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Opinion | Congress Should Now Learn: It Can't Always Be About Rahul Gandhi
The Congress is everyone's favourite whipping boy. However, it must accept the lion's share of the blame in all humility for the Mahagathbandhan's shambolic campaign in Bihar.
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Opinion | Bihar Must Be A Lesson To Opposition: Value The Woman Voter
Here is a constituency that cuts across caste, religion and social economic dynamics, and we would be doing our election strategy a huge disservice by not engaging with it meaningfully.
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R Ashwin's Post Triggers Debate As Eden Gardens Pitch Comes Under Scanner
The Eden Gardens pitch is in focus after 15 wickets fell on Day 2 of the 1st India vs South Africa Test in Kolkata on Saturday.
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Opinion | Dear Delhi Pollsters, Please Stop Writing Nitish Kumar Off Every Election
The JD(U)'s tally of more than 80 seats reaffirms what analysts often forget: Nitish's electoral machine, and the social coalitions it rests on, do not wither simply because poll pundits in Delhi want a new plotline.
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Opinion | The Bihar Election's Script Was Actually Written In Haryana. Here's How
This is not the first election in which political analysts and observers have gone so wrong. Remember Haryana and Maharashtra?
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Opinion | Bihar's Lesson For Congress And Rahul Gandhi? Just Photo-Ops Won't Do
Rahul Gandhi's relationship with allies may have managed to produce some striking media moments, but not public trust. The result is a politics of half-gestures: common pressers without common strategies, joint slogans without joint cadres,
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"NDA Will Register Its Biggest-Ever Win": PM's Bihar 'Prediction' Is Viral
An old video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where he is seen asserting that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will register its biggest-ever victory in Bihar, is doing the rounds on social media as the coalition is set to win Bihar.
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Opinion | As Terror Strikes Delhi, A Curious 'Takeover' Is Under Way In Pakistan
With a car bomb in Islamabad following hot on the heels of the Delhi car explosion, it seems like it's back to the future. This time, however, there may be a different set of rules operating.
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Opinion | What Happens Once Trump Presses The Nuclear 'Test' Button?
With China and Russia already rushing to modernise their nuclear arsenals, the US move to resume nuclear testing pushes the concepts of deterrence and stability to its limits.
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Opinion | Why Bihar's Record Voter Turnout May Not Really Say Anything
Voter turnouts can never say anything conclusively. Until the results are out, these numbers need not suggest any specific advantage for one side or the other.
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Opinion | There's More To The 'Vande Mataram' Controversy Than What's Obvious
Contemporary rulers of Bengal are silent on the 150th anniversary of 'Vande Mataram', which could have provided a platform for Mamata Banerjee to showcase "Bangla pride". The reasons that encumbered the CWC in 1937 are apparently enfettering the Trin
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Opinion | The Inescapable Nonsense Of "6-7"
The meme, the myth, the mildly maddening modern 'mantra'.
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147 Seats For NDA In Bihar, Exit Polls Predict. Did Huge Voter Turnout Help?
The Bihar exit polls are here. And all of them, nine in number, are predicting a huge National Democratic Alliance or NDA win in the state polls.
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Opinion | 'PhD' Handlers To Faridabad 'Doctors', How 'White-Collar' Terrorism Isn't New
From ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who held a PhD, to Al-Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri, a surgeon, and Laden, a civil engineering graduate - some of the world's most extremist leaders have come from classrooms, universities and privileged backgrounds.
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Bihar Election Exit Polls 2025 Highlights - NDA Sweep Or Close Contest In Bihar? What Exit Polls Predict
While eleven exit polls predicted a return of the ruling NDA government in Bihar, the Axis My India exit poll has given the opposition some hope, predicting a close contest between the NDA and the Mahagathbandhan.
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Opinion | Congress Should Now Learn: It Can't Always Be About Rahul Gandhi
The Congress is everyone's favourite whipping boy. However, it must accept the lion's share of the blame in all humility for the Mahagathbandhan's shambolic campaign in Bihar.
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Opinion | Bihar Must Be A Lesson To Opposition: Value The Woman Voter
Here is a constituency that cuts across caste, religion and social economic dynamics, and we would be doing our election strategy a huge disservice by not engaging with it meaningfully.
-
R Ashwin's Post Triggers Debate As Eden Gardens Pitch Comes Under Scanner
The Eden Gardens pitch is in focus after 15 wickets fell on Day 2 of the 1st India vs South Africa Test in Kolkata on Saturday.
-
Opinion | Dear Delhi Pollsters, Please Stop Writing Nitish Kumar Off Every Election
The JD(U)'s tally of more than 80 seats reaffirms what analysts often forget: Nitish's electoral machine, and the social coalitions it rests on, do not wither simply because poll pundits in Delhi want a new plotline.
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Opinion | The Bihar Election's Script Was Actually Written In Haryana. Here's How
This is not the first election in which political analysts and observers have gone so wrong. Remember Haryana and Maharashtra?
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Opinion | Bihar's Lesson For Congress And Rahul Gandhi? Just Photo-Ops Won't Do
Rahul Gandhi's relationship with allies may have managed to produce some striking media moments, but not public trust. The result is a politics of half-gestures: common pressers without common strategies, joint slogans without joint cadres,
-
"NDA Will Register Its Biggest-Ever Win": PM's Bihar 'Prediction' Is Viral
An old video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where he is seen asserting that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will register its biggest-ever victory in Bihar, is doing the rounds on social media as the coalition is set to win Bihar.
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Opinion | As Terror Strikes Delhi, A Curious 'Takeover' Is Under Way In Pakistan
With a car bomb in Islamabad following hot on the heels of the Delhi car explosion, it seems like it's back to the future. This time, however, there may be a different set of rules operating.
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Opinion | What Happens Once Trump Presses The Nuclear 'Test' Button?
With China and Russia already rushing to modernise their nuclear arsenals, the US move to resume nuclear testing pushes the concepts of deterrence and stability to its limits.
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Opinion | Why Bihar's Record Voter Turnout May Not Really Say Anything
Voter turnouts can never say anything conclusively. Until the results are out, these numbers need not suggest any specific advantage for one side or the other.
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Opinion | There's More To The 'Vande Mataram' Controversy Than What's Obvious
Contemporary rulers of Bengal are silent on the 150th anniversary of 'Vande Mataram', which could have provided a platform for Mamata Banerjee to showcase "Bangla pride". The reasons that encumbered the CWC in 1937 are apparently enfettering the Trin
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Opinion | The Inescapable Nonsense Of "6-7"
The meme, the myth, the mildly maddening modern 'mantra'.
-
147 Seats For NDA In Bihar, Exit Polls Predict. Did Huge Voter Turnout Help?
The Bihar exit polls are here. And all of them, nine in number, are predicting a huge National Democratic Alliance or NDA win in the state polls.
-
Opinion | 'PhD' Handlers To Faridabad 'Doctors', How 'White-Collar' Terrorism Isn't New
From ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who held a PhD, to Al-Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri, a surgeon, and Laden, a civil engineering graduate - some of the world's most extremist leaders have come from classrooms, universities and privileged backgrounds.
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Bihar Election Exit Polls 2025 Highlights - NDA Sweep Or Close Contest In Bihar? What Exit Polls Predict
While eleven exit polls predicted a return of the ruling NDA government in Bihar, the Axis My India exit poll has given the opposition some hope, predicting a close contest between the NDA and the Mahagathbandhan.
