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TopicNagaland polls

Topic: Nagaland polls

Nagaland gets its first woman MLA. NDPP’s Hekani Jakhalu is lawyer-activist, social entrepreneur

Of 183 candidates in the fray, 4 are women. Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party's Salhoutuonuo Kruse & BJP's Kahuli Sema are leading, but Congress's Rosy Thompson is as yet trailing.

‘Modi teri kabar khudegi? Kamal khilega’ PM campaigns in poll-bound Nagaland, Meghalaya

He said previous Congress governments had thought of the Northeast as an ATM, but the NDA thinks of the region’s 8 states as ‘Ashta Lakshmi’

‘Let 100 Modis come’: Kharge declares Congress will lead opposition alliance for 2024

Speaking at a public meeting in poll-bound Nagaland, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also touched upon the issue of Naga pride and announced sops for the elderly, students.

Same strategy, arrangement with CM Neiphiu Rio’s party — How BJP hopes to ace Nagaland polls

Nagaland is the first state to have gone Opposition-less in 2021. In these elections, however, Naga People's Front will go solo though it has said it's open to post-poll alliances.

Nagaland polls: In one of India’s poorest states, a vote is being ‘bought’ for Rs 50,000

Former CM Neiphiu Rio is among the top three richest candidates; voters in Mon district are allegedly being offered Rs 50,000 each.

Uncertainty over Nagaland polls over as BJP announces list of candidates

Congress to follow suit; BJP inks alliance with newly floated NDDP as ties with ruling NPF hit rock bottom.

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Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

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.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.