dna must read for the evening: Mahesh Sharma, Naxals, Nobel Prize and Russia

Here are some of the must read stories on dna for the evening:

1) Mahesh Sharma booked for inflammatory remarks in Dadri lynching case: The police has filed a case against Union Minister Mahesh Sharma, BJP leader Sangeet Som and and BSP leader Naseemuddin Siddiquifor inflammatory remarks over the Dadri killing. Mohammad Akhlaq, a Dadri local was killed by a mob of over 200 over rumours of consuming beef. 

2) Three TDP leaders held captive by Naxals in Andhra Pradesh: Three local Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders have been held captive allegedly by Naxals in Visakhapatnam district, police said on Tuesday.

3) Is cow slaughter becoming the Hindutva equivalent of drawing the Prophet?: The Dadri incident isn’t just heinous because of the fact that a man was mercilessly beaten to death for allegedly consuming beef. What’s more worrying is the reaction from the political class. It all started with the forensic team testing the meat to see if it was actually beef and the victim's daughter asking: "Will they bring my father back if it isn't beef?"​

4) 2015 Nobel Prize for Physics: Japan's Takaaki Kajita and Canada's Arthur B. McDonald won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discovery that neutrinos have mass, the award-giving body said on Tuesday.

5) NATO rejects Russia explanation on Turkish air space: NATO on Tuesday rejected Moscow's explanation that its warplanes violated the air space of alliance member Turkey at the weekend by mistake and said Russia was sending more ground troops to Syria.