Evening newswrap: AAP leaders detained in slap video row; DMK to skip INDIA bloc meet again & more | India News

Evening newswrap: AAP leaders detained in slap video row; DMK to skip INDIA bloc meet again & more
AAP leaders detained in slap video row: DMK to skip INDIA bloc meet again.
  • AAP leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj and Jarnail Singh were detained during a protest over an alleged assault on a cop and the Parvesh Verma slap controversy.
  • Pakistan denied airspace clearance to a Russian flight carrying nuclear fuel for Bangladesh, citing technical and procedural issues.
  • DMK said it would skip the September 30 INDIA bloc meeting, blaming Congress for its strained ties with the party.
  • A woman was allegedly killed by her butcher friend over a money dispute, with police saying her body was cut into pieces and dumped in a canal.
  • India won its first athletics gold at Aichi-Nagoya as the women’s 4x400m relay team took the title, while the men won bronze.

Parvesh Verma slap row: AAP leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj, Jarnail Singh detained after FIR over cop assault

Aam Aadmi Party leaders including Saurabh Bharadwaj and MLA Jarnail Singh were detained outside the Delhi Police headquarters during a protest, demanding an FIR against Delhi minister Parvesh Varma for slapping a person during a road inspection in West Delhi’s Tilak Nagar.An FIR has also been registered against Bharadwaj, Jarnail Singh and other for allegedly assaulting a head constable during the protest. Read full story

‘Technical issue’: Pakistan blocks airspace for Russian flight carrying uranium for Bangladesh nuclear plant

Pakistan denied airspace clearance to a Russian cargo flight carrying nuclear fuel for a Bangladeshi nucear power plant, delaying the scheduled arrival of uranium for the facility . Pakistan later described the matter as a “technical and procedural” issue involving flight routing and airspace permissions.

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