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Today in India: 28 October 2026
Abhishek Sharma’s 35-ball hundred sealed India’s T20I series win in Wellington. Sonia Gandhi said her memoir Belonging will correct ‘invented’ accounts. The Supreme Court questioned why medicine prices favour manufacturers.
Abhishek Sharma’s 35-ball ton seals series win over New Zealand
Abhishek Sharma smashed 113 off 38 balls, with 11 sixes and nine fours, to chase New Zealand’s 199 in 13.2 overs in Wellington on Tuesday. His 35-ball century equalled the joint second-fastest by an Indian in T20Is, and his 11th T20 hundred overtook Virat Kohli for the most by an Indian. Opening partner Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 45 off 19 in a 133-run stand off 43 balls. India won the three-match series.
8 sources, 5 neutral, 3 sensationalist
Sonia Gandhi expects ‘tamasha’ over memoir Belonging
Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi said on Tuesday that her memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love, out on 10 November, will challenge what she called inaccurate, invented or exaggerated accounts of her life. In a video posted on X, she said she decided to write the book to describe events as they really happened. Gandhi added, ‘There’s bound to be some tamasha when this book comes out.’
3 sources, 3 neutral
Supreme Court questions Centre over wide medicine price gap
The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Centre over the gap between the maximum retail price of medicines and what retailers pay, asking why the system appears to favour manufacturers. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta described the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority as a ‘totally defunct’ body. Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati said Indian medicine prices are among the lowest worldwide and the government’s policy is not to bring the entire ecosystem under regulatory control.
5 sources, 5 neutral
Jharkhand hospital searches for newborn after stray dog incident
Authorities searched Medinirai Medical College Hospital in Palamu, Jharkhand, on Tuesday after a stray dog was seen carrying a newborn’s body on the campus. CCTV footage and a police dog squad were deployed. The district administration formed a Special Investigation Team. Deputy Commissioner Dilip Pratap Singh Sekhawat said the initial search of the post-mortem house and shrubbery yielded no concrete trace of the newborn or the dog.
8 sources, 8 neutral
More from today
EC orders officer transfers in five poll-bound states
The Election Commission on Tuesday directed Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to transfer officers posted in their home districts or those who have served three years in a district during the past four years. The cut-off date for tenure calculation is 31 March 2027 for four states and 31 May 2027 for Uttar Pradesh. District election officers, returning officers, police from sub-inspector upward, and excise and transport officers of sub-inspector rank and above are covered.
9 sources, 9 neutral
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Delhi HC refuses to stay probe against journalist in ACP Bhagat case
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the investigation against a woman journalist accused of casteist remarks and public humiliation of Assistant Commissioner of Police Vivek Bhagat during a 3 October protest near Jantar Mantar. Justice Mini Pushkarna issued notice to the Delhi Police and Bhagat on the journalist’s petition seeking quashing of the FIR. She said she would not pass an interim order and would hear the matter after the respondents file their replies.
8 sources, 8 neutral
Congress moves CEC ‘public impeachment’ to Kharge’s home after police denial
The Congress on Tuesday said the INDIA bloc’s planned ‘public impeachment’ of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will now be held at party chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence on 30 October, after Delhi Police denied permission at Ashoka Hotel and Ramlila Maidan. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal alleged the decision came from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, not the police.
8 sources, 8 neutral
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Delhi HC seeks Centre’s stand on Race Course mosque demolition plea
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the Centre’s response to a petition seeking protection of the Race Course mosque at the Jaipur Polo Ground from demolition. Justice Anish Dayal issued notice on the plea filed by worshipper Syed Ahmed Saud and asked the Centre’s counsel to return with instructions by Thursday. The Centre’s standing counsel Ashish Dixit told the court that the premises house a mosque and a temple, and that no demolition was currently underway against the mosque.
8 sources, 8 neutral
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Supreme Court: Visa overstay alone not UAPA bail bar
The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that overstaying a visa after a valid entry does not amount to illegal entry for the purpose of denying bail under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. A bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Vipul M Pancholi dismissed the Union of India’s appeal and upheld the Madras High Court’s December 2023 order granting bail to Mohamed Rifas, an alleged Sri Lankan national.
6 sources, 6 neutral
High Court halts BFI no-confidence meeting until November 13
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed suspended Boxing Federation of India Secretary General Pramod Kumar to keep the General Body meeting scheduled for October 28 in abeyance until the next hearing on November 13. Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya issued the interim order on a petition by BFI President Ajay Singh, who challenged an October 8 notice proposing a no-confidence motion against him and convening the meeting for that purpose.
9 sources, 9 neutral
Useful today
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Cyclone Arnab begins landfall near Yanam, Andhra Pradesh
Cyclone Arnab began making landfall near Yanam, Andhra Pradesh, early on 28 October, with the process likely complete by 4 am, authorities told Amar Ujala. The India Meteorological Department said the extremely severe cyclonic storm will bring wind speeds of 115 to 135 kmph, gusting to 150 kmph. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is being continuously updated.
6 sources, 6 neutral
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Railways opens applications for 1,265 Station Master posts
Indian Railways has opened online applications for 1,265 Station Master posts across the country under CEN No. 08/2026. Eligible graduates can apply from 27 October to 25 November 2026. RRB Mumbai has the highest allocation with 177 vacancies. The starting basic pay is Rs 35,400 per month under Level 6 of the 7th CPC.
7 sources, 7 neutral
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44 flights cancelled at Vijayawada airport due to Cyclone Arnab
Around 44 flight services from Vijayawada International Airport at Gannavaram have been cancelled on Wednesday, 28 October, due to Cyclone Arnab, airport sources said. All 12 scheduled IndiGo flights for the day have been cancelled. Air India’s morning Delhi-Vijayawada service and two Fly91 services on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada route have also been pulled.
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Mumbai airport network glitch delayed 327 flights on Tuesday
A network disruption at Mumbai International Airport on Tuesday evening forced a switch to manual check-in and delayed 327 flights, according to data from Flightradar24 cited by four outlets. Departures faced an average delay of 50 minutes and 13 percent of flights were cancelled. Mumbai International Airport Ltd confirmed a temporary network disruption but said it had not affected operations.
8 sources, 7 neutral, 1 sensationalist
The closing thought
Today’s news circled power, memory, and process. A T20I batter rewrote records in Wellington while a party memoir stirred memory in Delhi, and a court questioned why medicine pricing tilts toward manufacturers. The Election Commission quietly moved officers in five states, and two high courts deferred boxing’s internal fight and a journalist’s investigation. Watch whether the Supreme Court next week names a fix for medicine pricing, and whether Friday’s court hearing on the Race Course mosque clarifies if a temple and a mosque share that ground without demolition.
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