Anoop Singh, a 31-year-old M Tech student at IIT-BHU from Azamgarh, was found dead in PC Ray hostel before an exam. Initial reports suggest cardiac arrest.

In Saharanpur, a family survived after their car plunged into an unmarked 11-foot pit dug by a municipal contractor. Locals demand action over the negligence.

A key organisation representing a section of the Kuki and Zomi tribes in Manipur has decided to open the state’s lifeline, National Highway-02, for free movement of commuters and cargo two years after ethnic clashes broke out in the state.