13:36⇢Pakistan Army Chief Promoted to Field Marshal
⌨The newspapers report on Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir's promotion to Field Marshal, the first such appointment since dictator Ayub Khan (Aaj Tak, ABP Live, Dainik Bhaskar). The controversy around Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad's arrest continues, with reports questioning the basis of his detention over social media posts about Operation Sindoor (The Print, The Wire Hindi). Other stories include Kannada actress Ranya Rao getting bail in a gold smuggling case but remaining in jail under COFEPOSA (The Hindu, Times of India), violence against Hindus in Murshidabad where local police were reportedly inactive (NDTV), and Delhi's only transgender councilor leaving AAP (Jansatta).