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Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicCongress-NCP

Topic: Congress-NCP

Congress and NCP work out seat-sharing for 2019 Lok Sabha polls

Two months after the parties announced they would be rekindling their alliance, sources say the formula has been worked out and all details sorted.

In Maharashtra, Congress-NCP target BJP govt for neglecting Marathi

Govt fails to provide Marathi translation of governor’s speech, drops a ‘significant’ stanza from the recital of a poem. Shiv Sena sides with opposition.

After Congress-NCP truce, Maharashtra could see stronger opposition in budget session

The estranged allies have decided to work out their differences in a bid to combat the BJP, and the first test will be on the floor of the state legislature.

3 yrs of Fadnavis govt: Maharashtra’s financial health shows no sign of recovery

Finance Minister insists performance has improved, cites farm loan waiver, power utilities’ debt for bad numbers this year.

Shara-Kiri

Pawar’s own record in national politics shows that he has continued to falter on the political big stage, unable to bring to bear the skills & panache he displays in state politics.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.