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US President Joe Biden warned the ISIS-Khorasan, the group which killed 13 US troops in a suicide bombing at Kabul airport, that they face more retribution from Washington. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2WHtgCX

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest on all the 403 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections next year on its own strength, party's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said Tuesday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2WGy1fX

The Jammu and Kashmir Police detained a 17-year-old Afghan boy in the Kathua district on Tuesday, officials said. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3yxAk1S

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday of a looming "humanitarian catastrophe" in Afghanistan as he urged countries to provide emergency funding following the departure of US forces. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/38syJQn

Biplab Kumar Deb, heading the first BJP government in Tripura, expanded his cabinet Tuesday with the induction of three ministers, including two from the rival camp, as the BJP braces itself for the... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3BHGY83

UN Security Council adopted a resolution demanding that territory of Afghanistan not be used to shelter terrorists and that it expects Taliban will adhere to commitments made by it on safe departure... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3mJv5Kq

A man was found battered to death on a footpath near a tea stall in the Muhana police station area in Jaipur today. A woman he was in a relationship with was found injured by his side, police said. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2WKPKD4

Papad, whatever its shape or name, is exempted from GST, the government's indirect taxation agency clarified today after a social media post claimed that a round papad is exempted from the tax while a... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3t070A2

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday he saw "no way around" talking with the Taliban after their takeover of Afghanistan. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3gNLBW3

Rajasthan Royals announced Evin Lewis and Oshante Thomas as replacement players for the remainder of IPL 2021. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3yxsMfy

Some states where schools have opened amid concerns about a third wave of the Covid pandemic, are seeing a rise in infections among children. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/38Iblid

The Congress's Punjab in-charge Harish Rawat has landed in controversy over a comment meant to boost Punjab Congress chief Navjot Sidhu and four working presidents under him. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/38sVPXd

Sunny Leone's holiday entourage also includes husband Daniel Weber and their kids - daughter Nisha and sons Asher and Noah. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/38twLPQ

Junior Messias completed his incredible rise from delivery man to the Champions League on Tuesday when he signed for AC Milan in a dream move. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3gKEEow

Real Madrid have signed France midfield prodigy Eduardo Camavinga from Rennes on a six-year deal. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3t5NnH0

The top court also directed the petitioner to place on record all applications to govt authorities and their responses and allowed the petitioner to carry out amendment in the petition within two... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3DyOcNf

Paying rich tributes to former President Pranab Mukherjee on his first death anniversary, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he depended a great deal on his sagacious advice and guidance... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2V0LKgW

DU UG Admission 2021: According to available data, 4,38,696 candidates have registered till 6 pm for nearly 70,000 seats in 63 colleges of the university. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3kCLePb

Centre has defended the legality of the new IT Rules before Delhi High Court, saying that rules seek to "prevent the misuse of the freedom of press" and protect the citizens from fake news in digital... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3juZsSE

"This one was worth the wait... baby mama loved it. Uff!" Neha Dhupia wrote while sharing the pics from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3jy4EWc

The Delhi government had clarified that no student would be forced to attend physical classes and the consent of parents would be mandatory. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2WEQkSq

The CBI has registered 10 more cases related to the alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal, taking the total number of such cases to 31, officials said Tuesday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3jCByVH

The death of 53 people, including 45 children, over the past 10 days in a suspected dengue outbreak in Firozabad has prompted the Uttar Pradesh government to set up an inquiry. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3kDTKgS

Terror launchpads close to the border are active again and infiltration has picked up, with agencies warning that this could point to an attempt by Pakistan to use the developments in Afghanistan to its advantage.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday imposed a complete ban on the sale of liquor and meat in Mathura. Yogi was speaking at the Krishnotsava 2021 programme in Mathura. He suggested that those engaged in liquor and meat trade may take up selling milk in order to revive the glory of Mathura.

Delivering the Balramji Dass Tandon Memorial Lecture, organised by Panjab University through videoconferencing, Singh said the government has been “constantly monitoring” the developments in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of the country.

A Kabul-based Sikh, who runs a cosmetics shop, said, “Nearly 40 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus run shops and businesses in Kabul. They have started returning to work. My brother has a wholesale business of medicines with Indian pharma firms and is back at work.

