02 May 2026
Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot and his wife Sara Abdullah have separated after nearly two decades of marriage. In his election affidavit for the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly polls, the Congress leader mentioned himself as a divorcee.
This is the first time that Pilot has disclosed his separation from his wife, who is the daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah.
The air quality in Delhi continues to remain in “very poor” category for the fourth day in a row and there is a strong possibility that the situation may not improve in November.
Two data on Delhi’s air quality were released on Tuesday—one indicates a silver lining in efforts to tackle the problem while the other shows that nothing has changed.
Unfazed by reports of dissent and rebellion by a few party functionaries, home minister Amit Shah has taken the command of BJP's poll campaign in MP as the party is seeking another term in the state where CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has completed four terms.
Shah camped in the state holding a series of strategy meetings with grassroot functionaries, other than holding public rallies.
French police shot a hijab-wearing woman in a Paris metro station on Tuesday morning, as reported by local media. According to news agency AFP, commuters said the woman was shot after she started behaving in a threatening manner.
The woman allegedly threatened to blow up the subway shouting "Allah Hu Akbar" and this is when the police opened fire.
According to news agency AFP, the woman "refused to follow police orders" and threatened "to blow herself up".
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday in its reply in the Delhi High Court, that it can't regulate political alliances while responding to a plea against the use of the INDIA acronym for the Alliance of opposition parties
"The answering Respondent (ECI) is constituted under Article 324 of the Constitution of India for superintendence, direction and control of the conduct of all elections to parliament, state legislatures and the offices of president and vice president," the ECI stated.
