Overview

• Six Delhi schools received bomb threats in the third such episode reported within four days, according to Hindustan Times.
• Delhi Police leadership shifted with SBK Singh replaced a day after a reported attack on Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, and the alleged assailant was detained.
• Indian Railways will run about 12,000 special trains for Diwali and Chhath travel, Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw confirmed.
• A parliamentary panel backed reserving SC, ST and OBC seats in private university admissions, with the proposal moving through further steps.
• The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to cut $783 million from medical research grants, as reported by Hindustan Times.