Good evening! Here’s your 5-minute wrap of the day’s top headlines from across the country, the world and the field of sports and entertainment.
Delhi protest LIVE: Protests intensify, police bus window smashed
Protests seeking CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation entered their third day on Sunday, with clashes breaking out at Jantar Mantar. A police bus window was smashed during a clash, while several protesters, including AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj and AISA national president Neha Bora, were detained. Read more
Police deployed around 5,000 personnel, including RAF and paramilitary forces, along with drones and barricades. The 29-year-old, accused of attacking Indian pilot Smit Machchhar with a crash axe, is also being investigated over alleged extremist views and was reportedly fired by Oman’s national airline last year. Read more The Supreme Court will hear the matter on Monday after taking suo motu cognisance of the 135-year-old library, which has about 8.5 lakh books. The library was ordered to vacate its Shastri Bhawan premises by September 30 for redevelopment and has sought alternate space from the housing ministry.
Read more Omani co-pilot Hammam al-Hammami allegedly told investigators he wanted to deliberately crash the flydubai flight and was “not afraid of death”, the Wall Street Journal reported.
