Pranab Dhal Samanta

The other China-provoked battle India's fighting alongside Op Sindoor. Hectic Fertilizer diplomacy yield results to bridge 22 lakh metric ton gap created by China abruptly stopping DAP fertilizer exports to India 2-3 months ago. @EconomicTimes @ETPolitics google.com/amp/s/m.econom…

@AamAadmiParty quits INDIA bloc You read it in @ETPolitics first on June 2. Re-upping m.economictimes.com/news/politics-…

[#View by @pranabsamanta] Election Commission’s special intensive revision’s top-down ‘must do’ approach is problematic economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-com…

Problem with EC's Bihar SIR is its top-down approach. It's at odds with EC:s facilitator image, where voter is star, not a petitioner In 2023 EC used smart non-intrusive tech to clean rolls, resulting first time in a 18 lakh drop. My clmn #StateofPlay m.economictimes.com/opinion/et-com…

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Jagdeep Dhankar was extremely protocol conscious and sought status which he felt was appropriate to VP post. His foreign trips created row over protocols from aircraft to Hotel suites. Recently he publicly lamented absence of protocol suitable for post — My report

Mizoram government trains officials for biometric enrolment of Myanmar and Bangladeshi refugees @ETPolitics economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/miz… Download Economic Times App to stay updated with Business News - etapp.onelink.me/tOvY/135dde21

After over six decades of operations, India’s MiG 21 fighter will finally fly into the sunset Farewell ceremony planned at Chandigarh airbase in September Last squadron to be number plated India's fighter squadron strength will dip to 29 @ETPolitics economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/f…

# WB CM Mamata Banerjee says Matias & Rajbanshi migrant workers from Bengal harassed in other states, slams BJP on Rohingya infiltrators. @ETPolitics @pranabsamanta @anshumanscribe @nidhi_sharma

The thaw with China should be seen as a strategic adjustment to buy time for Indian business to de risk supply chains...build alternatives..not as a license to integrate further. @EconomicTimes @ETPolitics m.economictimes.com/news/india/ind…

Big win for India as US designates The Resistance Front (TRF) as a terrorist organisation holding it responsible for the Pahalgam attacks....calls it a LeT 'front' & 'proxy' This will give impetus to Indian efforts at obtaining UN 1267 designation...where Pak is trying to block

In Bihar SIR- new electors & electors shifting from outside the state- must also give parental proof of birth through a special ‘declaration form’ Stage likely set for a similar shift in Form 6 and 8 requirements across the country @ETPolitics m.economictimes.com/news/politics-…

Under 'attack', ULFA(I) seeks new hideouts @ETPolitics economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/u… Download Economic Times App to stay updated with Business News - etapp.onelink.me/tOvY/135dde21

ET interview: Newly elected BJP state President Samik Bhattacharya @SamikBJP speaks about demographic invasion, infiltration, migrant workers and need for change in 2026 polls. Read @ETPolitics @nidhi_sharma @anshumanscribe @anubhutivishnoi @pranabsamanta

In a July 10, 2019, reply to Parliament on possible ‘foreign nationals’ on electoral rolls, Law ministry cited EC to state :- “no such case has come to its notice during 2016, 2017 and 2019". 3 cases in 2018- one each in W.Bengal, Telangana & Gujarat m.economictimes.com/news/politics-…

Breaking @ETPolitics Quiet prep begins for psbl nationwide- Bihar like Spl Intensive Revision rollout in August 👇🏼 State CEOs begin to publish electoral roll of last intensive revision- 2008 for Delhi, 2006 Uttarakhand & Punjab, Haryana 2002… m.economictimes.com/news/politics-…

#Full preparations in West Bengal for roll revision amid SIR in Bihar sparking full scale debate in SC. @ETPolitics @nidhi_sharma @anubhutivishnoi m.economictimes.com/news/politics-…

#6 None of the ‘intensive revisions’ carried out from 2002-2008 known to have sought Parental proof Bihar in 2003 and Delhi 2008- same story Bihar SIR 2025 a clear outlier, -CEOs, Chief Secretaries, Officials tell ET m.economictimes.com/news/elections…

#5 Ex CEC O P Rawat speaks out:- EC move not ‘well founded’; could turn out ‘chaotic’ Several ex CECs red flag EC’s draft & final roll plan; fear major deletions; worry many could miss voting cycle m.economictimes.com/news/elections…

The Bihar Spl Intensive Revision: series of ET articles bringing the spotlight on a range of concerns that have arisen. A 6 point thread:- @ETPolitics @EconomicTimes