Top news of the day: Owaisi names Chandrashekhar Azad as Uttar Pradesh CM face of new alliance; Farooq Abdullah pushes for India-Pakistan dialogue; and more

Owaisi names Chandrashekhar Azad as Uttar Pradesh CM face of Samajik Parivartan Morcha Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Chandrashekhar Azad’s Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) announced the formation of a new alliance, the ‘Samajik Parivartan Morcha’, ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, at a joint press conference in Lucknow on Thursday (November 12, 2026). Mr.

Owaisi announced that Mr. Azad will be the SPM coalition’s Chief Ministerial face for the 2027 State election.

Owaisi names Chandrashekhar Azad as Uttar Pradesh CM face of Samajik Parivartan Morcha storyline 1 Will be too late by the time guns fall silent: Farooq Abdullah pushes for India-Pakistan dialogue National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Thursday (November 12, 2026) made a strong pitch for dialogue between India and Pakistan, asserting that bullets and military confrontation cannot resolve political disputes and that meaningful engagement must begin without waiting for hostilities to end.