By YKA Staff:
What’s the latest around the world today? Curated for you from the interwebz, here’s a quick morning fix to keep you updated. In 140 characters at that! Presenting, #NewsInTweets:
1. JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya surrender. They were questioned for 5 hours before and driven around for 2 hours in a police van to avoid the media.
JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, accused of sedition, arrested. They had surrendered last night. https://t.co/lE3MrsZe0t
— NDTV (@ndtv) February 24, 2016
2. A small passenger aircraft with at least 20 people onboard goes missing in Nepal.
Alert | Passenger aircraft with 20 people on board goes missing in Nepal. The Tara airplane was on its way to Jomsom from Pokhra: Reports
— The Quint (@TheQuint) February 24, 2016
3. Two Jaish-e-Mohammad members sentenced to 10 years in jail for raising funds for the banned outfit.
Two Jaish-e-Mohammad members sentenced to 10 years in jail https://t.co/SaCSg23Bcd pic.twitter.com/N6sVIAV5YZ
— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) February 24, 2016
4. Congress wins local body elections in Karnataka.
Congress wins lion's share of seats in #Karnataka local bodies polls, pushes #BJP to second place finish https://t.co/JXktvRILqv
— Firstpost (@firstpost) February 23, 2016
5. IIT-Madras professors write letter to President, say “varsities are turning into war zones”.
Varsities turning into war zones: IIT-M profs write to President.https://t.co/XT1pkPMV3y pic.twitter.com/OqONRq5KPL
— The Quint (@TheQuint) February 24, 2016
6. Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict gets parole for a day to attend her father’s funeral.
Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini to attend father's funeral today https://t.co/6WTbbRQWmc pic.twitter.com/ZG3odJfDeO
— DNA (@dna) February 24, 2016