Overview
- The Union Home Ministry announced the High‑Level Committee on Demographic Change chaired by retired Justice Prakash Prabhakar Navlekar, a formal step the government says will assess 'unnatural' population shifts and recommend responses.
- West Bengal state authorities have activated holding centres in border districts and photos and reports show groups of alleged Bangladeshi migrants gathering at checkpoints as officials begin identification and processing.
- The Enforcement Directorate carried out raids at ten locations in Kerala, including properties linked to former chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter, citing an SFIO charge sheet that led to a money‑laundering case.
- In Delhi the Land & Development Office has issued an eviction order after multiple notices demanding about Rs 48 crore in overdue ground rent from the Delhi Gymkhana Club and separate shootings in Amar Colony and Khajuri Khas triggered active police manhunts.
- Hidden beneath the security and political headlines, companies and consumers show shifting markets: Captain Polyplast reported an 80% rise in Q4 revenue and 91% profit growth linked to solar EPC work, and Instamart data show a roughly 150% jump in orders for protein products over two years.