Will enforce Sharia law: Taliban supreme leader

 Tue, 07 September 2021
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23:38

Will enforce Sharia law: Taliban supreme leader

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The Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said that Sharia law would be in force in Afghanistan as the outfit announced its caretaker government in Kabul on Tuesday, Sputnik reported.'In the future, all issues of governance and life in Afghanistan will be governed by the laws of holy...
22:49

India to host G-20 summit in 2023

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Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has been appointed as India's Sherpa for the G20, an influential grouping that brings together the world's major economies.Making the announcement, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday that India will hold the G20 presidency from December 1,...
21:51

Kundra case: Actress denied pre-arrest bail

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The Bombay high court on Tuesday rejected the pre-arrest bail plea filed by actor Gehana Vasisht accused in a case related to pornographic films noting that the allegations prima facie constitute a 'grave offence'.Vasisht is accused of threatening, coercing and luring women with money to act in...
21:48

Pak Taliban warns journalists against calling them terrorists

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The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella organistaion of armed Islamist groups, has warned the country's media and journalists against calling them a 'terrorist outfit' or they will be treated as 'enemies'.TTP spokesman Mohammad Khurasani, in a statement on social media on Monday,...
21:09

Mamata to launch bypoll campaign tomorrow

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will launch her campaign for the September 30 bypoll in Bhabanipur assembly seat on Wednesday with a meeting of Trinamool Congress workers in south Kolkata, party sources said.Banerjee will seek election to the assembly from the seat.According to TMC...
20:29

Mobile internet restored in Srinagar, Budgam

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Internet on mobile devices was restored in Srinagar and Budgam districts of Kashmir division on Tuesday, six days after it was suspended in the wake of the death of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.Internet services on all platforms have been restored across Kashmir Valley with these...
20:24

Elgar case: Activist Rona Wilson gets temporary bail to attend father's mass

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A special National Investigation Agency court in Mumbai on Tuesday granted temporary bail for 15 days to activist Rona Wilson, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to attend a mass organised for his father, who died last month, at his native place in Kerala.He was allowed interim...
19:31

Nitish to share stage with anti-BJP parties

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Pitching for a third front, Indian National Lok Dal's Om Prakash Chautala will bring together Samajwadi Patry patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and Shiromani Akali Dal supremo Parkash Singh Badal on...
19:23

How the rupee fared against dollar

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The rupee plunged by 32 paise to close at a more than one-week low of 73.42 against the US currency on Tuesday due to dollar buying by corporates and importers and the greenback's gain in overseas markets.The rupee mirrored losses in most Asian and emerging market currencies while forex outflows...
19:18

Here's the Covid snapshot for the day

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Is the worst behind us? Have a look.
18:46

Kerala to withdraw night curfew, Sunday lockdown

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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said that it has been decided to do away with the night curfew and Sunday lockdown restrictions in the state.The CM, in a press meet held in the evening, said the decision to withdraw the Sunday lockdown and night curfew was taken during the COVID...
18:29

Mapped: Monsoon across the country

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-27 per cent rains in Odisha. 
18:15

Sinha launches portal for grievance redressal of immovable properties of Kashmiri migrants

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Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday launched an online portal for time-bound redressal of grievances related to Kashmir migrants' immovable properties.  The Kashmir migrants can log in to http://jkmigrantrelief.nic.in/ or http://kashmirmigrantsip.jk.gov.in to...
17:54

US destroyed equipment worth many millions in Af

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The Taliban claimed that before leaving Afghanistan, the US personnel destroyed weapons worth 100s of millions in Kabul, reported local media.On Monday, the Taliban allowed reporters inside the former operational centre of the Central Investigation Agency (CIA) in Kabul and said that the US...
17:30

Internet to be restored in most of Kashmir Valley

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News updates: West Bengal Govt has decided to give Rs 50,000 each to puja committees this year, says the state chief secretary.Barring Srinagar and Budgam districts, mobile internet to be restored in Kashmir Valley today: IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar.Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghels father Nand...
17:25

Afghanistan is done with jihad

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The Taliban have the ISIS in its crosshairs.The Taliban has shown the skill to assimilate extremist elements if they are reconcilable as well as the ruthlessness to eliminate troublemakers, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who played a stellar role in beginning India's dealings in...
17:21