JD(U)’s Nalanda MP Kaushlendra Kumar even offered his seat to Nitish so that he could contest the next Lok Sabha polls. He cited the example of Narendra Modi, saying he too was the chief minister of Gujarat before becoming the PM.

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution Monday requiring the Taliban to honor their commitment to let people freely leave Afghanistan, but the measure did not cite a "safe zone" mentioned by... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2WEeOez

The US military shot down rockets aimed at Kabul airport by the Islamic State-Khorasan on Monday morning, a day after it said that one of its drones struck a vehicle full of explosives. The US has warned that more attacks are possible before it withdraws on Tuesday.

Ranji Trophy: Delhi, Mumbai, Karnataka have been clubbed in same group while last season runners-up Saurashtra clubbed with Tamil Nadu, Railways, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand and Goa. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3gLWzLA

The Taliban government in Afghanistan would accept any Afghan migrants whose applications for asylum were rejected in Europe and they would then face court, an Austrian newspaper quoted a Taliban... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3zuuoYJ

Posting a series of tweets, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today listed some of the areas in which he claimed Haryana performed better than Punjab. He was responding to a jibe from Amarinder... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3jvCASY

Head of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research said the states which did not face an intense second wave of the pandemic are now with the increasing trend of... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3mM0pbu

​Bollywood actor Armaan Kohli has been sent to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) custody till September 1 on Monday, following the seizure of drugs from his residence in Mumbai.

Himani Bundela will be attempting the Rs 1 crore question on Tuesday's episode from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3gLNWAK

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plunged back into campaigning on Monday after groups of unusually vocal and abusive protesters disrupted his weekend election rallies, at one point forcing him... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3jrNI3m

Sachin Tendulkar paid tribute to noted coach Vasu Paranjape who died in Mumbai on Monday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2XZtXrB

Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday assured lawmakers that the country's borders are secured and his forces are prepared to meet "any" situation, amid the evolving situation in... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/38qC2ri

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five people, including a minor, in Nagaur district of Rajasthan. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3yrS5j5

Schools in the national capital are undertaking various measures, including thorough sanitisation of their buildings and drafting new time tables, as they gear up to welcome students from classes 9 to... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3zwRcqS

Varying degree of rains, ranging from light to moderate and heavy to very heavy ones, lashed various parts of Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours, triggering a rise in water level in the state's major... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3zw3DDw

The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Monday with two persons losing their lives and over 3.63 lakh people suffering in the deluge across 17 districts, an official bulletin said. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3kGxanN

A video has surfaced online in which Hindu Raksha Dal chief Pinki Chaudhary, accused of raising communal slogans at a rally in Jantar Mantar here, is seen denying all allegations against him and... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/38oPZ9d

A 21-year-old tennis player from Haryana has accused a Jaipur woman of making his obscene video in the city during his visit here as a teenager three years ago and extorting over Rs 6 lakh from him. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2UYkcc3

The Thane municipal official was overseeing a drive to clear out illegal hawkers when an angry vegetable vendor attacked her with a knife, severing three digits of her hand. Attempts are now on to... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3kznfQV

Justice B V Nagarathna will take the first step towards becoming first woman chief justice of India (CJI) on Tuesday when she takes oath as a Supreme Court judge but with a scheduled tenure of 36 days as the head of judiciary, from September 24-October 29, 2027, it would be the third shortest in the 77-year history of Supreme Court. Justice Nagaratha’s 36-day tenure as CJI would be identical to that of Justice Shah.

NCP and Congress on Sunday claimed that a “report” circulating on social media has revealed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) gave former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh a clean chit, much before cases were filed against him for corruption and money laundering. However, NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said, “As per the reports, Deshmukh has been given a clean chit… CBI must clarify if the document in circulation is part of the PE report,” Malik said.

Racing against the target to introduce 73 Vande Bharat trains by August 15, 2023, the railway ministry has floated a fresh tender to procure 58 more such trains. The delivery of these news trains will take the total tally to 102 by March 2024, barely two months before the next general election.

