Morning Digest: Delhi CM orders magisterial probe into Satya Niketan building collapse; Sheikh Hasina says unfair to blame her for delay in Rahman’s visit to Delhi, and more

Delhi building collapse: Guilty will not be spared, says Delhi CM; orders magisterial probeDelhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday (September 6, 2026) ordered a magisterial probe into the Satya Niketan house collapse incident that claimed the lives of five DU students and injuries to several more. Ms. Gupta visited the site of the deadly building collapse in Satya Niketan on Sunday evening (September 6, 2026), to oversee rescue operations and ensure that all agencies are working in tandem to rescue those still trapped under the debris, even as Opposition leaders called for accountability and a relook at the student housing crisis in the national capital.‘How can my press conference damage India-Bangladesh relations? I am not so powerful,’ says Sheikh HasinaDefending her right to hold press conferences and meet her Awami League party colleagues while in India, Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she had no intention of damaging India-Bangladesh ties. In an interview to The Hindu, including in written replies and an extensive telephone conversation, Ms. Hasina, who has been convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Bangladesh, says she is undeterred from returning to Bangladesh, as she has already announced. She also says that if her party decides she should step down, she would.No provision in Forest Rights Act to obtain gram sabha consent for projects, Tribal Affairs Ministry saysIn deliberations with the Union Ministry of Power over government projects delayed due to the “critical bottleneck” of “100% gram sabha consent under the Forest Rights Act (FRA)” for forest clearance, the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has said that the 2006 law has “no provision for obtaining consent of the gram sabha for forest clearance”, adding that “such matters” related to gram sabha consent “do not fall under the purview of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs”.India, China hold first Corps Commander meeting in ArunachalAmid concerns over conflicting territorial claims and military buildup along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Indian and Chinese armies held their first Corps Commander-level meeting in the Eastern Sector on Sunday (September 6, 2026), marking a significant expansion of the military dialogue mechanism beyond the Ladakh sector.Muslim bodies question extraordinary haste in Saharanpur mosque demolitionNoted Muslim bodies, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, have spoken in one voice to “condemn the demolition of a century-old mosque on the Saharanpur Collectorate premises”, terming it “a serious blow to the principles of justice and due process of law”.Keep ST classification free of ‘political manipulation’, raise quota, demands Left-affiliated tribal bodyA resolution was passed at the national convention of the Left-affiliated Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM) in New Delhi on Sunday (September 6, 2026), outlining a charter of demands on the rights of Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities on resources, education, employment, and culture.1.85 lakh voters deleted from Manipur, Sikkim electoral rolls after SIRAbout 6.3% of voters in Manipur and 11.2% of voters in Sikkim have been deleted from the electoral rolls after the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise. The final photo electoral rolls were published in both northeastern States on Sunday (September 6, 2026).Over 19 lakh people in 11 districts affected in Bihar floodsOver 19 lakh people across 11 districts of Bihar have been affected by floods, with authorities sounding an alert in downstream areas after the water level in the Ganga crossed the Highest Flood Level (HFL) mark at Gandhi Ghat in Patna, officials said on Sunday (September 6, 2026).Germany ‘wants war again’, Russia FM says, dismissing drone accusationsGermany “wants war again”, the Russian Foreign Minister said in an interview published on Sunday (September 6, 2026), dismissing Berlin’s accusation that Russia was to blame for a drone attack on Leipzig airport.U.S. envoys leave Kyiv after talks with Zelenskyy: Ukraine officialU.S. President Donald Trump’s two envoys have left Kyiv after talks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the country’s rail service operator said on Monday (September 7, 2026). Washington’s envoys have brought new, “more effective” proposals on ending the war with Russia to Kyiv, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting them again in a trio format, a senior Ukrainian presidential official told AFP on Sunday (September 6, 2026).