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Cat-and-mouse game on pay-per-view & will the real MAGA fountainhead please stand up

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

Delhi poll result isn’t just Brand Kejriwal losing sheen. BJP stepping out of Modi shadow too

The BJP's victory in the Delhi Assembly election 2025 is another sign that the party is readying up well for the post-Modi era.

Rahul-Priyanka rallies, tickets to defectors, why Congress is betting big on these 12 Delhi seats

The party won three consecutive Delhi elections before the rise of AAP but failed to win even a single seat in the 70-member assembly in the last two.

Why Rahul Gandhi has floated the idea of a Congress-AAP alliance in poll-bound Haryana

AAP has pockets of influence in Haryana's urban areas, which are traditional BJP strongholds. However, alliance road may not be smooth with leaders from both parties opposing the idea.

Anti-Constitution, anti-Dalit, anti-minority — Modi mounts scathing attack on Congress in Rajya Sabha

Reiterating his assurance to students affected by paper leaks, the PM also said that the Opposition had politicised an issue that affected the lives of the country’s youth.

Arvinder Lovely quits as Delhi Congress chief over nomination of ‘strangers’ Kanhaiya Kumar & Udit Raj

In his resignation letter to party president Kharge, Lovely also cited AICC general secretary in-charge (Delhi) Deepak Babaria’s 'constant interferences' as another reason for his decision.

‘Will convince leadership not to cede Bharuch’ — Ahmed Patel’s son wants LS ticket from Congress

It was decided during alliance talks that AAP would contest the seat. But Faisal Patel says he is meeting Rahul & Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge to convince them to reverse decision.

BJP retains Chandigarh mayor post after 8 AAP & Congress councillors’ votes declared invalid

Eight votes cast by alliance councillors were declared invalid by presiding officer, leading BJP's Manoj Sonkar to win with 16 votes. Congress & BJP have moved court against poll result.

‘Committed to INDIA,’ says Kejriwal amid fresh AAP-Congress tension over Punjab MLA’s arrest

Punjab cops arrested Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Thursday in connection with a 2015 drug-trafficking case.

Our take on Unacademy, Nehru memorial renaming & AAP-Congress spat — in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.