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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...
Afghans worried about return of Sharia
Kabul: The Taliban entered Afghanistan capital Kabul today and Western-backed President Ashraf Ghani left the country, with the terrorists saying they were seeking complete power. Two officials from the Islamist group told Reuters there would be no transitional government following their lighting sweep across Afghanistan that led back to...
Ministers ask Naidu to ‘punish unruly Rajya Sabha MPs’
New Delhi: The “unprecedented, extreme, and violent acts” by Opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha last week demands stern action, a delegation of seven Union Ministers has submitted to House Chairman Venkaiah Naidu. Receiving a memorandum on the matter from the team, he said he will examine the matter...
Modi promises big changes in next 25 years
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, outlining the aspirations of a new India on its 75th Independence Day, said the country “should not confine our 75th year in a single celebration”. “We should lay the ground for new goals, move forward with a new determination,” he said, pointing...
Modi orders August 14 to be observed as Partition Horrors Day
Underscoring that pain of Partition can never be forgotten, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that August 14 will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, a day before India’s Independence Day. Pakistan celebrates its Independence Day on August 14. “Partition’s pains can never be forgotten. Millions of our...
India among nations not ready to recognize Taliban rule
New Delhi: India, Germany, Qatar, Turkey and several other nations have reaffirmed to not recognise any government in Afghanistan that is imposed through the use of military force and called for an immediate end to violence and attacks in the war-torn country. A statement issued by Qatar on Friday...
Embassies brace up for evacuations
Kabul: The Afghan Taliban tightened their territorial stranglehold around Kabul on Saturday, as refugees from the insurgents’ relentless offensive flooded the capital and US Marines returned to oversee emergency evacuations. With the country’s second- and third-largest cities having fallen into Taliban hands, Kabul has effectively become the besieged, last...
Allahabad HC quashes NSA detention for cow slaughter
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has quashed the detention of three men under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) for cow slaughter, saying the issue may be a matter of law and order but not public order. Hearing habeas corpus petitions, the Lucknow Bench of the High Court said...
Flight tickets to get costlier as fare cap raised for 4th time
New Delhi: Flight tickets are about to get more expensive as the government has raised the price cap on domestic airfares for the second time in just over two months by 9 to 12 per cent. In an order dated Thursday, the lower limit for flights under 40 minutes...
Mumbai sees 1st death from Delta variant
Mumbai: Three deaths from the Delta Plus Covid variant have been reported from Maharashtra, including one in Mumbai, at a time the state is trying to ease tough restrictions in place for months. A 63-year-old woman who died on July 27 is reported to be Mumbai’s first Delta...
