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Modi telephoned the family of captain Smit Machchhar, praising the Indian pilot stabbed in the cockpit of Flydubai FZ1073 on its Dubai-Tel Aviv run. Tributes from Netanyahu and Trump followed, framing survival of 174 people after a 15,000-foot plunge as averting a 9/11-style attack.
Coverage then reconstructed the attack: a crash axe as weapon, headphone cords and zip ties used by passengers including a plumber, dentist and banker to subdue the Omani co-pilot, Israeli jets scrambled, and Machchhar airlifted from Tabuk to Dubai. Focus shifted to motive, with Netanyahu calling the co-pilot radicalised and shouting kill me, the UAE opening a terror-link probe, and Trump suggesting a possible Iran connection.
Elsewhere India beat Sri Lanka to set an Asian Games cricket final against Pakistan and edged Pakistan 4-3 in hockey, while eight Pune students drowned at Diveagar beach and the Sensex fell over 1,000 points.
Coverage then reconstructed the attack: a crash axe as weapon, headphone cords and zip ties used by passengers including a plumber, dentist and banker to subdue the Omani co-pilot, Israeli jets scrambled, and Machchhar airlifted from Tabuk to Dubai. Focus shifted to motive, with Netanyahu calling the co-pilot radicalised and shouting kill me, the UAE opening a terror-link probe, and Trump suggesting a possible Iran connection.
Elsewhere India beat Sri Lanka to set an Asian Games cricket final against Pakistan and edged Pakistan 4-3 in hockey, while eight Pune students drowned at Diveagar beach and the Sensex fell over 1,000 points.
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Saudi Arabia handed the Omani co-pilot accused in the Flydubai cockpit attack to the UAE as new video emerged of injured Indian captain Smit Machchhar seeking help. Prime Minister Modi telephoned Machchhar, who said he recited Hanuman Chalisa while fighting back, and Israel's Netanyahu warned whoever sent the pilot would pay a heavy price.
Attention shifted to Jantar Mantar and Mumbai's Shivaji Park, where the CJP's Jail Bharo protest and opposition parties demanded CEC Gyanesh Kumar's removal over SIR voter deletions. Police sealed the area, shut 11 metro stations, suspended internet and detained over 700 including Atishi and Brinda Karat.
Live pages then tracked a record Asian Games run: women's recurve archery gold over Korea, boxing titles for Lovlina, Parveen and Ankush, wrestling gold for Sujeet, and women's hockey 1-0 over China for first title since 1982 and Olympic qualification.
Attention shifted to Jantar Mantar and Mumbai's Shivaji Park, where the CJP's Jail Bharo protest and opposition parties demanded CEC Gyanesh Kumar's removal over SIR voter deletions. Police sealed the area, shut 11 metro stations, suspended internet and detained over 700 including Atishi and Brinda Karat.
Live pages then tracked a record Asian Games run: women's recurve archery gold over Korea, boxing titles for Lovlina, Parveen and Ankush, wrestling gold for Sujeet, and women's hockey 1-0 over China for first title since 1982 and Olympic qualification.
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Overnight reports named the Flydubai co-pilot as Hamam Al Hamami, barred by Oman over extremist views. The UAE called his crash-axe assault on Captain Smit Machchhar a terrorist attempt, while Dubai's Crown Prince Hamdan visited Machchhar in hospital and Netanyahu invited him to Independence Day.
Attention then shifted to Nagoya for a gold rush. India posted 211/6 on Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma fifties and beat Pakistan by 19 runs despite Hasan Nawaz's 96 to retain the title. The men's hockey team routed Malaysia 5-1 to retain gold and qualify for LA 2028, as Aman Sehrawat, Kumkum Mohod and Pranavi Urs added titles for 21 golds and 85 medals.
India summoned Pakistan's diplomat over infiltration and criticised Islamabad at the UN, while Rahul Gandhi launched a Satyagraha platform amid continued protests demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.
Attention then shifted to Nagoya for a gold rush. India posted 211/6 on Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma fifties and beat Pakistan by 19 runs despite Hasan Nawaz's 96 to retain the title. The men's hockey team routed Malaysia 5-1 to retain gold and qualify for LA 2028, as Aman Sehrawat, Kumkum Mohod and Pranavi Urs added titles for 21 golds and 85 medals.
India summoned Pakistan's diplomat over infiltration and criticised Islamabad at the UN, while Rahul Gandhi launched a Satyagraha platform amid continued protests demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.
