Morning headlines were dominated by the visual and legal fallout of the U.S. intervention in Venezuela, focusing on Nicolás Maduro’s 'not guilty' plea in a New York court and the failure of Chinese air defense systems in Caracas. Domestically, editors highlighted a sharp rebuke from the Madras High Court, which dismissed the Tamil Nadu government’s attempt to block a religious lamp-lighting ceremony as based on 'imaginary' security ghosts. By midday, editorial priority shifted to the Special Interactive Revision (SIR) in Uttar Pradesh, where editors tracked the removal of 2.89 crore names from the draft electoral roll—an 18% reduction that sparked immediate political scrutiny. Concurrently, tensions at JNU escalated as the administration moved to expel students for anti-Modi slogans. In the evening, headlines pivoted to the bilateral friction between President Trump and Prime Minister Modi. Trump’s public assertions that Modi is 'not happy' due to trade tariffs and Russian oil imports redefined the day’s narrative from strategic cooperation to economic confrontation.