In a letter to Punjab's voters ahead of the seventh-phase of the Lok Sabha polls on June 1, Singh appealed to voters that they have “one final chance to ensure that democracy and our Constitution are protected from the repeated assaults of a despotic regime, trying to unleash dictatorship in India.” Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using “hateful, unparliamentary terms to target either a specific section of society or opposition.” Manmohan Singh said PM Modi "indulged" in the most vicious form of hate speeches. He said PM Modi lowered the dignity of public discourse. PM Modi had accused Singh of saying that Muslims have the “first right on the country's resources”.

Yogendra Yadav, a political activist, remarked that the influence of the royal family in politics has waned, with Preneet Kaur's significance diminished. Kaur, a seasoned politician and BJP candidate from Patiala, may struggle in the absence of her husband, Amarinder Singh, a former chief minister and influential figure.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor responded to psephologist Yogendra Yadav's latest forecast, labeling it "interesting times ahead." Yadav suggested the BJP might not exceed 250 seats, potentially dropping to 230 with anti-incumbency. Tharoor found Yadav's revised prediction intriguing, especially regarding the BJP's majority prospects in the Lok Sabha elections.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said a BJP-led NDA win would boost the stock market, potentially leading to a "solid bull's market." Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik dismissed claims that ex-bureaucrat VK Pandian is his successor, stating the people will decide. He also refuted BJP's allegations about Pandian's influence.

Former PM Manmohan Singh criticized PM Modi for degrading the dignity of the Prime Minister's office with divisive speeches. Singh cited Modi's remarks in Rajasthan accusing Congress of wealth distribution based on child count and misinterpretation of Singh's statement regarding resource allocation to Muslims. Singh condemned Modi's hate speeches in a letter to Punjab voters.

The 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign concludes soon, with the final phase on June 1. Political parties have moved from traditional manifestoes to sets of guarantees. Congress offers 25 guarantees, BJP presents 'Modi ki guarantees', while regional parties like TMC and RJD also promise specific assurances to voters.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will end his Lok Sabha Election 2024 campaign with a 48-hour spiritual retreat at Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari from May 30 to June 1. This mirrors his 2019 meditation at Kedarnath before elections. The retreat precedes the election results announcement on June 4.

The report comes at a time when Iran has refused to engage with the IAEA over its nuclear plan’s transparency. The International Atomic Energy Agency says that Iran has further increased its stockpile of enriched uranium to nearly weapons-grade level. The United Nations’ Nuclear Watchdog says that Iran now has over 140 kilograms of Uranium enriched up to 60 percent. The agency says that Uranium enriched to 60 percent is enough to make nuclear weapons and an atomic bomb. he alarming development comes after President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash last week. Meanwhile, Iran says that its nuclear ambitions do not include a nuclear weapon,

According to the statement, 825 days have passed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, during which 4,65,000 Russians have been killed or wounded, which includes 980 daily casualties from January to April this year and an estimated 1,000 a day in May, the highest rate since the start of the war. Russia can minimise its losses by withdrawing all of its forces from all of Ukraine,” UK’s political and military counsellor Ankur Narayan said in a statement to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. The defence sector now takes up 40 percent of the Russian government’s spending, equivalent to 6 percent of its GDP. Moreover, Ukraine has liberated 70,000 square miles of land seized by Russia in 2022.

48-year-old P Chandrashekaran was found dead at his residence in Shivamogga on Sunday. He was working at the corporation’s office in Bengaluru as a superintendent attached to the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation. He left a suicide note that has put the state’s Congress government in a spot. According to sources, he has written in the note about the alleged misuse of large amounts of funds in the corporation and also held some senior officers responsible for his death. The deceased officer has accused his seniors of forcing him to open a parallel bank account to divert money from the corporation’s primary account. “He has named three officers in the death note. The name of a lady officer in Union Bank, an officer in the accounts section in the corporation, and Padmanabha. We want justice. He was an honest man. He has given full details about the amounts and account numbers in the death note,” said Kavitha, Chandrashekaran’s wife.