Central Delhi returns to normal life, but protests and heavy security keep city on edge

Shops and eateries reopen and Metro services resume on the second day of anti-CEC protests, but a thinner-than-usual weekend crowd, detention vehicles and police checks leave the capital’s commercial heart far from normalConnaught Place began finding its way back to its familiar weekend rhythm on Sunday (October 12, 2026), but the return to normalcy was hesitant.