JD(U) on Sunday demanded formation of a coordination committee in the 15-party National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the national level. JD(U) national secretary general KC Tyagi said a coordination committee, or convener, is needed in the NDA like the one in the era of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and JD(U) functionary George Fernandes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Rs 100 lakh crore Gati Shakti Master Plan — which will offer multi-modal connectivity to more than 1,200 industrial clusters, including two defence corridors across the country — will be unveiled next month as part of a plan to reduce logistic costs and provide better connectivity. Modi on August 15 had announced that the total size of the Gati Shakti project will be Rs 100 lakh crore for developing holistic infrastructure

Union minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday launched the Fit India Mobile Application at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on National Sports Day.​“The Fit India Mobile App brings ease of checking one's fitness levels right into the palm of every Indian. It has some unique features like ‘fitness score’, animated videos, activity trackers and ‘my plan’ catering to (an) individual's specific needs,” Thakur said.

Foreign ministers from several countries will meet virtually Monday to discuss their next steps in Afghanistan, the US State Department said, as the airlift evacuation out of the country enters its... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3kyWmML

Four men, including a movie producer, were arrested for allegedly posing as Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials and an advocate and extorting money from several people, police said on Sunday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2UZSUlK

The situation in Afghanistan has emerged as a challenge for India, which along with alignment and realignment of global powers had led the country to rethink its strategy while also putting its weight behind the ‘Quad’, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. Turning to the continuing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh, he said a unilateral attempt was made last year to change the status quo on the northern borders, which also led to the Galwan Valley clashes.

Reaching the Hindu shrine of Kedarnath and holy Sikh shrine of Hemkund Sahib in Uttarakhand is likely to become smoother and more enjoyable in the near future as the government plans to provide ropeway links to these major pilgrimage sites. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has invited bids for preparing the feasibility and detailed project reports for eight ropeway links in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh connecting the most sought after pilgrimage and tourist sites.

President Emmanuel Macron said discussions France is having with the Taliban over evacuations from Afghanistan do not indicate recognition of the hardline Islamist group as the country's new rulers from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2WBoeYD

Around 250 Americans are still trying to leave Afghanistan with just days left before a Tuesday deadline for the withdrawal of US troops from the nation, said US State Department on Sunday (local... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3zsRoYl

The sharp surge in Covid-19 infections in Kerala post Onam sent India’s cases in the week ending Sunday zooming to an eight-week high, with the southern state alone accounting for 66% of all cases in the country in this period. India recorded more than 2.9 lakh fresh Covid cases in the week (August 23-29), a 32% jump from the tally in the preceding seven days. This was the highest number of weekly infections since the June 28-July 4 week when 3.05 lakh cases were recorded.

Cracking the whip against foreign armament majors for failure to fulfil their offsets obligations in defence deals, India has threatened to ban a US company and put another 11 American, French, Russian and Israeli firms on a watch-list for imposition of penalties. The defence ministry (MoD) has delivered a stern message to the arms companies, seeking repeated time extensions to discharge their offsets commitments, that it won’t be business as usual any longer, say top sources.

More than 100 CBI officers crisscrossing Bengal to investigate post-poll violence on orders of the Calcutta High Court have filed 28 cases so far, seven of them on Sunday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2WAcUw2

Nishad Kumar said he is grateful to his parents and his coach after winning a silver medal in mens high jump (T46/47) at the Tokyo Paralympics. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3t45ZqH

Premier League: Manchester United set a Premier League record of 28 away games without defeat as Mason Greenwood's strike 10 minutes from time snatched a fortunate 1-0 win at Wolves on Sunday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/38pNoM9

Red Bull's Max Verstappen emerged as the winner of the rain-ruined Belgian Grand Prix with only two laps completed behind a safety car at a drenched and dangerous Spa-Francorchamps circuit. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3sXRDIl

The Taliban will allow all foreign nationals and Afghan citizens with travel authorisation from another country to leave Afghanistan, according to a joint statement issued by Britain, the United... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/38nU65C

Days after a tribal man was assaulted in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh and then dragged by a pick-up truck, leading to his death, the district administration today razed the illegal properties of... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3jtkCAR

Spanish La Liga: Barcelona dug deep for a narrow 2-1 win over Getafe in the Spanish top flight on Sunday with Dutch striker Memphis Depay providing the winner. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3sWBOS9