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  • Allahabad HC said that the UP Police is acting as law unto themselves as they detained a person unlawfully even before his arrest
  • Kolkata witnesses traffic snarls on the first day of the Durga Puja festival as revellers start pnadal-hopping
  • Neha Bora was subsequently released and Dipke is to appear before a magistrate today at noon
  • Delhi Police detained Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, Neha Bora of AISA, student leaders and supporters ahead of a rally in Connaught Place demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. The protest followed the detention and jailing of two CJP leaders earlier in the week over demonstrations at Jantar Mantar
  • The Reserve Bank of India is considering further monetary tightening to counter capital outflows and increase the cost of betting against the rupee, according to bankers and analysts cited by Reuters. The measures follow recent rate increases and steps to drain liquidity as pressure on the currency and inflation concerns persist
  • India directed oil marketing companies to stop diverting sugar-based feedstocks for ethanol production in the 2026–27 supply year, according to a new tender issued on Friday. The companies have invited bids for 11 billion litres of ethanol made from alternatives including corn and broken rice, amid concerns about domestic sugar supplies and prices
  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India's trade imbalance with China was growing sharply and attributed the problem partly to restrictions on Indian goods and services entering the Chinese market. China subsequently said it was ready to work with India to address mutual economic and trade concerns; India's trade deficit with China reached $69 billion in the first half of FY2026–27, up 27% year-on-year
  • Indian equity benchmarks extended their recovery on Friday, with the Sensex rising 413.66 points to close at 74,729.27 and the Nifty 50 gaining 148.80 points to settle at 23,146.15. Information technology shares, including Tech Mahindra, Infosys and TCS, helped lift the indices
  • India defeated Zimbabwe by four wickets in the opening women's T20 International in Raipur, taking a 1–0 lead in the three-match series. Deepti Sharma and Niki Prasad combined in an 82-run stand after India's top order collapsed, helping the hosts chase down Zimbabwe's total of 114 for five
  • Indian wrestler Komal won bronze in the women's 59 kg category at the Under-23 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, defeating Kazakhstan's Viktoriia Khusainova 7–2. Fellow Indian Amruta Pujari advanced to the women's 72 kg final after recording two pinfall victories
  • Indian shuttler Jagsher Singh Khangurra secured a bronze medal at the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships in Cairo
  • The Supreme Court of India upheld the Bombay High Court's decision quashing the 2020 write-off of ₹8,415 crore in additional tier-1 bonds issued by Yes Bank (Yes Bank). The court ruled that the bank's administrator lacked the authority to extinguish the bonds under the final reconstruction scheme, strengthening bondholders' claims
  • The Supreme Court issued notices to the Election Commission of India, Delhi Police and opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav, in separate petitions concerning electoral-roll revision and protests held in Delhi on October 10–12. The court also directed the preservation of CCTV footage linked to allegations of police excesses
  • The Supreme Court ruled that a person converting from Hinduism to Islam cannot automatically claim backward-class reservation benefits in the new religious community solely on the basis of their previous caste status. The judgment upheld the Madras High Court's decision striking down a 2024 Tamil Nadu government order that permitted such certification for specified communities
  • The Election Commission of India ordered a Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls in 14 states and three Union Territories, using January 1, 2027, as the qualifying date for voter eligibility. The draft rolls are scheduled for publication on November 12, claims and objections will be accepted until December 11, and the final rolls are due on January 4, 2027
Delhi HC refuses to ban CJP's Tiranga rally at Central Park in Connaught Place today /////// Police says will control and regulate it /////// NDMC closes the park for the public on Friday and Saturday
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I.N.D.I.A Alliance - Moving Ahead With Purpose

By Sunil Garodia
First publised on 2023-08-28 06:11:22

About the Author

Sunil Garodia Editor-in-Chief of indiacommentary.com. Current Affairs analyst and political commentator. Author of Cyber Scams in India, Digital Arrest, The Money Trap and The Human Hack

The Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance, or I.N.D.I.A, the grouping of 26 (more are likely to join) opposition parties that is shaping up fast to challenge the NDA, is going to hold its next meeting at Mumbai on September 1. Setting aside internal contradictions, the alliance is now moving ahead seriously and with purpose. It is expected that the during the Mumbai meeting, a convener (or conveners, as there are multiple candidates angling for the post, although Nitish Kumar is fast emerging as the sole consensus candidate) is likely to be appointed, although there are reports that the convener might be named in the next meeting; a coordination panel is likely to be formed (which is the main agenda of the meeting); a logo is likely to be unveiled and plans for holding joint campaign will be finalized. The meeting is also likely to announce joint rallies in six states in the coming weeks to show the intent of the alliance as a serious challenger to the NDA.

After the Congress-AAP tiff, the latest problem that the I.N.D.I.A alliance is facing is the equivocal stance of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, although he has come clean in the last few days to assert that he will have no truck with the BJP and has slammed both the BJP and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP faction that broke away from the party. Pawar has also said that the demand for Lok Sabha seats by all parties in the alliance will be decided strictly on the basis of their strength in the constituency.

While the alliance has now become reasonably stable with the express support of 26 parties, the absence of K Chandrasekhar Rao and BRS still rankles. On Thursday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged in a rally in Hyderabad that KCR has a secret pact with the BJP and that is why he is ignoring the I.N.D.I.A alliance. Apart from BRS, BJD and YRSC, most major opposition parties have joined the alliance. Telangana, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh together send 63 MPs, or more than 10% of the total, to the Lok Sabha and the ruling parties in each state are likely to corner most of the seats. That is why the I.N.D.I.A alliance is worried. But as things stand now, now of these parties are likely to join the alliance.

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