Overview
- The CBI widened its NEET exam leak probe by searching Latur’s RCC coaching institute, seizing devices and questioning director Shivraj Motegaonkar over links to alleged mastermind P.V. Kulkarni.
- A Nashik court denied bail to TCS site head Ashwini Chainani and four co-accused in a case alleging workplace sexual harassment and pressure to convert, saying Chainani’s inaction as a POSH committee member abetted the offenses.
- In Ulhasnagar, police filed a case after a family was assaulted and women were paraded in public, with two female suspects arrested and teams searching for other accused.
- Howrah authorities ran a night anti-encroachment drive outside the station using bulldozers, with RPF and city police on site, and warned that further clearances will continue.
- Indian Railways set up a high-level committee with West Central Railway, ICF and RDSO to probe the Rajdhani Express AC coach fire near Ratlam and to tighten coach fire-safety checks.