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Topic: INDIA bloc

What’s new on Modiflix & who’s got ‘Vikas’ spooked

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

TMC likely to skip INDIA bloc’s proposed meeting on last day of polling

Polling is to be held in nine constituencies in Kolkata, including Diamond Harbour, where TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee is a candidate, on 1 June. These seats are being held by TMC.

Urdu press predicts Opposition victory, says BJP ‘fighting a losing battle’

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Why Modi is ‘rattled’, YouTubers taking on Indian PM & ‘blistering summer’ — global media coverage

Global media also reports on Opposition 'largely holding together' despite pressures, sustained inflation & rising food prices, and role of freebies in ongoing general election.

Jalebis & ‘clean sweep’— on campaign trail, Hooda predicts sweet victory for INDIA bloc in Haryana

The BJP's graph is on the decline and there is a strong wave in favour of the Congress in Haryana, former CM Bhupinder Hooda asserts in an interview with ThePrint.

Scars of 2020 riots & his own past — obstacles INDIA bloc candidate Kanhaiya faces in Northeast Delhi

Congress's Kanhaiya Kumar, backed by AAP, will face BJP's Manoj Tiwari. AAP is working hard to ensure a win for him while also spreading voter awareness to avoid poll symbol confusion.

‘Mann ki baat won’t work, listen to people’: Rahul-Akhilesh tear into Modi during poll chat

The Samajwadi chief said alliance with Congress was natural; Gandhi felt the INDIA bloc was one of its kind, as all parties had come together.

‘Congress will bulldoze Ram temple, if voted to power’, says PM Modi in Barabanki rally

Referring to the INDIA bloc, the prime minister urged the people present at the rally in UP’s Barabanki to avoid wasting their votes on a “ridiculous Khichdi coalition”.

‘125 seats more than enough’ — Telangana CM Revanth Reddy on how Congress can form govt at Centre

Telangana CM stands by his surgical strike remark, says there's no evidence & that Pulwama attack happened because intelligence sources were deployed on Opposition instead.

‘Will give tyranny a befitting reply’ — Congress’s Kanhaiya Kumar kickstarts his campaign in Delhi

INDIA bloc's candidate for North East Delhi Lok Sabha seat, Kumar held 2 public meetings, attended by hundreds, in an area which was among worst-affected during 2020 communal riots.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?