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Captain Smit Machchhar told Benjamin Netanyahu by phone the Omani co-pilot rose as if to pray before striking him from behind with an axe. Netanyahu invited Machchhar and Narendra Modi to light Israel's Independence Day torch. Outlets quoted investigators saying the co-pilot wanted to crash the jet and was unafraid of death, examined how he cleared security despite a UAE crew list shared with Israel, and noted Al Qaeda praise for the attempt and Iran's denial of links.
Protests demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation spread to Mumbai, where Uddhav and Raj Thackeray led a Garjana Morcha, and Delhi, where police detained Saurabh Bharadwaj, Neha Bora and others. Three women journalists accused Delhi police of groping at Jantar Mantar, prompting a Crime Branch probe. Justice Ujjal Bhuyan called mass voter deletions a strike at the Constitution as Kerala ordered a probe into Kumar's PWD tenure.
Protests demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation spread to Mumbai, where Uddhav and Raj Thackeray led a Garjana Morcha, and Delhi, where police detained Saurabh Bharadwaj, Neha Bora and others. Three women journalists accused Delhi police of groping at Jantar Mantar, prompting a Crime Branch probe. Justice Ujjal Bhuyan called mass voter deletions a strike at the Constitution as Kerala ordered a probe into Kumar's PWD tenure.
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Court declined interim relief against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, saying orders could not rest on newspaper reports. It issued notice to the Election Commission and Centre on pleas alleging unilateral SIR decisions, sought records on whether they were unanimous or by majority, and said it had not approved a modified Form 6, warning decisions could be stayed if illegal. The Commission denied changing even a comma and called Rahul Gandhi's accusation misleading, while Congress alleged illegal unilateral alteration.
BJP named eight new candidates for Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha seats, dropping Hardeep Puri and seven sitting MPs in a caste-balanced reset read as preparation for 2027.
The Supreme Court separately rebuked Delhi Police over recent rapes, telling the commissioner to create fear among offenders and ensure women feel safe even at 10 pm.
BJP named eight new candidates for Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha seats, dropping Hardeep Puri and seven sitting MPs in a caste-balanced reset read as preparation for 2027.
The Supreme Court separately rebuked Delhi Police over recent rapes, telling the commissioner to create fear among offenders and ensure women feel safe even at 10 pm.
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Polling opened for one Lok Sabha and five Assembly bypolls in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry, with turnout reported from Nandigram and Rejinagar where Humayun Kabir was briefly detained.
In Delhi, INDIA bloc MPs marched from Parliament to the Election Commission demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over SIR deletions the opposition put at 13 crore. Police with barricades and 3,000 personnel stopped the march near NITI Aayog; Rahul Gandhi climbed a barricade waving the tricolour before he, Priyanka Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and others were held. They then staged an eight-hour sit-in inside Akashvani Bhavan, with Gandhi accusing Modi, Shah and Kumar of treason. The Commission said no meeting had been sought till 4 pm. Police cleared the site in the evening and released the leaders after two hours.
Courts stayed on SIR, with the Supreme Court warning unlawful orders would be annulled and Bombay High Court questioning exclusions.
In Delhi, INDIA bloc MPs marched from Parliament to the Election Commission demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over SIR deletions the opposition put at 13 crore. Police with barricades and 3,000 personnel stopped the march near NITI Aayog; Rahul Gandhi climbed a barricade waving the tricolour before he, Priyanka Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and others were held. They then staged an eight-hour sit-in inside Akashvani Bhavan, with Gandhi accusing Modi, Shah and Kumar of treason. The Commission said no meeting had been sought till 4 pm. Police cleared the site in the evening and released the leaders after two hours.
Courts stayed on SIR, with the Supreme Court warning unlawful orders would be annulled and Bombay High Court questioning exclusions.
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Carrying over from the Akashvani sit-in, INDIA bloc MPs lunched at Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence then bussed toward Jantar Mantar demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged vote theft. Police halted them about 100 metres short. Rahul Gandhi confronted officers, calling Kumar illegitimate and each FIR a medal, while Priyanka Gandhi lay on the road with the Constitution, alleging police scratched and threw her down. Both were detained and released after about two hours, vowing protest until Kumar quits. Congress declared a black day and called nationwide protests for October 8.
The Reserve Bank raised the repo rate 25 basis points to 5.5%, its first hike since February 2023, shifting to calibrated tightening.
Narendra Modi marked 25 years as head of government with a We Will Do It pledge for Viksit Bharat by 2047, as a Seemapuri building collapse in Delhi killed three.
The Reserve Bank raised the repo rate 25 basis points to 5.5%, its first hike since February 2023, shifting to calibrated tightening.
Narendra Modi marked 25 years as head of government with a We Will Do It pledge for Viksit Bharat by 2047, as a Seemapuri building collapse in Delhi killed three.
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