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Nistula Hebbar is the Political Editor of The Hindu in New Delhi and has worked in major newspapers in India including The Times of India, The Economic Times, Business Standard and The Indian Express.

She has a Masters in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics. She covers mostly domestic politics and is also a published author of the Nielsen rated bestseller Kiss and Tell (Penguin, 2012), as well as having contributed to edited books such as The Lives of Muslims in India (Routledge, 2010), and Cabals and Kings (BS books, 2008).

Where will Congress get the ₹3,54,000 crore budget for NYAY, asks Nitin Gadkari

Nistula Hebbar Mar 30, 2019 0

Congress is very confident on not winning this election, and hence will not be called to account for that promise, says the senior BJP leader Union Minister and BJP candidate from RSS stronghold of Nagpur Nitin Gadkari said the BJP-led…

BJP spokespersons stress pre-emptive focus of strikes

Nistula Hebbar Feb 27, 2019 0

Party MPs briefed, told to stick to government line As news of the air strikes by India at the terror camps in Pakistan started trickling in, spokespersons of the BJP were asked to strictly adhere to the government’s line that they…

Shah, Goyal to visit Chennai for alliance talks today

Nistula Hebbar Feb 19, 2019 0

Negotiations have progressed ‘quite far’; PMK’s inclusion a sticking point BJP president Amit Shah and the party’s Tamil Nadu election in-charge, Piyush Goyal, will visit Chennai on Tuesday to broadly finalise the alliance with the…

The 2019 election is going to be all about alliances

Nistula Hebbar Feb 7, 2019 0

The global investor on the coming general election, the anti-incumbency trend and why he thinks the Indian state is socialist In his latest book, ‘Democracy on the Road: A 25 Year Journey Through India’, investor Ruchir Sharma has…