Overnight editors led with the Gulf exchange: the US said it destroyed five Iranian tankers off Kharg Island after attacks on its warships, while Iran reported crews evacuated, fired missiles at a US base in Jordan and claimed strikes on Hormuz shipping and a captured US drone.
By morning focus moved to Delhi, where arrests rose to five over the Satya Niketan collapse, the chief minister ordered demolition of illegal buildings and hostel inspections, and investigators said a basement wall was removed for a shop. The Chief Justice rebuked a Greater Noida magistrate over notice to a student protester.
Afternoon brought the NIA chargesheet describing the Red Fort blast as a suicide attack and the naming of Vijay’s TVK-led front in Tamil Nadu. Evening coverage switched to live blogs of Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and foldable Duo launch, as a building collapse was reported in Gandhinagar.