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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicINDIA bloc

Topic: INDIA bloc

Curbing Governor’s powers, NEET exemption for TN & CAA repeal — what DMK is promising in manifesto

DMK has also promised to take steps to reclaim Kachchatheevu island, bring back Planning Commission & remove toll booths from all national highways if voted to power.

Electoral bonds, EVMs & call for ‘Quit BJP’ — when INDIA bloc came together at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park

Amid allegations of EVM tampering, opposition leaders endorse Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, criticise BJP over electoral bonds calling it ‘white collar corruption’.

In DMK-ruled Tamil Nadu, PM Modi reminisces about Amma, MGR & Ekta Yatra to woo voters for LS polls

Centre had allotted more funds for welfare of state in last ten years than any other governments in past, PM adds, as he spearheads BJP efforts to make a foray in Dravidian state.

SP & Congress announce poll tie-up in UP & MP, Congress gets 17 seats in UP

In MP, the SP will contest just one seat, supporting Congress candidates in the rest.

INDIA bloc breakdown: AAP offers just 1 seat in Delhi to Congress, names candidates in Goa, Gujarat

This is contrary to earlier reports of 3-4 formula between Congress & AAP in Delhi. AAP MP Sandeep Pathak expressed disappointment over lack of progress in seat-sharing talks.

Questioned by ED, Soren files FIR against its officers for ‘harassing tribal community’

The case pertained to 29 January raid at Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's Delhi residence during which ED seized Rs 36 lakh in cash and a BMW X7, which cost over Rs 1 crore.

Neither arithmetic nor chemistry working for INDIA bloc: Nadda after BJP’s Chandigarh mayoral polls win

BJP candidate Manoj Sonkar defeated AAP’s Kuldeep Kumar, who was fielded as part of an alliance with the Congress, and won the post of mayor in Chandigarh.

BJP’s Manoj Sonkar trounces AAP-Congress joint candidate in Chandigarh mayoral polls

Councillors of INDIA bloc parties AAP and Congress protested as soon as the results were announced. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP of 'cheating.'

Modi, BJP CMs undermined secularism: Urdu press on states declaring public holidays for consecration

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Mamata rules out reconciliation with Congress — ‘brought big yatra to Bengal but gave me no info’ 

Bengal CM says she got messages from Sonia & Priyanka enquiring about her health after car accident, but adds that 'no one' from Congress reached out to her on decision to go solo.

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.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

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.