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TopicBiplab Deb

Topic: Biplab Deb

BJP ex-CMs, ministers back in national roles — Rupani, Javadekar among party’s new state in-charges

BJP appoints new incharges, co-incharges for multiple states in an exercise that, insiders say, was 'long pending'. The list, approved by party president Nadda, was released Friday.

Congress leaders joining TMC will widen fissures in the opposition camp. But party can’t cry foul

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

As Colombo turns to China, RSS helps Jaishankar tamp down furore on Amit Shah’s ‘remarks’

From human rights vote in Geneva to Maldives defence pact, India seeks options to chastise Sri Lanka.

‘Objection conveyed’ — Kathmandu on Biplab Deb’s remark that ‘BJP will form govt in Nepal’

The Tripura CM Saturday said Amit Shah had earlier told party leaders that BJP would establish rule in other countries as part of 'Atmanirbhar South Asia' initiative.

‘Should I stay or go?’ — Biplab Deb seeks people’s mandate to continue as Tripura CM

Biplab Deb has asked people to meet him at the Astabal Grounds in Agartala on 13 December to decide whether he should continue to serve as the CM of Tripura.

BJP’s West Bengal plan must not be ‘vote for Modi’ and get a Yogi or Biplab in return

West Bengal voters should be told who will replace Mamata Banerjee if the BJP pulls off the big win, and that Narendra Modi won't be the campaign's driving force.

Bajrang Bali, bird droppings, Brahminical patriarchy: 15 controversial comments of 2018

ThePrint looks back at some of the remarks made by leaders this year that started a row 

Tripura CM’s claim that ducks increase oxygen in water passed our accuracy test by 100%

Paddling by ducks will lead to a water body becoming more oxygenated; research shows duck waste provides more nutrition to fish, thus boosting pisciculture.  

UP deputy CM’s claim that Sita was a test tube baby fails our accuracy test 100%

No evidence of Sanjay’s ‘live telecast’ of the battle of Kurukshetra; nor was there any technology for test tube babies during the time of Ramayana.

Indu Malhotra not first, this former CJI also reprimanded a woman wearing jeans in court

At a lunch hosted in her honour Thursday, Justice Malhotra shared her dislike for palazzo pants and 3/4th trousers in particular.

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What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.