Overview

• The SIT has completed its first phase of manual digs at 17 Dharmasthala sites under NHRC oversight, finished GPR scanning at the infrastructure-bound site 13 and will start hands-on excavation there.
• The Sensex rallied 746 points on August 11, and Q1 FY26 results drove stock-specific moves, sending Astral shares down over 7% on weak PAT while Yatra Online, Kellton Tech and several small-caps climbed after positive earnings or broker upgrades.
• BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy retained his 25-year hold on the Constitution Club secretary post by defeating Sanjeev Balyan by more than 100 votes in a 26-round secret ballot.
• Union Minister Anurag Thakur rebutted Congress’s ‘vote theft’ allegations, citing Special Summary Revision concerns and pointing to anomalous voter registrations in Raebareli and Diamond Harbour.
• A Mumbai Sessions Court convicted Bacchu Kadu of assault, imposed a three-month jail term and ₹10,000 fine stayed pending appeal, while Haryana police detained five suspects after communal-tinged violence over a parking dispute in Nuh.