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