The Supreme Court expressed reservations about a plea to remove ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’ from the Preamble, deeming them integral to the Constitution. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar said that the concepts of “secularism” and “socialism” that have evolved over the years in the country are unique, very much Indian and different from western models.

Israel’s military has uncovered cash and gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars in a bunker beneath Beirut’s Al-Sahel Hospital, allegedly built by Hezbollah’s former leader. Despite these findings, Israel will not target the hospital, instead focusing on Hezbollah’s financial assets. Lebanese officials dispute these claims.

A terrorist recruitment module linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba’s offshoot was dismantled in Jammu and Kashmir through raids across multiple districts by the CIK of J&K Police.