Overview

• Hours after leaving Sitapur jail, the SP leader objected to police barricades and crowd curbs in Rampur as authorities used drones and dispersal orders; party figures backed him while BJP leaders dismissed any electoral impact.
• Relentless rain in Kolkata left key stretches waterlogged, suspending metro services between Shahid Khudiram and Maidan with truncated runs elsewhere, disrupting rail operations, and causing one electrocution death as dewatering continued.
• In Indore’s Ranipura area, a three-storey building collapsed after heavy rain, killing two and injuring 12, with NDRF and administration conducting a five-hour rescue and officials probing structural failures.
• Former Union minister R.K. Singh urged NDA colleagues named by Prashant Kishor to publicly address corruption and credential claims, pressing for clarifications from leaders including Samrat Choudhary and Dilip Jaiswal while denying any switch to Jan Suraj.
• A 13-year-old Afghan boy who hid in a Kabul–Delhi flight’s landing gear was found alive, detained and deported, prompting fresh calls from experts to tighten airport perimeter surveillance and checks.