Overview
- A car exploded near the Red Fort metro station in New Delhi, leaving multiple fatalities and injuries as forensic teams work to determine the cause.
- Security has been tightened across Delhi and into neighboring Uttar Pradesh, with enhanced checks at airports, metro stations and other high-footfall areas.
- Police recovered explosives from a doctor’s house in Faridabad in a developing inquiry that Jammu and Kashmir Police describe as part of a suspected transnational module.
- Jammu and Kashmir Police report uncovering a network with links to proscribed groups Jaish-e-Mohammad and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, with the investigation continuing.
- Separately, the Delhi government directed hybrid classes for students up to Class 5 under GRAP-3 pollution curbs, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a two-day visit to Bhutan to inaugurate a hydropower project.