Morning digest: IIT Bombay faculty member booked for caste abuse, suicide abetment; Greenland, Denmark say Trump deal won’t compromise sovereignty, and more

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Police personnel stand guard as students protest following the death of a 22-year-old IIT Bombay student at the Powai campus in Mumbai on September 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

The Mumbai Police on Saturday (September 19, 2026) booked IIT Bombay faculty member Suryanarayan Dulla , alleging caste abuse and abetment to suicide, a day after a 22-year-old student was found dead in his hostel room.

Denmark and Greenland on Saturday ‌(September 19, 2026) said any agreement with the United States would not compromise Greenland’s sovereignty , after U.S. President ​Donald Trump said the deal would give Washington “permanent control” over the Arctic island’s security, leaving ⁠its precise scope unclear.

Saudi Arabia on Saturday (September 19, 2026) confirmed that Yemen’s Houthi rebels tried to attack its capital with a ballistic missile , the first targeting of Riyadh since the escalation in fighting with the Tehran-backed rebels that has opened a new front in the Iran war.

Aircraft-tracking website FlightRadar24 reported major issues at Riyadh King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital on Saturday (September 19, 2026), including cancellations and delays, after residents saw smoke and flames near the airport.

The “system” running the country does not want students as they raise questions, but wants only andhbhakts (blind followers), Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said in an address to students on Saturday (September 19, 2026). The Congress refers to staunch BJP followers as andhbhakts .

The Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday (September 19, 2026) accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) , which heads the government both at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh, of threatening marginalised groups through force and coercive tactics. The remarks came a day after a vehicle of the party’s MP Laxmikant alias Pappu Nishad was allegedly damaged in a stone-pelting incident during a Ganesh idol immersion procession in a village in Sant Kabir Nagar district.

More National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders in Bihar came forward to help the flood-affected people by giving their monthly salaries to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.