Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has accused the BJP-led government of undermining the Election Commission’s integrity by amending electoral rules. The changes restrict public access to certain election documents, a move Kharge calls a “systematic conspiracy” following the removal of the Chief Justice from the commissioner selection panel. Congress plans to challenge the amendment in court.

A 150-year-old stepwell, potentially linked to the 1857 uprising via a discovered tunnel, is being excavated in Sambhal’s Laxman Ganj. Officials are investigating the structure, believed to have been built during the Bilari King’s reign, and plan to renovate the nearby Banke Bihari Temple. Locals claim revolutionaries used the tunnel and chambers to escape the British.

The passersby in the video are seen urging the driver in a Cool Cab with a shattered windshield to stop but to no avail.