Indian media continued extensive coverage of violent protests in Ladakh over statehood demands, with reports of deaths and injuries in clashes where a BJP office was torched in the morning. Concurrently, the dispute between India and Pakistan over cricket escalated, reaching the ICC. By early afternoon, focus shifted to the government's crackdown on Sonam Wangchuk, with the Centre canceling his NGO's foreign funding license following the Leh violence and accusations of financial irregularities. Wangchuk warned that his imprisonment could cause more problems and claimed he was being made a scapegoat. Other significant news included the successful test of India's Agni Prime missile from a rail-based launcher and the arrest of a Pakistani spy in Rajasthan. Wipro founder Azim Premji refused to open a campus road to ease Bengaluru traffic.