Overview
- Hindus may perform rituals from sunrise to sunset and Muslims may offer jummah prayers from 1–3 pm, with security, barricading and segregated areas to be arranged by the administration.
- In Noida’s Sector-150 death case, police arrested builder Abhay Kumar and registered FIRs against MZ Wishtown and Lotus Greens as a Special Investigation Team reviews lapses.
- UP Police escalated action in the Sambhal violence probe with property attachment against alleged mastermind Sharik Satha, citing a Red Corner Notice and POF-made 9 mm cartridges recovered as forensics and international steps advance.
- India advised dependents of its officials in Bangladesh to return as a precaution while all missions remain open and operational under a non-family posting status.
- An IAF trainee microlight crashed into a pond in Prayagraj with both pilots rescued and a joint probe underway, and Bengaluru police arrested an airport staffer swiftly after a South Korean tourist reported sexual harassment.