Overnight editors stayed on the Women's Asia Cup aftermath: after beating Sri Lanka by 72 runs for an eighth title, India skipped the presentation and left the trophy untouched rather than receive it from ACC chief and Pakistan minister Mohsin Naqvi, a BCCI directive coach Amol Muzumdar confirmed.
Morning moved to counting in Rajasthan's 309 urban bodies, with live tallies showing BJP ahead of Congress ward by ward. A Defence Ministry report that China cut LAC deployment to 10 formations in 2025 was read as a thaw signal.
Midday attention split to Gurugram, where camera footage showed a car tailgating and ramming woman biker Sia, and to a CBI FIR in the Disha Salian case naming Aaditya Thackeray, Rhea Chakraborty and Dino Morea.
Evening settled on final civic numbers: BJP on top, Congress winning Vasundhara Raje's Jhalawar, independents surging in the CM's hometown and AAP opening its first board.