A court on Monday dismissed the bail petition of activist Rahul Easwar and remanded him to judicial custody for allegedly defaming the complainant in the sexual assault case against MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil.

In a significant shift, the Baloch Liberation Front deployed a female suicide bomber, Zareena Rafiq, to attack a Chinese-linked mining complex in Balochistan. This marks the BLF’s first use of a fidayeen operative, a tactic previously exclusive to the BLA.

An Indigo flight en route from Kuwait to Hyderabad made an emergency landing at Mumbai Airport on Tuesday due to a bomb threat. Passengers were safely evacuated as security and bomb disposal teams responded. Authorities are currently investigating the incident, with further details pending.