A high-level committee on demographic changes, led by retired Justice P.P. Naolekar, will examine causes and impacts of demographic shifts, including illegal immigration, across India. The panel will visit metropolitan, industrial, and border areas and recommend policy frameworks to address the issue within a year.
A local resident claims Ukrainian authorities forcibly took children from parents in Kharkiv border areas, portraying it as a propaganda effort to show Ukrainian forces as saviors and parents as neglectful for staying in a combat zone.
Kursk Governor Alexander Khinshtein reported that Ukrainian forces shelled border areas of the Kursk Region over 110 times and air defenses shot down more than 120 drones in the past 24 hours. No casualties were reported, though a non-operational post office building caught fire in the village of Giryi.
Home Minister Amit Shah will visit border areas in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tripura, and West Bengal over the next month to review security and discuss 'smart border' initiatives aimed at curbing infiltration and smuggling.
Security forces have launched cordon-and-search operations in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district after residents reported seeing two armed suspects. Despite extensive combing in multiple sectors, no traces of the individuals have been found.
