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Monday, January 5, 2026
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Topic: I.N.D.I.A

Jolt to INDIA bloc as Mamata says no tie-up with Congress in Bengal for Lok Sabha polls

Bengal CM says she'll take call on her party’s stand at national level after polls, day after Rahul claimed seat-sharing talks on track with TMC. Congress says this will only benefit BJP.

Delhi undergoes monumental makeover for G20 Summit, receives $120 million facelift

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

BJP faces bypoll upset in UP’s Ghosi, Bengal’s Dhupguri, gets its first ever Muslim MLA in Tripura

BJP held 3 of the 7 seats where bypolls were held on 5 September, lost Ghosi despite fielding former SP leader Dara Singh Chauhan, who had won by margin of over 22,000 votes in 2022.

‘We are ready:’ INDIA bloc leaders reach Mumbai for 3rd alliance meeting, logo expected

INDIA’s first meeting was held in Patna in June, and the second took place in Bengaluru mid-July.

Relaunching Rahul Gandhi failed miserably. Modi, Shah tore opposition apart easily

No-confidence motion gave a new opportunity to the BJP to attack the opposition and blow the 2024 Lok Sabha election bugle.

BJP conducts parliamentary party meeting ahead of no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha

The Modi-led NDA govt is set to face a no-confidence motion in Parliament, initiated by the opposition parties of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc and accepted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

‘Squeezing tax’ & ‘Quiet India Movement’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘East I.N.D.I.A Company’ & back and forth ‘jibes’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Call us whatever you want’ — Rahul Gandhi hits back at Modi’s ‘INDIA’ alliance remarks

Modi slammed the Opposition's INDIA alliance as the most directionless the country has ever seen and cited reviled names, such as 'East India Company and Indian Mujahideen'.

Opposition parties discussed no-trust vote against Centre over Manipur, say ANI sources

Decision taken by all floor leaders in a meeting held in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.

On Camera

Trump is tying his legacy to whatever happens in Venezuela

A bad turn in Venezuela would raise the same questions that have dogged the unlawful US strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean: Why now, and why at all?

Trump threatens India with fresh tariffs on Russian oil, calls PM Modi a ‘good guy’

The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.