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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...
Tamil Nadu announces tax cut of Rs 3 on petrol
Tamil Nadu finance minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, presenting his maiden budget to the assembly on Friday, said the government has decided to cut tax on petrol by Rs 3 per litre. “I am happy to inform the house that this government has decided to reduce the effective rate of...
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...
Farm stir leadership seen acquiring political hues
Despite assertion by farmer leaders that the protests against the Centre’s three farm laws were apolitical, the claims were being severely tested on the ground as a section of the leadership seems to be veering towards a ‘political intervention’ as the state assembly elections draw nearer. Contrasting views seem...
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...
Modi eyes Varanasi project as potential UP narrative
The Ram Temple in Ayodhya may only be ready by the end of 2023 but another project close to the prime minister’s heart — the Kashi Vishwanath Dham Project in Varanasi — will be compete by this November and a grand inauguration of the same may be done by...
Chinese being ‘locked up’ in homes amid Covid surge
Taipei: Numerous videos have surfaced on social media appearing to show Chinese officials locking residents inside their homes as China grapples with a nationwide surge of the Delta variant of COVID-19. Keoni Everington, writing in Taiwan News, said that the move was a repeat of the extreme tactics seen...
Yogi warns BJP workers to be wary of social media
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath while speaking to BJP workers said social media at present was like a “belagaam ghora ”, and urged BJP workers to “train and prepare” to control it. According to a report by The Indian Express, Adityanath warned the party workers that they...
Verdict reserved in UP Dy CM fake degree case
The ACJM Court Prayagaraj has reserved the decision after hearing in the alleged fake degree case of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. The court will now give its verdict in this matter on August 11. Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya is accused of contesting 5 different...
Maharashtra cancels decision to reopen schools
Mumbai: The Maharashtra education department has put on hold its decision to reopen schools after objections from its task force on Covid. The government had announced on August 10 that schools can reopen from August 17 — a resolution was made and detailed SOPs were formulated on restarting classes...
Opposition alleges outsider involvement in assault on MPs
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and nearly a dozen other opposition leaders gathered outside Parliament today to protest an abrupt end to the monsoon session and the alleged assault on women MPs. They also called on Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu to lodge a complaint, and alleged “outsiders who were not...
Congress says party’s official account blocked by Twitter
The Congress on Thursday alleged that the party’s official Twitter account as well as that of a large number of its leaders and workers have been blocked by the microblogging site. This comes close on the heels of the blocking of party leader Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account after he...
PM, Sonia attend Speaker’s meet on parliament disruption
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi were both in Speaker Om Birla’s room in parliament when he met with leaders of various parties after the monsoon session ended on Wednesday morning, two days early. PM Modi and Sonia Gandhi sat on adjoining sofas in the meeting....
Mamata-led regional party alliance on the way
Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi on Sunday said that an alliance of regional parties under the leadership of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in the making to oust the BJP from power at the Centre in 2024. The Independent MLA from Assam also claimed that Banerjee has...
Portfolio allocation aggravates Karnataka BJP dissent
Unhappy turncoat ML As continue to haunt the BJP government in Karnataka, days after portfolio allocation was done. After MTB Nagaraj, MLA Anand Singh gave way to speculations by not stepping into his office at Vidhana Soudha for four consecutive days. On Wednesday, Singh flew to Bengaluru for an...
Opposition releases video on Pegasus uproar
The opposition’s strategy of speaking on the Pegasus snooping row and farm laws during discussions of bills in the Rajya Sabha has now been compiled in a three-minute video in an attempt to make the government listen to their demands, leaders said on Sunday. The video, released by the...
Hints of farm laws withdrawal ahead of UP poll
A BJP leader has supported farmers’ agitation against the three new farm laws and said that the BJP-led central government could withdraw them keeping in mind Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. “The demands made by the farmers are right. Keeping in mind the assembly polls and anger among the farmers,...
