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Tokyo Paralympics: Avani, Sumit clinch gold; Jhajharia & Yogesh bag silver, Sundar takes bronze
Tokyo, Aug 30 (UNI) Five Indian para-athletes -- shooter Avani Lekhara (gold), javelin throwers Sumit Antil (gold), Devendra Jhajharia (silver), Sundar Singh Gurjar (bronze) and discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya (silver) -- performed…
To evacuate, Delhi dialled Karzai, Abdullah, Moscow
As India made frantic efforts to evacuate diplomatic and other personnel at its Embassy, and other Indians and Afghans over a tense two days after the fall of Kabul on August 15, among those critical to the negotiations for safe passage for…
India will not hesitate in entering another country to fight terror
New Delhi/Wellington, Aug 29 (UNI) India will not hesitate in carrying out operations from the soil of another country to fight terrorism, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday, as he launched an attack at both Pakistan and China…
UK, NATO countries end Kabul evacuation as Taliban seals off airport; US warns of another…
LONDON: British troops have left Kabul, ending the UK's evacuation operation and its 20-year military involvement in Afghanistan.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised the "heroic" evacuation effort, even as the government acknowledged…
PM calls for preserving history at inauguration of renovated Jallianwala Bagh
New Delhi/Amritsar, Aug 28 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed on remembering lessons from history and said it is the responsibility of every country to preserve its history as he inaugurated the renovated Jallianwala…
Outsourcing agency on Afghan passports with Indian visas was raided post Taliban takeover
New Delhi, Aug 27 (UNI) In the days following the Taliban takeover of Kabul on August 15, “groups of people” had access to or raided one of the outsourcing agencies where Afghan passports with Indian visas were stored, leading to loss of…
Modi, Italian PM discuss need for coordinated response on Afghanistan
New Delhi, Aug 27 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Mario Draghi had a telephone conversation on Friday during which they discussed the need for a coordinated international response to recent developments in…
UN Security Council urges all states to hold Kabul attackers accountable
United Nations, Aug 27 (UNI/Sputnik) The UN Security Council on Friday issued a statement urging all states to cooperate actively with the relevant authorities to hold accountable the attackers, organizers and sponsors of the Kabul…
Bangladesh: Over 1.4 million COVID-19 patients recover, 25,846 dead
Dhaka, Aug. 27 (UNI/XINHUA) The number of patients who recovered from COVID-19 reached more than 1.4 million in Bangladesh on Friday.
The country's Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said the total number of recovered patients…
Kabul blasts: President Biden pledges to strike back, says US won’t alter evacuation mission…
Washington DC , August 27: US President Biden on Thursday (local time) vowed the United States will carry out strikes against the group responsible for the bombings that killed a dozen Americans.
"To those who carried out this…
No rebellion in Congress in Punjab, Chhattisgarh: P Chidambaram
Former Union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Thursday said there was no rebellion in the Congress party in Punjab and Chhattisgarh.
“There is no rebellion in Chhattisgarh. There is no rebellion in Punjab. You’re perhaps…
IAF plane with 35 evacuees from Kabul lands in Hindon
New Delhi, Aug 26 (UNI) An Indian Air Force C-17 Globemaster carrying 35 evacuees from Kabul, including 24 Indian and 11 Nepali nationals, landed in the Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad on Thursday.
Earlier, MEA spokesperson Arindam…
India in wait and watch mode, evacuation top priority: Govt.
No figure given by Govt. on Indians stuck in Afghanistan, Oppn says
French Ambassador, other diplomats to leave Kabul in coming days
Paris, Aug 26 (UNI/Sputnik) French Ambassador in Afghanistan David Martinon and other diplomats will leave Kabul in the coming days, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.
"As for the ambassador and the whole team, many other…
Bulgaria deputes 700 troops to secure borders against Afghan migrants
Moscow, Aug 26 (UNI/Sputnik) Bulgaria will dispatch up to 700 soldiers to protect the borders with Greece and Turkey from illegal migrants, Defense Minister Georgi Panayotov said on Thursday.
"The pressure on the Bulgarian border is…
Three blasts at Kabul airport kill 60 incl. 12 US troops, 140 wounded
Kabul, Aug 26 (UNI) At least 60 people were killed, including 12 US troops, and 140 others wounded, many critically, in twin suicide bombings that ripped through thronging crowds outside Kabul airport on Thursday evening. The Pentagon in a…
UK, US still to continue evacuation of as many people as possible from Kabul
London, Aug 26 (UNI/SPUTNIK) The US and UK military will continue to strive to evacuate as many people as possible from Afghanistan, despite the recent bombings in Kabul, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday.
"The UK and US…
Run-machine Kohli goes past 50 innings without registering ton in international cricket
Headingley: Virat Kohli might be seen as one of the best batsmen to ever grace the game, but the India skipper has now gone past 50 innings in international cricket without scoring a hundred.
Kohli's last hundred came way back in 2019…
Tajiks should be part of Kabul govt: Tajikistan President Rahmon
Dushanbe/Kabul, Aug 25 (UNI) In remarks that will not go down well with the Taliban as it firms up its government in Kabul, the Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon has stated that Tajiks make up more than 46 percent of Afghanistan's…
IPL 2021: RCB name George Garton as replacement for Kane Richardson
Bengaluru (Karnataka) , August 25: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Wednesday named English pacer George Garton as a replacement for Kane Richardson for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season.
"Royal Challengers…
