The morning's headlines focused extensively on NASA and SpaceX launching the Crew-10 mission to retrieve Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams and colleague Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station. By afternoon, attention shifted to mounting domestic tensions, with violence erupting during Holi celebrations in Jharkhand's Giridih district leading to torched vehicles and shops, while similar incidents in West Bengal's Birbhum prompted authorities to suspend internet services.
The Amritsar temple grenade attack dominated evening coverage, with police arresting three Babbar Khalsa-linked suspects in Bihar who were allegedly attempting to flee to Nepal. The attack was linked to Pakistan's ISI.
Gold smuggling case developments continued with actress Ranya Rao claiming she was slapped, starved and forced to sign blank papers while in custody. Her stepfather, Karnataka DGP Ramachandra Rao, was subsequently sent on compulsory leave. Meanwhile, Trump's administration reportedly considered imposing travel restrictions on 43 countries including Pakistan.
