Following the Olympics, Vinesh’s endorsement fees surged dramatically. Before the games, she charged around Rs 25 lakh per endorsement; now, her fees range between Rs 75 lakh and Rs 1 crore.

As vote counting commenced in Haryana, senior BJP leader Anil Vij faced unexpected challenges as he fell behind Independent candidate Chitra Sarwara in his stronghold, the Ambala Cantt Assembly constituency.

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said that over the last two hours between 9 and 11 am, there has been an “unexplained slowdown” in updating results on the ECI’s website.