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.
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke launched a sharp attack against the Election Commission in Pune, alleging that the BJP’s recent electoral gains outside traditional strongholds stem from institutional manipulation under CEC Gyanesh Kumar rather than popular mandates. Backing protesting MPSC students over examination leaks, Dipke called for the resignation of both the CEC and the MPSC chairman, even as the ECI dismissed reports of internal dissent over the ongoing SIR exercise.
Dalal Street built on its turnaround on Tuesday as both the Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex closed at the high of the day, propelled by a 1.5% rally in private banks, double-digit gains in Trent, and a surprise $5-per-barrel price cut by Saudi Aramco on crude shipments to Asia. Despite lingering headwinds from US 10-year bond yields at 5.3%, stabilizing crude oil around $100 and oversold short-covering lifted the Nifty to 22,776.10 ahead of Wednesday’s crucial RBI policy outcome.
India’s Neeraj Chauhan secured a historic bronze medal in the men’s individual recurve event at the Asian Games on Saturday, defeating teammate Dhiraj Bommadevara 6-4 in a high-stakes all-Indian playoff in Nagoya. The landmark win makes Chauhan only the second Indian man after Tarundeep Rai to claim an individual recurve medal at the continental showpiece, sealing a stellar nine-medal haul for India’s archery contingent.