News18 Daybreak | Umar Khalid Shot At; Somnath Chatterjee Passes Away and Other Stories You May Have Missed

Nation mourns: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee passed away at 89 following multiple organ failure. Chatterjee, who had been associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for most part of his life, is a 10-time Lok Sabha MP. Chatterjee was a central committee member of the CPI(M), which he had joined in 1968. However, he was expelled from the CPI(M) in 2008 for refusing to resign as the Speaker after his party withdrew support to the UPA-I government. Chatterjee’s family on Monday refused to drape the late leader's body in the CPI(M) flag offered by the party and also refused to take the mortal remains of the veteran leader to the party headquarters at Alimuddin street

Shelter horror: Naushma alias Babli (40) and Poonam Bharti (18) died under mysterious circumstances at a Patna shelter home weeks after the shocking case of rape, assault and death at the Muzzafarpur shelter home. On Monday, the secretary Chirantan Kumar and treasurer Manisha Dayal, who run the state-run Aasra shelter home for women with mental disabilities in Patna, were arrested over their links with the death of two inmates.

CM charged: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and 11 other MLAs were charged in the Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash assault case on Monday.

Near miss: Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid was allegedly shot at on Monday outside the Constitution Club of India near the Parliament and he heard gunshots. According to the police and eyewitnesses, the attacker dropped the weapon and fled the spot. Khalid was unhurt.

Making history: For the first time since its inception in 1996, the Aero India show is set to fly out of Bengaluru. The new venue is widely speculated to be the Bakshi Ka Talab air force base on the outskirts of Lucknow, though an official announcement has been delayed given the politics that is swirling around the flagship event.

One poll: The Centre is keen on holding elections in 11 states along with the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have said, adding that the government would not require a constitutional amendment to bring about the change.