Overview
- Government sources say the first charter bringing Indians home could depart Friday, with embassy teams locating students in person because phone and internet services are unreliable.
- Iran’s sudden airspace closure has forced Air India and IndiGo to reroute or cancel services on India–Europe–North America routes, causing delays for travelers.
- Human rights groups report deaths exceeding 2,000 with eyewitness accounts of rooftop snipers, overwhelmed hospitals and mass arrests, while Iran describes the crackdown as counter‑terror operations and says planned executions are paused.
- Multiple reports allege authorities demanded a “bullet fee” from families before releasing bodies of those killed, a claim that remains hard to verify under the information blackout.
- In Mumbai’s BMC voting, opposition parties alleged erasable ink on voters’ fingers; the State Election Commission rejected the charge and warned that attempting to remove the mark to vote again is a punishable offence.