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A Kashmir-bound passenger bus travelling from Srinagar to Delhi was attacked near a dhaba in Karnal following a drunken brawl over parking. Stones and bricks were hurled at the vehicle, smashing bus windows and injuring passengers. Haryana Police from the Butana Police Station intervened, registered an FIR, seized a white Maruti Baleno, and detained two individuals for questioning. While the police ruled out a hate crime, attributing the clash to an altercation over parking space, passengers and the bus driver alleged they were targeted with abusive remarks. The incident gained traction after a video captured by a vlogger went viral, prompting political cognizance from Omar Abdullah.

A speaker made serious allegations concerning the electoral machinery, asserting that Gyanesh Kumar implements vote theft, while Amit Shah operationalises it and Narendra Modi coordinates the entire strategy from behind the scenes. The speaker highlighted that despite facing over 45 defamation cases, no defamation complaint has ever been filed against them for publicly and repeatedly making allegations of vote theft against the Prime Minister from various platforms. Elaborating on this claim, the speaker argued that the authorities avoid filing legal cases on this specific issue out of fear that pursuing it would formally open the matter up to an extensive legal inquiry and judicial scrutiny.

Seven individuals have been arrested following a pandal collapse and stampede incident. Police registered complaints and took action against key organisers and personnel involved. Those arrested include puja committee secretary Rajkumar Sheora, vice president Shantanu Dubey, and pandal contractor Biplab Mukherjee, who oversaw the bamboo construction. Authorities also arrested crowd control heads Kaushik Saha and Pintu Dey, alongside private security in-charges Suman Chakraborty and Rajesh Paul. Further findings are awaited from the investigating teams.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma targeted Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav over contesting elections from Ayodhya. Visiting the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Sarma stated that the SP supremo lacks the courage to contest an election from the constituency. The comments follow Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's earlier challenge to Akhilesh Yadav to fight the upcoming assembly polls from Ayodhya, escalating the ongoing political debate between the BJP and the Samajwadi Party.