Police said the Tiger Shroff firing plot widened, with four more arrests including two women who carried pistols by train from Uttar Pradesh, claims Salman Khan was the original target and other stars were recced, and a trail to US-based Randeep Malik, with the three shooters remanded till October 31.

Attention then turned to Marco Rubio’s visit, with Donald Trump calling an India-US trade deal pretty close and different from past pacts, while Rubio said Washington’s Pakistan ties would not come at India’s expense.

At the Delhi High Court, CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka withdrew their plea against extended custody after judges rebuked them for breaking barricades and bond terms to reach Jantar Mantar, before an SEM court rejected further custody and released them after seven days in Tihar on written apology and bonds.

By evening Delhi imposed GRAP-1 as post-Dussehra air slipped to poor.