The Telangana strongman has to battle anti-incumbency and a reborn Congress to win a third successive term.

After Telangana was formed, KCR has won two successive assembly elections with full majorities. But can the 69-year-old mercurial leader score a hat-trick of wins and return as chief minister for the third time?

Raj Chengappa explains in this episode of Nothing But The Truth.

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With two big wars raging - Israel-Gaza and Russia-Ukraine - top foreign policy experts Syed Akbaruddin and B. Venkatesh Varma analyse the dangers of a possible global conflagration.

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The results of the 5 states going to the polls shortly – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram -  will set the tone and narrative for Lok Sabha 2024. Yashwant Deshmukh of C-Voter tells you why.

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Nawaz Sharif, three-time Pakistan PM, returns after four humiliating years in exile and the fall of Imran Khan. Can he become PM again for a record fourth term?

In this episode of Nothing But The Truth, Group Editorial Director (Publishing) Raj Chengappa looks at the new political power game in Pakistan, analyses the significance of Nawaz Sharif’s return to the centre stage and the challenges he faces.

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How to protect yourself from being robbed of your money through your phone!

In this episode, we look at how your phone has increasingly become an instrument in the hands of criminals to rob you of your hard earned money. And then tell you what you can do to protect yourself.

Group Editorial Director (Publishing) Raj Chengappa is joined by India’s top cyber security expert, Dr Gulshan Rai, who also advised the prime minister for India, to give us insights.

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What we are all watching in Israel are tragic scenes of death and devastation. Hamas militants fired more than 5,000 missiles on major Israeli population centres, accompanied by land and sea offensives. The attack left more than 1,200 Israelis dead and another 2,700 wounded.

What was astounding was the failure of the Israeli defence, intelligence and security apparatus. Israel had in the past few decades had built up a fearsome reputation of its ability to defend itself and launch pre-emptive strikes against groups antagonistic to its interests, such as the Hamas.

But with the Hamas attack, the Israeli intelligence network seemed to have no inkling of the Hamas’s plans to launch such a massive attack.

In this episode of Nothing But The Truth, Group Editorial Director (Publishing) Raj Chengappa answers the big questions: Why Hamas Struck? Will the War Spread? How Will it Impact India and the World?

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The Opposition will use the Bihar caste findings on OBCs to unleash a fresh wave of  Mandal politics to disrupt the BJP's Hindutva consolidation strategy for 2024. But can it work?

What's behind the diplomatic face-off between Modi and Trudeau, and will it turn even nastier.

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In this episode of Nothing But The Truth, Group Editorial Director (Publishing) Raj Chengappa answers the key questions: Why did PM Modi enact the women’s quota bill at the fag end of his second term and not earlier? When will women enjoy the reservation quota that they have been promised?

Will women’s legislation politically benefit the PM and the Bhartiya Janta Party or BJP for the upcoming state assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana? And will it give the BJP a decisive edge in the 2024 General Elections?

Listen in to Raj Chengappa's in-depth analysis of the Modi Government's historic legislation to politically empower Indian women, including the challenges and battles ahead.

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What’s in a name? Well plenty it seems when it comes to the name of a country. For 76 years most of us have been comfortable using India or Bharat to refer to our great nation. In general parlance, India was used while speaking in English and Bharat while speaking in Hindi. 

Now there is huge debate over giving pre-eminence of all official communication to the word Bharat in place of India. The controversy throws up a lot of questions: Why did the debate suddenly hot up? What’s behind the timing – is it politically motivated? What is the origin of the two names – India vs Bharat? What is its historical usage? And what is the way forward?

In this episode of Nothing But the Truth, Group Editorial Director (Publishing) Raj Chengappa answers all these questions as objectively as possible.

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