Police conducted a raid at the Lion Fitness Gym in the Vinayak Chowk area and found illegal drugs and steroids there. The gym was closed and its trade licence was cancelled.

An Air India Express flight to Phuket returned to Hyderabad shortly after takeoff due to undisclosed reasons, adding to a series of recent technical issues across airlines. Earlier in the week, an IndiGo flight to Imphal also returned to Delhi due to a technical snag, undergoing checks before resuming its journey.

In a joint operation, Patna Police and West Bengal STF apprehended five individuals in New Town, near Kolkata, concerning the murder of gangster Chandan Mishra. Mishra, a convicted murderer from Buxar, Bihar, was shot dead inside a Patna private hospital on Thursday while out on parole.