Overview

• A two-year-old girl selling balloons at Meerut’s Nauchandi fair died after being struck by an SUV; the driver has been detained.
• Hundreds of Ahir Regiment and Yadav Mahasabha members clashed with police in Etawah’s Dandarpur village over a religious narrator dispute, prompting stone pelting and warning shots.
• In Batala, unknown gunmen opened fire on a Scorpio, killing a police ASI’s son instantly and the mother of gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria who later succumbed in hospital.
• Metal sector stocks rallied for a fifth consecutive session as a weaker US dollar lifted global demand, with SAIL jumping over 3% and Tata Steel up around 1%.
• Authorities have arrested suspects in Meerut and Etawah and seized CCTV footage in Batala as criminal investigations proceed.