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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.
Following its assembly victory in West Bengal, the BJP has rolled out a major youth engagement initiative titled ‘Yuba Bharat Sankalp’, led by party National President Nitin Nabin and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. Addressing 500 young professionals from law, management, and research in Kolkata, Nabin advocated for syllabus reforms emphasizing culture and sports while opening direct administrative dialogue channels to consolidate youth support.
A major boardroom battle has surfaced at the Tata Group after the Tata Sons board approved a five-year extension for Executive Chairman N Chandrasekaran and initiated public listing steps over the objections of Tata Trusts Chairman Noel Tata. With the Trusts citing Article 121 to brand the reappointment a legal nullity and conflicting visions emerging over compliance with the RBI’s Core Investment Company framework, India’s largest conglomerate faces a delicate governance and ownership test at Bombay House.
The Indian men’s hockey team stormed into the Asian Games final on Thursday with a pulsating 4-3 semifinal victory over traditional rivals Pakistan in Kakamigahara, Japan. Led by captain Harmanpreet Singh’s early two-goal blitz, the defending champions weathered a fierce second-half comeback from Pakistan before executing a decisive circle penetration seconds ahead of the hooter to keep their gold-medal defense intact.