismantle Mamata’s “outsider” narrative

(As West Bengal gears up for the Assembly polls, every Tuesday, The Indian Express’s Kolkata bureau chief Ravik Bhattacharya decodes the electoral trends, political signals, and campaign moves shaping the contest.) Five years after failing to deal a body blow to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) despite registering its best Assembly election result, the BJP is…

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In eye of NCERT storm over ‘corruption in judiciary’ section, meet the team behind book | Political Pulse News

Economics professors, an archaeologist-turned-academic, a Navy veteran, and a law-trained think-tank co-founder are among the contributors to the now-withdrawn Class 8 social science textbook brought out by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). The controversial book has come under scrutiny after the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant,…

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