Evening news wrap: Raghav Chadha loses 1 million Insta followers; Iran shares its truce demands with Pakistan | India News
Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aragchi Both Tehran’s demands and their objections have been outlinedUS demands Since Peace Talks 2.0 is going to be precarious.Delhi Police The YouTuber was arrestedSalim Wastik A fugitive convicted murderer accused of living under a new identity for 26 years.Raghav Chadha Loses over 1 million Instagram followers within 24 hours of joiningBJP .- Coordinated terrorist attacks have hit Bamako, Mali, with reports of gunfire and explosions across the capital, and fighting is still ongoing.
- Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly used a secret courier network of handwritten messages to evade US-Israeli surveillance.
Here are the top 5 news stories of the day:
Iran’s foreign minister has made a demand to Pakistan; US envoys for peace talks
Abbas Aragchi conveyed Iran’s negotiating position, including its objections to US demands, to Pakistani officials during a visit to Islamabad with talks focusing on regional dynamics and diplomatic coordination. Follow the live updates
YouTuber Salim Wastik, who stabbed his Ghaziabad office more than 10 times in the stomach, was arrested for killing his son in 1995.
In a dramatic turn of events that bridges a decade-old cold case with modern-day social media fame, Delhi Police’s crime branch has arrested Salim Wastik, a YouTuber and social activist known for his vocal criticism of Islam, in a two-decade-old kidnapping and murder case. Read the full story
Raghav Chadha loses over 1 million followers, inundated with hate comments after joining BJP
Within 24 hours of announcing his exit from the Aam Aadmi Party and joining the Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha saw a sharp drop in his Instagram following, losing over 1 million followers. Once seen as a Gen Z political icon, Chadha’s followers have dropped from 14.6 million to 13.3 million. Read the full story
‘Shooting everywhere’: Explosions heard near Mali international airport, military base
A series of coordinated attacks rocked Mali early Saturday, with gunfire and explosions reported in the capital, Bamako. Gunshots were also heard near a military camp near the city’s international airport. The Malian armed forces said unidentified “terrorist” groups had targeted several locations in the capital and other parts of the country in coordinated attacks. Read the full story
Handwritten letters, human chains: How Mojtaba Khamenei controlled Iran from the shadows
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is directing the country through a secret “human chain” of handwritten letters to avoid detection by the United States and Israel, according to a report in The New York Times. The report said messages for the leader were “handwritten, sealed in envelopes and sent through a human chain of trusted couriers”. These couriers travel along highways and rural back roads using motorcycles and cars to reach his “hide-out”, sending replies via the same safe route. Read the full story