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Topic: Alliances

As parties pursue alliances for Tamil Nadu polls, why Seeman’s NTK is bent on charting a lone course

Since 2016, when NTK started to contest elections, it has chosen to remain independent, observing that smaller parties ‘vanished after joining hands with Dravidian parties’.

ThePrint Quiz, June 7, 2024: As era of coalition politics returns, test your knowledge of its history

India is witnessing a new era of coalition politics. In this edition of ThePrint Quiz, let's test your knowledge of coalitions & policy decisions taken by a coalition govt.

From AIADMK, Shiv Sena to JD(U) — how BJP is growing at the cost of its allies as well as rivals

Across states, the biggest complaint against the BJP is that the party does not honour coalition dharma. Party spokesperson says accusations are ‘untrue’.

Congress-Sena-NCP? Data shows parties forming unnatural alliances don’t dump ideologies

Long-standing alliances – Left Front in West Bengal, UDF in Kerala, Congress-DMK in Tamil Nadu – are all between ideologically similar allies.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.