Evening news wrap: ‘Cash’ bag row hits Maharashtra politics; NSA Doval slams foreign media over Operation Sindoor; and more
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut reignited political tensions by posting a video allegedly showing Maharashtra minister Sanjay Shirsat near a bag full of cash. NSA Ajit Doval challenged foreign media, particularly The New York Times, to show proof of Indian casualties from Operation Sindoor. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge took a swipe at PM Modi, alleging he lacked the courage to counter Donald Trump’s claim of the ceasefire. Microsoft, after slashing 15,000 jobs this year, has urged remaining employees to upskill in AI. Meanwhile, the murder of Gurgaon tennis coach Radhika Yadav took a new turn as a music video starring her surfaced online, prompting police to examine all angles. Here are today’s top developments at a glance.‘Cash bag’ video: Uddhav Sena targets Maharashtra minister with clip; he says only clothes insideShiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday sparked a new political controversy after posting a video purportedly showing Maharashtra minister Sanjay Shirsat sitting near cash heaped in a bag. In the video that Raut posted on X, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) MLA Shirsat is seen sitting on a bed with money in a bag on the floor. Read more‘Show me 1 photo’: NSA Ajit Doval dares foreign media on Operation Sindoor; seeks proof of damage on Indian sideAjit Doval, the national security adviser, criticized foreign media on Friday for its coverage of Operation Sindoor against Pakistan, citing the New York Times in particular. He challenged international media to “show even one image” of the damage on the Indian side.“We have to develop our indigenous technology. Mention of Sindoor was made here. We are really proud of how much of indigenous content was there… We decided to have 9 terrorist targets in the criss-cross of Pakistan, it was not in the border areas. We missed none. We hit nowhere else except that. It was precise to the point where we knew who was where. The entire operation took 23 minutes,” said Doval, speaking at the 62nd Convocation of IIT Madras. Read more‘Couldn’t speak against Trump’: Kharge’s jibe at PM Modi; rakes up India-Pak ceasefirePrime Minister Narendra Modi was criticized by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday for allegedly being unable to criticize US President Donald Trump, who claimed to have put an end to the India-Pakistan war that followed the deadly 22 April terror attack in Pahalgam, J&K, where 26 civilians were killed by terrorists backed by the ISI.“How much does Modi ji and the BJP lie. When the India-Pakistan war was going on, Donald Trump said that he ended the India-Pakistan war, that he told them to stop…Trump said this 16 times. Modi did not respond to him. Why? Because he did not have the courage to speak against Trump,” Kharge stated during a rally in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. Read moreMicrosoft cuts 15,000 jobs, tells remaining employees to invest in ….According to internal documents obtained by The Information, Microsoft is urging its surviving staff to “invest in your own AI skilling” after a wave of widespread layoffs that have resulted in the loss of over 15,000 jobs across several departments this year. At least four significant rounds of employee layoffs have been carried out by the Redmond giant in 2025; the most recent wave, which mostly affected the Xbox game business and sales teams, resulted in the loss of about 9,000 workers. 6,000 jobs were lost in May, and hundreds more were cut in June. Read moreRadhika Yadav murder: Music video featuring Gurgaon tennis coach surfaces; all angles being probed, say copsA music video featuring 25-year-old tennis coach Radhika Yadav appeared online the day after she was allegedly shot dead by her father at their Gurgaon home in Sushant Lok. Karwaan, the love song featuring Radhika in the video, was released in 2024 under the LLF Records label. Police have stated that they are looking into every potential reason for the murder, including whether Radhika’s participation in the music video contributed to the family feud. Read more
