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TopicINDIA bloc

Topic: INDIA bloc

‘Vedas will protect you’ remark to ‘caste bias’, Justice GR Swaminathan is no stranger to controversy

Oppn MPs have moved an impeachment motion against the Madras HC judge, saying his conduct 'raises serious questions regarding impartiality, transparency & secular functioning of judiciary'.

INDIA bloc MPs move impeachment motion against Madras HC judge GR Swaminathan amid ‘deepam’ row

MPs, led by DMK's Kanimozhi, allege Justice Swaminathan delivered judgments driven by 'particular political ideology', in a manner inconsistent with secular principles of Constitution.

Rahul and Modi turn Bihar into a national showdown. Tejashwi keeps it local

Rahul’s prolonged absence from Bihar, along with the bloc’s delayed decision to name Tejashwi as CM candidate, finally gave the RJD leader the space to step onto the electoral turf with confidence.

How INDIA bloc’s Bihar manifesto offers a clear blueprint to revive the state

The INDIA bloc’s plan for Bihar is detailed and specific, unlike the Jan Suraaj Party’s vague proposals and vacuous slogans of the NDA.

50 lakh names deleted. Bihar loses 6% of voters post-SIR amid Oppn’s allegations of ‘vote chori’

The removal of lakhs of names from the electoral rolls is expected to remain a key focus of the INDIA bloc's election campaign ahead of the November Bihar assembly elections. 

D Raja rues INDIA bloc trust deficit at CPI conference. ‘Else poll results would’ve been different’

CPI’s Kerala conference, Raja pushes for Left revival, INDIA bloc unity. Says RSS-BJP are turning India into a theocratic, religion-based nation, and that voter fraud can happen in any state.

‘Rahul overshadowed Tejashwi’—in Bihar, RJD & Congress brace for tough seat-sharing talks

While the allegation of vote theft may have been the Voter Adhikar Yatra's theme, its role in energising Congress cadre has thrown up a fresh challenge for opposition alliance.

Congress labelled him ‘yes man’, BJP pinned hopes on him—the many shades of Oppn’s V-P pick Justice Reddy

Justice Reddy, who served as SC judge until his retirement in 2011, has come under harsh BJP criticism even before he & NDA nominee CP Radhakrishnan formally launch their campaign.

Justice B Sudershan Reddy: From Lokayukta under BJP govt in Goa, to INDIA bloc’s V-P candidate

New Delhi/Hyderabad: In March 2013, as former Supreme Court judge Justice B. Sudershan Reddy was being sworn in as the first Lokayukta of Goa,...

DMK to support INDIA bloc’s non-Tamil candidate for V-P polls, rejects BJP’s ‘identity politics’

Chennai: Although DMK’s efforts to push for a Tamilian as INDIA bloc's vice-presidential candidate failed, the ruling DMK and its allies in Tamil Nadu...

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.