NASA astronaut Sunita Williams returned to Earth after 286 days in space, with extensive coverage of her SpaceX Dragon spacecraft's dramatic splashdown off Florida's coast. Media reported on a tense 7-minute communications blackout during reentry when temperatures reached 1900 degrees. PM Modi welcomed her home, saying "Earth missed you."
Fahim Khan, identified as the mastermind behind the Nagpur riots, was arrested and remanded to police custody. FIRs revealed disturbing details including the molestation of a female police officer during the violence. CM Fadnavis firmly stated "no Islamic prayer mat was burned" and vowed to find perpetrators "even from graves," while RSS declared Aurangzeb "irrelevant today."
By afternoon, Punjab Police cleared the Shambhu and Khanauri protest sites after 13 months, detaining around 700 farmers including leaders Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Sarwan Singh Pandher. Authorities deployed 5,000 personnel and used bulldozers to demolish protesters' structures.