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Mehbooba’s reference to Afghanistan sparks row
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday asked the Centre to take a lesson out of Afghanistan where the Taliban seized power and made the US flee, and urged the government to hold dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir and return its special status which was revoked in 2019. Mehbooba’s...
Delhi dy CM accuses PM for directing fake FIRs
New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shared the names of 15 people with Delhi Police, CBI and Enforcement Directorate and asked them to “conduct raids and file fake FIRs” against those on the list and “ruin them before the...
Tamil Nadu schools to open next month for class 9+
Chennai: Schools in Tamil Nadu from Class 9 onwards can reopen from September 1st, the state government said on Saturday as it announced more relaxations in COVID-19 curbs while extending some restrictions till September 9. Under the new set of relaxations, theatres have been given the go-ahead to open...
Heavy Delhi downpour creates waterlogged roads, traffic jams
New Delhi: Heavy rain in Delhi and neighbouring areas on Saturday brought down the temperature but led to traffic jams and flooding in parts of the city. As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), Delhi will witness “generally cloudy sky with moderate rain/thundershowers” today. “Delhi (Safdargunj) reported 73.2 mm...
Tejashwi Yadav’s latest shot at estranged brother
Patna: In the renewed tussle between Bihar politician Lalu Yadav’s sons Tejashwi and Tej Pratap, the former has taken on his elder sibling, according to sources, with a punchline not without a tinge of irony: “Our parents have taught us to respect elders”. Sources have told NDTV that amid...
Blinken, Jaishankar discuss Afghan situation 2nd time this week
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed the chaotic situation in Afghanistan for a second time this week and agreed to continue their close coordination over the matter. Taliban took control of Afghanistan on Sunday. Their sudden takeover, which comes as the...
Sources say Taliban sent assurances on safety of Indian embassy staff
New Delhi: The Taliban did not want India to evacuate diplomats from its Kabul embassy, sources told NDTV today, indicating that the government had received messages from the group’s Qatar office assuring them of the safety of Indian staff and security personnel. These messages – sent from the office...
UN reports door-to-door Taliban searches for US helpers
United Nations: The Taliban are going house-to-house searching for opponents and their families, according to an intelligence document for the UN that deepened fears Friday Afghanistan’s new rulers were reneging on pledges of tolerance. After routing government forces and taking over Kabul on Sunday to end two decades of...
Calcutta HC directs CBI, special team probe of poll violence
Kolkata: Allegations of rape, murder and crimes against women after the Bengal election will be probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI, the Calcutta High Court said Thursday afternoon. Other criminal cases related to the post-poll violence, will be investigated by a special Bengal Police team...
India ‘very carefully’ following Afghan developments: Jaishankar
United Nations: With the Taliban now in control in Kabul, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said New Delhi is “very carefully” following the developments in Afghanistan and India’s focus is on ensuring the security and safe return of Indian nationals still in the war-torn country. Jaishankar, addressing...
Shashi Tharoor cleared of blame in wife’s death
Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a suite of a luxury hotel in Delhi on the night of January 17, 2014. New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was cleared by a Delhi court today of charges in the case involving the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Sunanda...
PM chairs meet to review Afghan issue
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security last evening to assess the situation in war-torn Afghanistan. The meeting was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval....
Sedition case for comparing Taliban to freedom fighters
Lucknow: A sedition case has been filed against a Samajwadi Party MP and two others in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district over alleged remarks that compare the Taliban to India’s freedom fighters “A case was registered late last night against Shafiqur Rahman Barq and two others for provocative comments...
Asthana’s appointment as Delhi Police chief challenged
New Delhi: Former CBI official Rakesh Asthana’s appointment to the post of Commissioner of Delhi Police and his one-year extension in service has been challenged in the Delhi High Court. The matter will be heard today. The petitioner has sought action in the matter, claiming that the criteria for...
E-Visa to fast-track Afghanistan evacuation
New Delhi: The government today announced a new category of electronic visa to fast-track applications from Afghans who wish to leave the Taliban-controlled country. The new visa category is called “e-Emergency X-Misc Visa”. Thousands of people, desperate to flee the land-locked nation, have been thronging capital Kabul’s airport since Sunday,...
Biden vows devastating response if Taliban attack US interests
Washington: US President Joe Biden warned the Taliban Monday not to disrupt or threaten the evacuation of thousands of American diplomats and Afghan translators at the Kabul airport. The response to any attack would be “swift and forceful,” Biden said in a televised address from the White House. “We...
Desperate scenes at Kabul airport
New Delhi: A video of hundreds of Afghans jostling to climb into an aeroplane to fly out of the country amid the Taliban’s return may become the latest defining image of desperation in a war-torn country. A parked aircraft at Kabul airport is surrounded by a sea of...
Centre informs SC about panel to examine Pegasus issue
The Pegasus snooping allegations will be examined by a group of experts in the field, the government told the Supreme Court today. The Centre has denied allegations linked to recent reports that Israeli Pegasus spyware was used to target opposition leaders, journalists and others, in a two-page affidavit filed...
