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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicINDIA bloc

Topic: INDIA bloc

‘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. 

BJP using Ram temple event to manipulate Hindu sentiments, unnerve Opposition, says Urdu press

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

‘Govt must gauge delicacy of situation, foster trust in Kashmir’ — Urdu press on Poonch civilian deaths

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

INDIA’s Bengal seat-sharing impasse: TMC eyes lead role, CPIM defiant, state Congress keen to ‘go solo’

As Mamata's 31 December deadline looms, both Bengal Congress & CPI(M) remain reluctant to ally with TMC. Congress national leadership keen on tie-up to take on BJP.

Sanatana Dharma row to migrants quip — why ‘oldest Congress ally’ DMK has become thorn in INDIA’s side

From remarks on Hinduism to abrogation of Article 370, DMK leaders have been making several controversial remarks, pushing the INDIA bloc into a corner.

Mayawati condemns INDIA bloc members for ‘unnecessary comments’ on parties not part of alliance

The comments came following reports that Samajwadi Party opposed the inclusion of Bahujan Samaj Party into INDIA alliance during the fourth meeting of the bloc Tuesday.

Why no public outcry over suspended MPs? Indians love to vote but won’t guard institutions

We tend to romanticise the defeat of Indira Gandhi’s Emergency regime. Certainly, India didn’t rise up as a whole in 1977 to defend the institutions of democracy. It was sterilisation.

Opposition march to Vijay Chowk from Parliament to protest against suspension of 143 MPs

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said INDIA bloc will protest at Jantar Mantar Friday and nationwide protests will also be held against govt’s ‘immoral and illegal’ behaviour.

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.