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TopicTripura

Topic: Tripura

With 3 more NE states in kitty, BJP prepares for next phase of its ‘Act East’ policy

Party sources say it is looking to make up for expected losses in the heartland through gains in the east and northeast, and could use Tripura as a blueprint.

India used to be a country where followers of Gandhi, Hitler and Stalin fought together

We are a country where you will find followers of Gandhi and Godse living together, as do admirers of Hitler and Stalin. However, this perception of India is fast changing.

BJP picks Biplab Kumar Deb to be the next chief minister of Tripura

Tripura will get a non-Left Chief Minister after 20 years.

‘Match is going fine, don’t throw a no-ball’ — Modi’s message to party MPs after NE win

Modi asks party MPs to ensure positive news about the party in media; remark assumes significance in the wake of pulling down of Lenin statue in Tripura.

TalkPoint: After Lenin, who will BJP raze next? Nehru?

Experts weigh in on the razing of Vladimir Lenin's statue in Tripura.

Yogi as poll campaigner: BJP to replicate Tripura experiment in Karnataka

BJP and its ally IPFT won 8 of the nine seats in Tripura where Yogi had campaigned; UP CM is said to have a close link with the Mangaluru-based Jogi Math.

In N-E the RSS meets its enemies: Bangladeshi Muslims, Christian missionaries & separatists

How should we comprehend the results of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya? Merely a routine exercise of electoral upheaval, or something more fundamental?

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.

On Camera

India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.