<h1>Engine fault forces emergency declaration; old caste gazetteer decision sparks legal uproar; probe, resignations, multiple incidents</h1> An Air India Express aircraft declared a non-life-threatening emergency after an engine fault during descent, raising potential aviation safety and regulatory review issues; a state decision to apply an old gazetteer for caste certificates has prompted political controversy and may trigger constitutional and administrative challenges over reservation policy; a lookout circular was issued against a film industry figure and spouse in a Rs 60 crore cheating probe, indicating ongoing criminal proceedings; mass resignations of contractual health workers following sacking of agitators raise employment and administrative law questions; separate incidents include suspected workplace drownings at a hydro plant, a narcotics seizure and arrest, a reported bomb threat under police investigation, a fatal security encounter, and widespread crop damage from rains.