India news Live Updates, 31 August 2026: Rising water levels of Mandakini river create flood-like conditions in MP’s Satna

An Air India flight from Dammam in Saudi Arabia to New Delhi made an emergency landing at Ahmedabad airport on Monday after a bomb threat was reported on board, police said.

The flight, carrying 32 passengers, landed safely at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, and all passengers were deboarded, officials said.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) staged a protest near the Delhi Secretariat on Monday (Aug 31), demanding a Delhi government probe into the alleged bicycle scam. AAP Delhi unit president Saurabh Bharadwaj, along with party workers, raised slogans calling on Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to take action in the matter. “The chief minister is completely silent on the matter. Government is buying bicycles worth Rs 6,957 on wholesale we bought it on retail rate of Rs 4,200 and the bicycles that they buying they are not good, the brakes are fake, tires are fake, rims are fake, pedals are fake,” Bharadwaj said, according to PTI. He alleged that no inquiry was ordered and no FIR was registered in the matter.

Nepal's flash flood death toll has climbed to 788, with 933 people still feared trapped inside hydropower tunnels as rescuers work around the clock. Families have launched their own search missions across the disaster zone, with many saying they cannot rest until they recover their loved ones' bodies for last rites. India has sent a forensics team to begin work on DNA samples, and 403 Indian nationals have crossed from China into Nepal as the evacuation effort continues on multiple fronts.

Rahul Gandhi has been booked in Uttarakhand, a day after he called for an FIR over the alleged "purification" of a venue visited by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge — the same act he had demanded legal action over has now been turned into a case against him, in a political reversal that has drawn sharp reactions from the Opposition.

A three-year-old boy suffered swollen eyes and damaged eardrums after being assaulted at a play school in Delhi's Maujpur — a case that has alarmed parents across the capital and brought questions of child safety in early education institutions back into sharp focus.

The father of a minor raped and killed in Greater Noida says his daughter went with the accused because she recognised him — a detail that has added a dimension of betrayal of trust to a case that has already shocked the community.

Three civilians, including two women, were killed and four others injured after suspected militants opened fire at N Teikhang village in Manipur's Kangpokpi district on Monday, officials said. The militants allegedly burnt several houses and engaged in a heavy exchange of fire with armed groups from another community.

The Centre on Monday deferred the Census exercise in Manipur, a day before house listing was scheduled to begin, following demands from civil society groups for implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) before the exercise. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The government said it considered the "feelings and aspirations" of the people of Manipur.

An Air India flight from Dammam in Saudi Arabia to New Delhi made an emergency landing at Ahmedabad airport on Monday after a bomb threat was reported on board, police said. The flight was carrying 32 passengers, who were safely deboarded.

Penguin Random House India on Monday denied any external pressure behind its decision not to publish Sonia Gandhi's memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love, saying an impasse arose over "a particular issue" during editorial discussions. The publisher declined to disclose details, citing author confidentiality, and said the manuscript had gone through its normal editorial process.

Bihar and Jharkhand signed a memorandum of understanding in New Delhi on Monday for the long-pending sharing of Son River water, in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Ministry of Home Affairs said.

The BJP and Congress filed nominations for Rajasthan civic polls amid a hectic final-day rush, with both parties facing confusion and protests over ticket distribution. The BJP announced candidates for major cities only hours before the deadline, while Congress candidates filed papers without the party making its list public. Elections will be held for 10,245 councillor posts across 309 urban local bodies on September 9 and 11, with counting on September 14.

AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged that the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls would reduce the country's population from 140 crore to 50 crore. His remarks came after the draft electoral roll for Delhi was published, showing over 47 lakh deletions from around 1.45 crore registered electors.

The SIR exercise resulted in enumeration forms of around 97.5 lakh electors being received and digitised, while the remaining voters were categorised as "uncollectable" under Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate and Others.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the State Bank of India’s plea challenging a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order directing payment of provident fund and gratuity dues in full to former Jet Airways workmen and employees.

India’s GDP grew 7.8% in the April-June quarter, surpassing the Reserve Bank of India’s forecast of 7%, according to data released by the statistics ministry on Monday.

The Centre will move the Supreme Court seeking quashing of FIRs registered against students who participated in protests over the NEET question paper leak. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta orally mentioned the matter before CJI Surya Kant and sought an urgent hearing, saying the Centre would invoke the court’s special powers under Article 142.