Overview
- Balasore police registered a mob-lynching case under BNS 103(2), identified the victim as 35-year-old Sheikh Makandar Mohammad, made six arrests, and sent the viral assault video for forensic analysis.
- BJP tallied about 1,400 civic seats statewide and 89 in the BMC but fell short of internal targets, prompting a review as Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde’s camps traded accusations over councillor poaching and sequestering.
- At Prayagraj’s Mauni Amavasya, Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand declined to bathe alleging officials assaulted his disciples, while police said followers ignored staggered-entry directions during heavy crowd management.
- On Varanasi’s Manikarnika Ghat works, the Uttar Pradesh government said no temples or idols were harmed, only one madhi was removed, fallen sculptures were secured for reinstallation, and viral images were misleading or AI-generated.
- Mumbai police arrested a former employee in the burglary at BJP MP Manoj Tiwari’s home after CCTV showed use of duplicate keys, Greater Noida officials confirmed a software engineer died after a prolonged water-rescue, and Latehar authorities reported five dead and about 25 injured in a bus overturn.