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Topic: Tripura

In battle for Tripura’s crucial tribal votes, BJP walks tightrope with local ally

Ruhi Tewari -
Tribals seem to be leaning towards BJP due to its alliance with IPFT, which has been leading a movement for separate statehood for ‘indigenous’ people.

Polls in 3 NE states: BJP likely to release candidates’ names on 27 Jan

Pragya Kaushika -
BJP’s parliamentary board will meet on 27 January to decide on names of candidates; Amit Shah convenes special meeting a day before.

This lady has worked for 2 months to hand-weave a tribal dress for Narendra Modi

Pragya Kaushika -
BJP hand-picks tribal artisans to weave garments for PM. It’s trying hard to woo the community in its bid to defeat Manik Sarkar’s Left Front govt.

BJP, Tripura tribal party set to form alliance ahead of assembly polls

Pragya Kaushika -
IPFT is demanding separate tribal state; formal announcement on alliance to be made in a week.

BJP has a secret trump card for Tripura: Yogi Adityanath

Pragya Kaushika -
Tripura has a sizeable population of Bengalis who belong to the Nath community, Adityanath’s sect; BJP feels UP CM will help consolidate Hindu votes.

In poll-bound Tripura, BJP workers keeping their fingers crossed ahead of Gujarat verdict

Pragya Kaushika -
Tripura BJP leaders say they are going to fight this election in the name of Modi and hence poll results in the PM’s home state will assume significance.

Three states in hand, BJP’s next target in Northeast: Tripura

Pragya Kaushika -
After its landslide victory in the 2016 Assam assembly election, BJP’s performance in the Northeast has been on an upswing.

CPI(M) sinking into oblivion after two years under Yechury

Ruhi Tewari -
As general secretary of CPI(M), Sitaram Yechury was expected to steer the party in a fresh direction and help it reinvent itself. But he has proved to be as much a failure as his dogmatic predecessor Prakash Karat. RUHI TEWARI

Northeast’s India problem

Shekhar Gupta -
It's simply this: The 'mainland' loses interest if 'Indian' lives and borders are not threatened.
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Title scene of Taarak Mehta ka ooltah chashmah.

Dear Taarak Mehta, you were our peak comfort content for 14 years. Now it’s time to retire

Yashika Singla -
Just like the Truman Show, all Taarak Mehta plots somehow feel the same for the past few years. It's fine to accept that ideas can go stale.
The Gyanvapi Mosque and Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Gyanvapi row and Places of Worship Act were born together. Now each wants to end the other

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The LIC way or the Air India way — that is the multi-crore disinvestment question

Economy

An attendant refills a two-wheeler with fuel at a petrol pump in New Delhi Saturday | ANI

Under fire for spiraling inflation, Modi govt announces excise duty cut on fuels, LPG subsidy

Shubham Batra -
It has also decided to enhance the fertiliser subsidy for farmers, and reduce import duty on some raw materials. ‘It is always people first for us!’ tweets prime minister.

Defence

File photo of a defence personnel armed with a SiG 716 rifle near the Line of Control | Photo: Snehesh Alex Philip | ThePrint

India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US

Snehesh Alex Philip -
In February 2019, 72,400 SiG 716 rifles of 7.62 x 51mm calibre were contracted from SIG Sauer Inc, USA, under government's 'Buy (Global) category', through fast track procedure.

National Interest

Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation

Shekhar Gupta -
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.

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