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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicMahagatbandhan

Topic: Mahagatbandhan

Hindu’s exclusive fires Rafale attack at Modi’s PMO

Your daily news capsule.

Congress goes all-in for its first rally at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan in 30 years

The Congress, which had got reduced to just 4 MLAs in Bihar 10 years ago, plans to get at least 1.5 lakh people to attend the 3 February rally.

How Congress & NCP evolved into an aggressive, united opposition in Maharashtra

Over four years in opposition, Congress and NCP have moved from being reluctant allies to joining hands again ahead of Lok Sabha & Maharashtra polls next year.

Democratic compulsion to unite, says Naidu after meeting Rahul Gandhi

Naidu met a host of opposition leaders such as Pawar and Farooq, trio says country’s institutions being destroyed.

In Mayawati’s selfish politics, there’s no room for opposition unity

BSP supremo Mayawati has always preferred to maintain a reasonable distance from the bogey of so-called ‘opposition unity’.

Rahul Gandhi let Nitish Kumar go into the BJP’s waiting arms—and wants him to stay there

Rahul’s handling of the Bihar mahagatbandhan shows why opposition unity is so difficult.

What suits Narendra Modi and Amit Shah better— Rahul Gandhi or a faceless mahagathbandhan?

BJP president Amit Shah urged party workers in poll-bound Rajasthan to ask people if they wanted Rahul Gandhi as prime minister and Mamata Banerjee...

Here’s why the BJP is obsessed with Rahul Gandhi, even though he poses no threat to Modi

No, the BJP is not rattled by Rahul Gandhi.

BJP’s strategy for 2019 is the ‘There is no Alternative’ factor

The so-called TINA question has started getting traction after the series of by-election defeats for the BJP.

Freedom of expression under attack, one by ‘self-censorship’ and the other by miscreants

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.