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TopicINDIA bloc

Topic: INDIA bloc

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.

‘AAP holding talks on Lok Sabha seat from Goa as part of INDIA alliance,’ says Arvind Kejriwal

Goa has two Lok Sabha constituencies – North Goa and South Goa. However, Kejriwal did not specify which of the two seats the AAP was eyeing to contest.

TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee mocks Congress, compares Bengal seats-sharing aspirations to ‘aiming for stars’

Abhishek's comment comes after TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, along with Akhilesh Yadav and Uddhav Thackeray, skipped the virtual meeting of the opposition INDIA bloc Saturday.

Kharge to be ‘INDIA chairperson’, Nitish ‘withdraws’ from convener race citing ‘lack of consensus’

Bihar CM & JD (U) president Nitish Kumar is learnt to have said he would only consider convener’s post when there’s consensus. He also insisted that a Congress leader be alliance chair. 

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.