LIVE News Updates: Women Afghan govt workers asked to stay home until security allows, say Taliban

Women Afghan govt workers asked to stay home until security allows: Taliban

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Taliban ask US to stop evacuating skilled Afghans, reports AFP quoting the group's spokesperson

Taliban Spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid says US should not encourage the Afghan elite to leave the country. He also says that the Taliban are committed to resolving the problem in Panjshir peacefully: TOLO news

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Raising funds can't be sole goal for selling assets built over 70 years: P Chidambaram on Govt's National Monetisation Pipeline.

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Govt is embarkibg upon this huge exercise without consulting stakeholders and marking goals, says Congress leader P Chidambaram in press conference at AICC HQ

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleges Modi Govt's privatisation plan is aimed at creating monopolies in key sectors and that will kill jobs.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleges Modi Govt wants to benefit its few industrialist friends through National Monetisation Pipeline.

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We are not against privatization but our privatization plan had a logic. We didn't privatize strategic industries & we consider Railways as strategic industry because it transports lakhs of crores of people and also employs lots of people: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

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PM Modi has sold everything: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in press conference at AICC HQ

Maharashtra: Another case has been registered against Union Minister Narayan Rane in Naupada, Thane. The case has been registered under Section 500, 505 (2), 153-B (1)(c): Thane Police.

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Airtel's bank guarantees not to be encashed for 3 weeks for not paying Videocon's due, SC tells Centre, NDTV reported

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) & Afghanistan Cricket Board have mutually agreed to postpone next month’s three-ODI series, which was scheduled in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. The two boards have agreed that the series will be rescheduled for 2022: PCB

Union minister Narayan Rane arrested over his remarks against Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray: Police

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US, allies won't be able to evacuate all Afghans who qualify by August 31: German foreign minister, AFP reported

BJP leader Narayan Rane detained, process on for arrest, says police, India Today reported

Union Minister and BJP leader Narayan Rane moves Bombay High Court seeking quashing of FIRs against him over his remarks against Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray.

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PM Narendra Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin for about 45 minutes on the phone. They had a detailed conversation on the Afghanistan situation.

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Passengers headed from India to the UAE, and even those who've stayed in India over the last two weeks, will not be able to access the "visa-on-arrival" facility, NDTV reported

We don't support Narayan Rane's statement (against Uddhav Thackeray) but I, as an individual & the party stand with him. Sharijil Usmani abused Bharat Mata but no FIR was registered against him but you (state govt) filed FIR against Narayan Rane: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis.

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Huge protests by Shiv Sena members take place outside Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Narayan Rane’s Juhu residence, after his objectionable remarks on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Indian Express reported

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter Scale, hit Bay of Bengal at 12:35 pm today: National Center for Seismology (NCS)

Jammu and Kashmir: Leaders of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) meet at the residence of its chairman Farooq Abdullah in Srinagar

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Supreme Court stays the demolition of around 5,000 jhuggis in a place in Gujarat and directs the state government to maintain the status quo till tomorrow when it will take up the matter; also issues a notice to the state government.

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A 19-year-old youth has been arrested, along with four family members, for allegedly gang raping a Dalit girl.

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BRICS NSA (National Security Advisor) meet to be held at 5 PM today. It will be chaired by NSA Ajit Doval.

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Thane has reported 120 new cases of coronavirus, taking the infection count in the Maharashtra district to 5,49,716, an official said on Tuesday.

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Sensex rises 102.52 pts to 55,658.31 in opening session; Nifty advances 37.35 pts to 16,533.80

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India reports 25,467 new COVID-19 cases, 39,486 recoveries and 354 deaths in the last 24 hrs, as per Health Ministry.

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An encounter is underway between naxals and security forces in forest areas of Gompad, Sukma district. A search operation is underway: SP Sukma Sunil Sharma

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A house under renovation in Dhandhupura, close to the Taj Mahal, came crashing down, late Monday evening, while a birthday party was going on with 40 to 50 young people gyrating to loud music, officials said on Tuesday.

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An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Sopore area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir early Tuesday, police said.

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Pethseer in Sopore area late Monday night following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said.

He said the search operation turned into an encounter in the early hours of Tuesday as the ultras opened fire on the security forces' positions.

There were no reports of any casualties so far on either side.

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