— Cuttack district administration stops illegal transportation of sand on goods train at Nirgundi Station.

— Acting Principal of Ryan International School in Gurugram, suspended; Accused of Class 2 student murder case sent to 3 day police remand by Gurugram court.

— J&K: Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in Poonch sector; Army retaliates.

— No operations in nursing homes without ICU, rules Supreme Court.

— Swati Mahadik, wife of Col Santosh Mahadik (martyred in J&K in 2015) commissioned as Army Officer.

— Curfew in Jaipur: 1 killed, 10 injured in clashes after cop assaults woman.

— Nitin Gadkari warns state governments, says no rise in budget if projects not implemented.

— Afghanistan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani to visit India next week.

— EAM Sushma Swaraj meets Sri Lankan Foreign Affairs Minister Tilak Marapana in Delhi.