India lags way behind in Covid vaccination: Fitch

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Fitch Ratings on Tuesday said India continues to lag way behind in COVID vaccination, and the negative outlook on sovereign rating signifies the rising debt-to-GDP ratio.  In April 2021, Fitch affirmed India's sovereign rating at 'BBB-' with a negative outlook. The outlook was changed...
17:16

Dabholkar murder case: charges to be framed next week

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Charges would be framed against five accused in the case of the murder of anti-superstition activist Dr Narendra Dabholkar on September 15, a special court here said on Tuesday.  Dabholkar, who headed the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti, was shot dead in Pune on August 20,...
16:41

The big losers at the Sensex today

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Sun Pharma was down 1.81 per cent today. 
16:35

Mapped: Vehicle registrations in India

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Two-wheelers scored over cars last year. 
16:26

No statues, parks, promises Maya ahead of UP polls

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Claiming that the people of the Brahmin community themselves agree that they were in better condition under BSP's regime as compared to that of BJP, BSP supremo Mayawati on Tuesday assured security to the community if her party comes to power in 2022 assembly polls.Addressing the closing ceremony...
16:24

India has vaccinated 70 crore people so far

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The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 70 crore, with the last 10 crore doses being given in just 13 days, the fastest so far, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday. The coronavirus has to be defeated and vaccination is the way to victory,...
16:09

Markets end flat; HDFC jumps over 2.50%

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Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty ended with mild losses on Tuesday after investors rushed to profit booking at higher levels amid weak cues from European markets.  The 30-share BSE Sensex settled 17.43 points or 0.03 per cent lower at 58,279.48. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty fell...
15:55

BJP in a huddle over candidate against Mamata

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A meeting of the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is underway in the party's state headquarters in Kolkata regarding the candidate for Bhabanipur by-elections, said sources.BJP state president Dilip Ghosh, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Suvendu Adhikari, state...
15:22

Taliban detain journalists covering protests

Tolo News cameraperson Wahid Ahmadi
Tolo News cameraperson Wahid Ahmadi
The Taliban have detained Tolo News cameraperson Wahid Ahmadi who was filming a protest today in Kabul. Lotfullah Najafizada, Head Tolo News TV, says, Our colleague Waheed Ahmady, who has covered many frontlines over the years, is arrested by the Taliban in Kabul for filming Afghan women's...
14:47

Probe panel issues bailable warrant against Param Bir Singh

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An inquiry commission headed by a retired high court judge on Tuesday issued a bailable warrant against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh for not appearing before it.          The Maharashtra government in March this year formed a one-member...
14:42

Lalu's son Tej Pratap Yadav floats parallel outfit

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Sidelined in the Rashtriya Janata Dal, founded and headed by his father Lalu Prasad, elder son Tej Pratap Yadav has floated a new students' body with the ostensible aim of strengthening the parent organisation.          Yadav launched the Chhatra Janshakti Parishad...
14:12

Afghan refugee thanks Australia

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For those saying Indians like Afghans would rush into a plane waiting to take them to the US, read what Khalid Amiri, one of the many displaced Afghans says, as he lands in Australia. Amri, who used to work with a radio station and is a former TV anchor tweets, To leave home, to leave what's...
13:50

I'm under house arrest, says Mehbooba Mufti

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PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday claimed that she has been placed under house arrest, and said the move has exposed the government's claims of normalcy.  The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also posted on Twitter pictures of a security force vehicle blocking the main gate...
13:46

Jailed gangster Arun Gawli pursues BA course

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It's never too late to learn and gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli is showing the way. Currently serving a life sentence in the Nagpur Central Jail in connection with a murder case, is pursuing a degree course in arts from an open university in Maharashtra, an official said on...
13:43

Mapped: Covid cases across states

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Mizoram has been showing a steady increase in cases for the past few weeks. 
13:18

Amazon Prime Video India content head steps down

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Amazon Prime Video India's director and head of content Vijay Subramaniam has stepped down, the company confirmed in a statement. Country manager Gaurav Gandhi will take over his responsibilities going forward. Read the report here. 
13:08

Taliban fire shots in the air at protesting women

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Tolo News tweets this video protests by women in Kabul today. The women shouted slogans of 'azaadi' and anti-Pakistan slogans protesting the curb on freedoms and Pakistan's involvement in Afghan affairs.Other reports say that the Taliban fired shots in the air to disperse the protesters, but...
12:57

