Morning Digest: No accountability in Delhi Satya Niketan collapse, says Rahul Gandhi; Allahabad HC pulls up DM over NSA detention of law student during Noida workers’ protest, and more

AISA Students stage a protest against the government as a building collapsed, killing 7 people as of now, at Satya Niketan in New Delhi on September 07, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap No accountability in Delhi Satya Niketan collapse, says Rahul GandhiAccusing the BJP government of evading accountability for the Satya Niketan building collapse in Delhi that killed seven people, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying Mr. Modi puts labels such as “dimagi Naxal” and “naraaz phoopha” to anyone who asked questions.‘Conduct worthy of derision’: Allahabad HC pulls up District Magistrate over NSA detention of law studentThe Allahabad High Court has come down heavily on Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate Medha Roopam, who had issued the order to detain a 25-year-old Delhi University law student under the National Security Act (NSA) over a workers’ protest in Noida in April this year. In a detailed order released on Monday (September 7, 2026), the court observed that Ms. Roopam “desired to make an example” out of the petitioner.ECI announces bypolls to five Assembly seats, one Lok Sabha constituency on October 6The Election Commission on Monday (September 7, 2026) announced that bypolls to five Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and one Lok Sabha seat in Assam would be held on October 6. The nomination process will remain open until September 16, and counting will be held on October 9. The election process would be completed by October 11.Congress SC, ST MPs to petition President over Haldwani ‘purification’ rowThirty-two Congress MPs belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities on Monday (September 7, 2026) decided to petition President Droupadi Murmu over the alleged “purification yajna” held in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani following a rally addressed by party president Mallikarjun Kharge.13 lakh Delhi voters deleted in pre-SIR mapping phase, highest in Phase-3At the time of Assembly elections in February 2025, Delhi’s electorate stood at 1.56 crore voters. By June 16 this year, when the electoral roll was frozen before the SIR started, this had dropped to 1.45 crore, a decrease of 11.01 lakh names. A major chunk, 93%, of these names were removed during the five months of the pre-SIR mapping phase.Delhi court sends Swatantra Bhardwaj to 14-day judicial custodyA Delhi court on Monday (September 7, 2026) remanded Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj to 14 days in judicial custody in connection with the alleged assault of the father of a student during a protest at Jantar Mantar in July organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP).Parliament panel questions delay in response to Baiga child deaths in Madhya Pradesh Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment questioned the government over its response to the deaths of Baiga tribe children in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district, asking why there were no clear answers on the cause of the deaths several months after the first cases were reported.LPG booking interval for rural consumers cut to 25 days from 45The Union Petroleum Ministry on Monday (September 7, 2026) reduced the interval between bookings of domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders for rural consumers to 25 days, months after it had been increased to 45 days during the peak of the West Asia conflict.Assam told to pay ₹2 lakh to husband of woman pushed into BangladeshThe Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam government to pay ₹2 lakh as interim compensation to the husband of a Bengali-origin Muslim woman for expelling her to Bangladesh without an opportunity to challenge the order of a Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT).U.K. government condemns protests against small boat arrivalsThe U.K. government and Ministers condemned protests by hundreds of people in Portsmouth, who had gathered until the early hours of Monday (September 7, 2026) morning to protest the arrival of illegal migrants on a dinghy from France. Protesters faced off with police holding riot shields, as they sought to block buses carrying migrants for processing in Kent.Iran warns U.S. energy assets in Gulf are vulnerable after latest clashesIran threatened on Monday (September 7, 2026) to retaliate against any new U.S. attacks on its assets, warning that energy infrastructure across the Gulf, including U.S. oil and ‌gas interests, was vulnerable. Published - September 08, 2026 06:28 am IST