05:35⇢Choksi Nabbed in Belgium
⌨The newspapers report extensively on fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi's arrest in Belgium in connection with the ₹13,850 crore PNB fraud case, with India seeking his extradition (ABP Live, Dainik Bhaskar, Firstpost, India Today, Jansatta, The Hindu, The Print, Times of India, Zee News). Union minister Pankaj Chaudhary praised the arrest, stating "PM Modi won't spare looters of poor" (India Today). Simultaneously, several sources cover Ambedkar Jayanti celebrations, with PM Modi calling it a "second Diwali for Dalits" (NDTV, Frontline, Scroll). In entertainment news, Bollywood actor Salman Khan received fresh death threats via WhatsApp (Aaj Tak, Jagran).