Morning Digest: INDIA bloc rally takes SIR protest to Supreme Court; Delhi police accused of beating, assaulting detainees, and more

Delhi police accused of beating, assaulting detainees, denying them basic rights

Detainees’ accounts of beatings, assaults, and excessive force used by the Delhi police over the last few days have raised concerns about post-detention practices of law enforcement personnel. Thousands of protesters have been detained by the police in the national capital on October 10, 11, and 12, including journalists, members of youth organisations, and minors.

INDIA bloc marches through Delhi, takes SIR protest to Supreme Court

On a day when Delhi Police denotified Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site, a sizeable crowd walked down arterial roads in the capital, tailing a procession of buses carrying INDIA bloc leaders from Constitution Club to the Supreme Court, where Rahul Gandhi and other top leaders of the coalition filed a petition over the alleged large-scale voter deletions and irregularities in the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Doval speaks to Iran NSA, discusses ‘latest developments’ after ships attacked in Hormuz

National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval spoke to his Iranian counterpart Mohsin Rezaei on Monday evening, the Iranian government said, a day after two merchant ships with Indian crew members were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz.

Restrictions on firecrackers: Supreme Court urges balance between religious sentiments and public health

The Supreme Court on Monday highlighted the need to balance religious sentiments with public health concerns while considering restrictions on firecrackers in the national capital and neighbouring regions. “We will not hurt religious sentiments but at the same time, people should themselves come forward and opt for it. The whole exercise should involve a balancing approach,” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, heading a three-judge Bench, said.

DMK says no need for it to join Congress-led protests after exit from INDIA bloc

The DMK on Monday said it had no reason to participate in protests organised by the Congress after the latter “betrayed” it for the sake of power, forcing the DMK to leave the INDIA bloc. The DMK said Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Manickam Tagore should question Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s absence from the agitation if he (Mr. Tagore) had any self-respect or sensitivity.

Arlekar new full-time Governor of T.N., Sudha Yadav to take charge in Karnataka in new gubernatorial appointments

President Droupadi Murmu on Monday effected some changes in Governors across six States, with Rajendra Arlekar to now serve as full-time Governor of Tamil Nadu, where he had been holding additional charge along with Keralam till now, and O.P. Mathur, who was serving as Governor of Sikkim to now serve as Governor of Keralam.

The 2026 Nobel-winning insights into how governments should stabilise economies

The 2026 Nobel Prize for Economics has been jointly awarded to American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford for providing an empirical formula to help government devise policies that are aimed at stabilising the economy by incorporating household demand behaviour and the supply behaviour of companies.

Supreme Court wants cap on trade margin for all essential medicines and medical products

Even as the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Monday that it had decided to cap trade margins at 30% for non-scheduled cancer drugs, the court questioned why the benefit of such price regulation should be confined to cancer drugs and not extended to other essential medicines and medical products.

Delhi Police mentally tortured me and my family, says CJP fouder Abhijeet Dipke

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Monday accused the Delhi Police of mentally torturing him and his family after informing him of his grandmother’s death during his preventive detention last week. He alleged that the police did not allow him to speak to his cousin about his grandmother’s death and instead asked him to call his grieving parents. He also called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “coward dictator”.

RJ Mitte, ’Breaking Bad’ actor and disability rights champion, dies at 34

Breaking Bad actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte died on Monday (October 12, 2026) at age 34, authorities and his representatives said. Cameron County Justice of the Peace Cyndi Hinojosa told The Associated Press she declared Mitte dead at about 1.30 p.m. at what she believed was his home in Brownsville, Texas.