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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...

Aug 19 · >

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...

Aug 19 · >

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...

Aug 18 · >

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....

Aug 18 · >

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...

Aug 18 · >

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...

Aug 18 · >

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on Pegasus issue

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice before admission to the Central Government in a batch of petitions seeking probe into the Pegasus snooping controversy. The court will take up hearing on the petitions after 10 days, by which time the Centre has to give its response. The  petitions...

Aug 17 · >

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,...

Aug 17 · >

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...

Aug 17 · >

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...

Aug 16 · >
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