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Opinion | Rolling up rebel networks in North-east India
Security forces have been anticipating the endgame for several years in the North-East
3 min read20 Jun 2019Elections 2019: Why jobs at home, identity matter most to Assam’s millennials
As in most parts of the North-East, student politics has always shaped public opinion in the stateAssam is open to outsiders, unlike the rest of North-East where migrants from other parts of the country need an ILP to buy land
3 min read9 Apr 2019Why North-East is crucial to BJP’s Election 2019 strategy
Lok Sabha elections in the north-eastern states, except Assam, will be held over the first two of the seven phases of pollingBJP has been poaching leaders of other parties and aligning with regional outfits in the North-East for Lok Sabha elections
2 min read9 Apr 2019BJP’s poker games to wrest the N-E front
The North-East’s 25 Lok Sabha seats could turn out to be crucial. Which alliance will come on top?BJP’s Congress-mukt Bharat campaign has been loud in the North-East. The only minor setback till now has been the opposition in the face of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
10 min read1 Apr 2019Citizenship circus: North-east in crisis again
The Citizenship Bill is seen as further imposition of forced policy, one that is threatening the region’s fragile ethnic balanceThe BJP either does not understand, or neglected to understand, that its majoritarian policies may not work in North-East India
10 min read6 Feb 2019Opinion | The Colonial state and India’s gods
What the colonial regime began, secular India inherited, and this peculiar mix-up of government with temples continues to this day
4 min read9 Nov 2018BJP in face-off with JD(S)-Congress govt over Tipu birth anniversary
Not heeding to protest threats, the Karnataka government has made security arrangements for the 10 November event across 30 districts
1 min read5 Nov 2018Opinion | Behind Assam’s present fault line lies a divided past
The problem's genesis lies in British rule, but it doesn't absolve post-1947 politics
3 min read17 Oct 2018The East India Company: the founders of Bombay?
350 years ago, the trading company landed on this island and sowed the seeds for the Urbs Prima in Indis
6 min read28 Sep 2018Opinion | Western India is leaving the eastern half behind
Seventy-one years after independence, the problem of how to address the country's vast economic disparities remains
4 min read14 Aug 2018Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared