Shocked by the pathetic condition of the road that connects Hosayallapur to the crematorium, Hubballi-Dharwad West MLA Arvind Bellad took the HDMC commissioner to task and asked him to get the road cleared immediately. MLA Bellad was on his way to the crematorium to attend the funeral of a friend who had passed away and was taken by surprise by the carcass of dogs, pigs, and cats strewn around on the road, making it difficult for the people to move. HDMC staff rushed to the place and started cleaning the road. Bellad said he would take steps to set up an electric crematorium in Dharwad to avoid pollution.
The outgoing MP in the Lok Sabha from Kurukshetra is Nayab Singh Saini who had replaced M L Khattar as the Haryana chief minister in March and is now contesting the Karnal assembly bypolls on May 25, the day when voting for all the 10 Lok Sabha seats will be held. Jindal switched from Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in March. While in Congress, he represented Kurukshetra between 2004-2014. His late father and noted industrialist O P Jindal has also represented Kurukshetra earlier.
On the sectoral front, realty and FMCG gained one percent each, and capital goods, IT and Media up 0.5 percent each. On the other hand, bank index was down 0.5 percent and meal index shed 0.4 percent each.
China s measures to stabilise the property market boosted metal prices. Industrial output grew in April, surpassing expectations. Expectations of a US Fed rate cut in September also fueled the rally. Amid this, Indian metal stocks soared, with Nifty Metal hitting multiple record highs in 2024.