Overview
- Toulouse VAAC reported an ash plume rising 10–15 km from Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano, prompting route changes and the diversion of IndiGo flight 6E 1433 to Ahmedabad as carriers issued safety advisories.
- Delhi Police detained several protesters near India Gate, registered FIRs and began identifications after posters and slogans supporting slain Maoist commander Madvi Hidma appeared and chili spray was used on officers.
- Lucknow police said two suspects were arrested and a third remains at large in the killing of recovery agent Shashi Prakash Upadhyay following a dispute over Rs 101.
- In Kaushambi, a mother confessed to pushing her 12-year-old daughter into the Yamuna; police jailed the accused while searches continue as the child’s body has not been found.
- Hyderabad’s Golconda police recovered a four-year-old within 24 hours and arrested an ex-couple accused of abducting the child to pass her off as their own.