Delhi police arrest Lashkar-e-Taiba commander

Shabbir Ahmed Lone is accused of plotting terror attacks in India.

Elsewhere, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has resigned from the state Legislative Council.

DW has the latest.

Here are the latest developments from India on Monday, March 30:
Police capture Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Shabbir Ahmed Lone
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Shabbir Ahmed Lone has been arrested near the border with Bangladesh by the Delhi police special cell, Indian media reported.

The LeT paramilitary has already been charged by the Indian government of helping to orchestrate an April 2025 attack on the Pahalgam region of Indian-administered Kashmir, where 26 people were killed — mostly Hindu tourists.

According to reports, Lone is suspected of continuing to run an LeT cell from a hideout in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka.

Lone was first arrested by Indian anti-terror police in 2007.

In 2019, he skipped bail and fled to Bangladesh, the reports said.

It is Monday afternoon in India and we are bringing you the biggest headlines from across the country.

Delhi police say they have arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist, who reportedly led a cell of "highly radicalised operatives."
And in a significant development, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has vacated his seat in the state's Legislative Council, handing in his resignation as he plans a move to the parliament.

Kumar, who is the state's longest-serving chief minister with a political presence spanning two decades, was elected as a member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament earlier this month.

In other news, a foreign photographer has found herself in the middle of a social media storm in India after she reportedly painted a real elephant pink for a photoshoot in the popular tourist destination of Jaipur.

Stay tuned to find out what India is talking about.