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Friday, July 25, 2025
TopicNorth East Elections

Topic: North East Elections

With each election win, BJP is bridging the gap between Northeast and rest of India

BJP and its allies' victories in Tripura and Nagaland show how Northeast people’s political aspirations have risen beyond the narrow ideological politics of divisiveness.

Hard work beats Harvard but what about Cambridge? And too much jazba can make you lose Kasba

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

After Tripura loss, CPI(M)’s next challenge is to fix internal problems

The Left party will have to resolve its dilemma over whether it will have an alliance with the Congress, in a crucial meeting due...

TalkPoint: Does Rahul Gandhi get the timing of his foreign visits mostly wrong?

Before the North East election results Rahul Gandhi took off for Italy and is now headed to Singapore and Malaysia. Experts weigh in on Rahul Gandhi's ill-timed travel.

Not much left of the Left after Tripura

Defeat in Tripura is payback for refusal to adapt to changing times, low introspection, petty internal rifts & inability to retain old base or capture new.

Tripura is the Waterloo of the Left movement in the country

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s focus on the North East is a springboard for his Look East-Act East outreach.

Tripura is a historic win but the rest of 2018 will be an uphill climb for BJP

In Rajasthan, MP and Chhattisgarh, BJP will face what it did in Gujarat — the onus of defending instead of challenging.

BJP’s victory in Tripura will force Left to rethink its alliance with Congress for 2019

National attention was focused on Tripura because the Left was engaged in a direct fight with the Right.

The Congress has been punished resoundingly for its lack of seriousness in the Northeast

It had just one term in the last 30 years, but the dominant oppn space had always been Congress’. This election has changed that.

BJP woos regional parties in Nagaland to continue its conquest in northeast

Talks are reportedly on with BJP and other regional parties as no party or alliance has secured clear majority.

On Camera

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.