Overview
- In Bhopal, a sessions court on Monday denied anticipatory bail to model Twisha Sharma’s husband, who remains on the run as a special team investigates her alleged dowry death.
- Oil companies raised petrol and diesel prices by about 90 paise per litre on Tuesday, pushing Delhi rates to Rs 98.64 and Rs 91.58 and lifting transport costs that can feed into food prices.
- In California, three people were killed outside a San Diego mosque on Monday, and the FBI is treating the shooting as a suspected hate crime after the two teen suspects were later found dead in a car.
- Police in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir launched a joint probe after a video showed a 17-year-old from Bijnor converting at a Kupwara mosque, with FIRs filed to secure the minor’s custody.
- A Delhi court on Tuesday rejected Umar Khalid’s interim bail plea in the 2020 riots conspiracy case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, saying his reasons were not compelling despite recent Supreme Court comments on long pre-trial detention.