<h1>Two killed in counterinsurgency, arms seized; quota petitions delayed; railway shooting witness; legislator granted bail; communal detentions, floods, fires</h1> Two alleged insurgents were killed in a counterinsurgency operation with seizures of weapons and explosives, prompting potential criminal and forensic procedures. A high court bench recused itself from petitions challenging state-issued caste certificates for reservation, delaying adjudication of quota claims. In criminal proceedings, a witness testified about a fatal railway shooting, and a regional high court granted regular bail to a legislator in an attempted murder case with a one-year territorial restriction. Police detained seven after communal clashes over an allegedly desecrated religious idol and investigated an arson attack on an activist's vehicle. Emergency evacuation orders followed severe flooding; separate industrial fires caused property damage.