| The big news developments of the week explained, analysed and dissected for you on video by Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of ThePrint and one of India’s most trusted names in the news business.
| | |  Breaking down SC expert panel’s report on Adani-Hindenburg saga being claimed to be a ‘clean chit’ A panel set up by the Supreme Court to look into allegations made against India’s Adani Group by US short seller Hindenburg Research has given a clean chit to the former. The panel was asked to answer 3 broad queries, and that is what they have done in a 173-page report released Friday. In Ep 1235 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta breaks down the panel’s findings, and explains the key arguments made. | |  What BJP’s Karnataka defeat means for it in MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh & Telangana polls One glaring omission in the BJP’s Karnataka push was a local face to present to the voters. This gamble came with a steep price, as it had in Himachal in 2022. Is a ‘talent crisis’ to blame? In Ep 1234 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta analyses whether the BJP’s Karnataka performance holds some answers for the party in the upcoming elections for MP, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, as well as Telangana, the only other southern state where it has made some inroads. |  As Hari Shankar Tiwari, UP’s 1st gangster-neta dies, crime-politics nexus, Brahmin-Thakur mafia wars Six-term former UP MLA and minister Hari Shankar Tiwari, a Brahmin leader courted by Congress, BJP, SP and BSP, passed away Tuesday. In Ep 1233 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains why Tiwari is seen by many as the ‘original’ mafioso of UP ganglands, and dives deep into the origins of the heartland’s complicated — and bloody — caste wars. | |  25 years of NDA, from Vajpayee to Modi & the 5 things it changed in Indian politics Vajpayee ushered in the coalition epoch in Indian politics with the formation & rise of NDA which turned 25 under Narendra Modi. In Episode 1232 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta lists the 5 key differences it made to Indian politics. |  Mix of ‘publicity, impunity & extortion’ — breaking down CBI FIR in Aryan Khan case against Wankhede Former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede, once the toast of headlines with his purported investigations into Bollywood’s ‘seedy’ side, is now under investigation for ‘criminal misconduct & corrupt practices’. In Episode 1231 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta talks about Wankhede’s moment in the sun, and what exactly he is accused of now. | | |
