The Supreme Court granted interim bail to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, arrested for his Operation Sindoor posts, but restricted him from writing about the topic while terming his language "dog whistling."
Security forces killed 27-30 Naxalites in Chhattisgarh, reportedly including top commander Basavaraju who carried a Rs 1 crore bounty.
India expelled another Pakistani High Commission official, the second in eight days, continuing diplomatic pressure following Operation Sindoor.
In the afternoon, Delhi-NCR experienced a violent storm with 79 km/h winds, causing flight diversions, cancellations, and traffic chaos. An IndiGo flight made an emergency landing in Srinagar with a damaged nose after severe turbulence.
The Centre argued in Supreme Court that Waqf is not an essential practice in Islam but merely "charity," during hearings on the Waqf Amendment Act. Tamil Nadu sued the Centre over Rs 2,151 crore in allegedly blocked education funds.