Gunman kills 4 in attack near French embassy in Tanzania
DAR SALAAM: A gunman killed three police officers and a private security guard on a rampage through a diplomatic quarter of Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, before being shot dead while holed up in a guardhouse at the French embassy’s gate. Videos on the internet, apparently filmed by onlookers from buildings across […]
Amid Warnings, Odisha Bracing For Third Wave Of Covid-19
Even as the daily count of fresh positive Covid 19 cases in the state has stayed below the 1,000 mark for the last few days, Odisha is already bracing up for the third wave of the pandemic expected to peak around October. With projections by the Centre painting a scary picture of the spread of […]
Afghan nationals can travel to India only on e-visa, says Ministry of Home Affairs
The government on Wednesday issued a fresh advisory for Afghan nationals asking them to come to India and stay here only on e-Visa and all the previously issued travel documents remain invalidated. In its advisory, issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the government said, “Owing to the prevailing security situation in Afghanistan […]
G7 seeks Taliban ‘guarantee’ on safe passage from Kabul after Aug 31
LONDON: The Taliban must “guarantee” safe passage for those fleeing Afghanistan beyond the current August 31 evacuation deadline, the G7 agreed on Tuesday, according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Johnson, who convened the emergency meeting, said that he and his colleagues had agreed “a roadmap for the way in which we’re going to engage […]
9 Months Of Farmer Protests: Leaders To Organise ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ Next Month
Soon after farmers protesting over the three contentious laws mark nine months of their demonstration on Thursday, August 26, a Kisan Mahapanchayat early next month is likely to usher in a definitive stage in the stir. Union leaders are mobilising support across the country for the September 5 Kisan Mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Various […]
Consequences if US violates exit deadline: Taliban
• Resistance forces in Panjshir surrounded • Massoud’s fighters ready for conflict but seek to negotiate with Taliban • Central bank governor appointed KABUL: The Taliban have warned there will be “consequences” if the United States and its allies extended their presence in Afghanistan beyond Aug 31, saying that US had already violated its previous […]
India brings back 78 people from Afghanistan
India on Tuesday brought back 78 people, including 25 of its nationals and a number of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus from Dushanbe, a day after they were evacuated from Taliban-besieged Kabul to the Tajik city. The operation to rescue the stranded Indians has been named Devi Shakti. The group along with three copies of the […]
Afghan woman gives birth on military plane
BERLIN: An Afghan woman gave birth to a baby girl on a US military plane shortly after arriving on an evacuation flight to Germany, the US Air Force tweeted on Sunday. During the flight from a staging base in the Middle East, the woman went into labour and began to experience complications, it said. “The […]
At 97.63%, India Sees Highest Recovery Rate Since March Last Year
India today officially registered the lowest number of new coronavirus cases in the last 160 days, the health ministry data says. The daily health bulletin says that the number of new Covid-19 infections have gone down below the 30,000-mark. The government data says that India on Monday registered 25,072 new coronavirus cases. The active cases […]
Sombre mood as Taliban are back at Friday prayers in Afghanistan
KABUL: Gunmen flanked an Islamic scholar as he delivered a fiery speech on Friday to a packed Kabul mosque at the most important prayers of the week — the first since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan five days ago. The preacher rallied the faithful at the Abdul Rahman Mosque with a history lesson on […]