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Thursday, January 8, 2026
TopicINDIA bloc

Topic: INDIA bloc

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.

Kashmir bills: DMK invoking Periyar on self-determination puts Congress on backfoot in Parliament

RS chairman expunges remark of Mohammed Abdulla on discussion of Kashmir bills. Congress is forced to assert that it doesn't support quote invoked by DMK MP.

Congress postpones 4th INDIA bloc meeting after top opposition leaders drop out

Mamata, Akhilesh, Nitish planned to skip the 6 December meeting. Kharge had dialled leaders to convene the meeting when counting of votes was underway Sunday.

INDIA bloc to hold protests in Odisha next month against BJP for ‘failing’ to fulfil promises

A meeting of all anti-BJD and anti-BJP parties was held on Friday evening to decide on protest rallies, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak said.

AAP unveils 2nd list of MP polls’ candidates, poses uncertainty around INDIA electoral alliance

After a meeting in Delhi last month, INDIA bloc announced joint rally in Bhopal in first week of October but MP Congress chief Kamal Nath later said that it has been cancelled.

What Bihar caste survey means for INDIA bloc: Congress, AAP, SP welcome move, TMC silent

Within Congress, the release of the Bihar caste data will mean that high command in Delhi is likely to push the party-run Karnataka government to release data from its 2015 caste census.

On Camera

Shillong men behaved as a woman tourist danced. It shouldn’t make headlines

Much of the praise has focused on the ‘protective’ men in the crowd. It recentres male authority over public space. Do women require guardianship simply to exist outside?

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

India’s defence sky gets a solar boost: Army orders iDEX solar-electric drone 

Indian Army has inducted loitering munitions, kamikaze and surveillance drones for over Rs 5,000 crore post Operation Sindoor from various domestic firms.

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.