FEATURE STORY
Sonia Gandhi has long occupied the centre of Indian politics while revealing little about herself. She has been most ubiquitous and elusive for three decades.
Ladakh’s newly created districts have finally received their own Autonomous Hill Development Councils—an institutional shift expected to bring governance and development closer to every remote corner of the Himalayan region. Until now, decentralised administration in Ladakh functioned only through the two principal councils based in Leh and Kargil. “With the extension of this framework to all seven districts, Ladakh enters a new phase of grassroots empowerment,” said an official.
Several states, part of phase three of Special Intensive Revision of voter list, have pushed forward dates from 11 to 28 days to publish their respective final electoral rolls citing various reasons.
Opposition parties mounted an aggressive offensive against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday following reports that fellow Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi logged at least 14 formal objections over decisions tied to electoral roll revisions. As the Congress flagged institutional erosion, TMC Rajya Sabha floor leader Derek O’Brien called for reviving an impeachment motion to remove the CEC.
Dalal Street reversed early morning momentum on Tuesday, September 22, as the BSE Sensex tumbled 329.91 points to settle at 74,529.08 and the Nifty 50 slipped below key technical supports to 23,329. Heavy profit-taking across IT heavyweights like TCS and Infosys, coupled with ongoing foreign outflows, overshadowed macroeconomic relief from softening crude oil prices and global market strength.
India narrowly averted a historic upset at the Sano International Cricket Ground on Tuesday, edging out Japan by 2 runs in a rain-curtailed 5-over exhibition marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties. Restricted to 32/4 by Charles Hinze’s tight bowling, India relied on Washington Sundar’s 2/13 to stop Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming’s charge and restrict the hosts to 30/3.