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.
Ahead of crucial state assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has overhauled its nationwide organisational apparatus, naming central leaders as prabharis and co-in-charges across all 28 states and eight Union territories. Key postings see Vinod Tawde assigned Uttar Pradesh, Ram Madhav given Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand, Sunil Bansal overseeing West Bengal and Telangana, and Anil Baluni elevated to coordinate the party’s combined media and social media wings.
Dalal Street mounted a resilient late-afternoon comeback on Thursday, September 25, as the BSE Sensex reclaimed 315.20 points to close at 73,895.74 and the Nifty 50 defended the 23,000 threshold to settle at 23,140.50. Bargain hunting in beaten-down financials and RBI intervention in the currency market helped stem losses, though persisting geopolitical frictions in the Strait of Hormuz and elevated US Treasury yields keep traders cautious.
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.