TODAY NEWS ON September 07, 2026

News Headlines for CAT, CLAT and IPM aspirants
Source: The Hindu , Indian Exp and others

Delhi building collapse rescue operations underway

A building collapse was reported near Shiv Mandir at Satya Niketan in South West Delhi at 01:33 p.m on Sunday (September 6, 2026). According to the Delhi Fire Service, six people have been rescued so far, although the exact number of people feared to be trapped could not be ascertained.

Delhi building collapse: Guilty will not be spared, says Delhi CM; orders magisterial probe

Delhi 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 Hasina

Defending 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 says

In 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 Arunachal

Amid 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.

Germany ‘wants war again’, Russia FM says, dismissing drone accusations

Germany “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 official

U.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).

UN-backed proposed world map must depict J-K, Ladakh as per India’s official map: MEA

India on Sunday (September 6, 2026) said a UN-initiated proposed world map must depict the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in accordance with the country’s official map, and any “inaccurate” or “misleading” representation will be unacceptable. New Delhi’s assertion came two days after it voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution aimed at correcting the world map to promote a more accurate representation of continental landmasses.

ISRO staff bodies seek clarification on the trajectory of privatisation

Nine employee associations at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have written to the space agency’s Chairperson, V. Narayanan, seeking official clarification on the proposed transfer of its manufacturing and operational functions to private entities. In a letter dated Friday (September 4, 2026), the associations also raised questions about the agency’s future role and the consequences for serving employees and future recruitment.
India co-sponsors UNGA resolution to declare November 27 day against child marriage

India has co-sponsored a resolution in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) proclaiming November 27 every year as the International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage. The 193-member UNGA on Friday (September 4, 2026) adopted by consensus the resolution titled ‘International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage’ led by Sierra Leone.

Iran’s response to U.S. attacks will be ‘more painful’, parliament speaker says

The U.S. should ‌understand that the rules of ⁠the game in war against ‌Iran have changed “before ‌it is ‌too ⁠late”, ⁠Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on ‌Sunday (September 6, 2026), a day after the U.S. ‌struck several Iranian tankers in the Gulf. “From ⁠now on, any attack ‌against Iran’s interests and security will receive a faster, ‌heavier, and more painful response,” he said ⁠in a speech ⁠published on his ‌Telegram channel.

Keep ST classification free of ‘political manipulation’, raise quota, demands Left-affiliated tribal body

A 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 SIR

About 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).

Nepal floods: DNA testing offers last hope to families searching for missing loved ones

When Amrit Diyali saw a human hand washed downstream by floodwaters, he was struck by how closely it resembled his younger brother Raj Kumar’s, who has been missing along with his wife and four-year-old son since the devastating floods hit Nepal. “I found a hand that looks exactly like uncle’s,” Mr. Diyali’s nephew Avinash told him after sending him a photograph of the severed hand, according to The Kathmandu Post newspaper.