Young Turks that Congress overlooks

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Congress leader Milind Deora shares this picture with his friend and party colleague Sachin Pilot. It is the Rajasthan Deputy Minister's birthday today. When we had the sun in our eyes' Many happy returns of the day, @SachinPilot. Best wishes for the year ahead, Deora wrote. 
12:31

Pakistan not setting up new camps for Afghan refugees: Interior Minister

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Afghan refugees in India
Pakistan is not setting up any new camp to accommodate Afghan refugees trying to flee the war-ravaged neighbouring country after the Taliban seized power in Kabul, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad has said.  Rashid said that there are no Afghan refugees at the border and the...
12:16

Pegasus row: SC grants more time to Centre for filing response

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted some more time to the Centre for filing its response to a batch of pleas seeking an independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter and fixed them for further hearing on September 13.  A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana...
12:11

If you are planning a Shimla getaway

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Road restoration underway at Jeori in Shimla district begins after a landslide blocked National Highway 5 yesterday.
12:06

78 Afghanistan evacuees leave quarantine centre

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Seventy-eight people, including 53 Afghan nationals, who were evacuated from Afghanistan after Kabul fell to the Taliban last month, were discharged from an ITBP facility in Delhi on Tuesday after 14 days in quarantine mandated by the government to check the spread of COVID-19.Besides the 53...
11:37

Taliban bans co-education, classes curtained

'Partitioned' classes in an Aghan university. Pic: @pajhwok
'Partitioned' classes in an Aghan university. Pic: @pajhwok
 After the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, its decision to ban co-education has resulted in the partition of university classrooms.Partition in University classrooms after Taliban announced that male and female students should not attend one classroom, tweeted Pajhwok Afghan News. In...
11:03

Thousands of stranded Afghans to enter Pakistan

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Thousands of Afghans are in trouble as they are stranded at Spin Boldak intending to enter Pakistan after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Many Afghans with their families are stranded in the Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province for the past two weeks, reported Pajhwok...
10:43

COVID-19: Active cases dip below 4 lakh

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India logged 31,222 fresh cases of coronavirus infection taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,30,58,843, while the active cases were recorded below four lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.  The death toll has climbed to 4,41,042 with 290 fresh...
10:36

24 tea garden workers critically injured in lightning strikes

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Hand of nature kind of news:  Twenty-four tea garden workers in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district were critically injured in lightning strikes when they were plucking leaves, officials said on Tuesday.  Seventeen women were injured in a lightning strike in Diana tea garden in the...
10:27

BJP MLA says party made mistake by inducting TMC leaders

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With four Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs returning to the Trinamool Congress in four months, the saffron party's Cooch Behar South legislator Nikhil Ranjan Dey on Monday said the top leadership had erred by inducting TMC leaders into the BJP before the assembly polls in West Bengal.  The party...
10:25

4 Americans evacuated from Afghanistan overland

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The United States has evacuated four Americans from Afghanistan, a State Department official said on Monday, in the first US-facilitated overland evacuation since the pullout from the war-torn country, US media reported.Our embassy greeted the Americans as they crossed the border into the third...
09:56

Postpone NEET exam, let students have fair chance: Rahul to govt

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday called for the postponement of the NEET examination, and alleged that the government is blind to students' distress.  The former Congress chief also urged the government to let the students have a fair chance in the exams.Gandhi's remarks come a day...
09:30

After Row, JK cops post videos of Geelani's last rites

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The Jammu and Kashmir Police said its officers were made to wait for three hours at separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's home when they went there for his burial after his death, and that the family resorted to anti-national activities probably under pressure from Pakistan and...
08:24

Technical issues: Taliban on delay in Afghan govt formation

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Taliban spokesperson Ahmadullah Muttaki on Tuesday said that preparations for the announcement of the new Afghanistan government's formation have been completed, Sputnik reported.Earlier, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the decision-making process on the formation of a new Afghan...
01:03

Discontent in K'taka BJP after Shah backs Bommai

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After Home Minister Amit Shah's remark that the Bharatiya Janata Party would contest the next assembly elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, several party leaders who consider themselves to be potential chief minister candidates seem to be a bit concerned.Arun Singh,...