Breaking news highlights| Taliban could take over Afghan capital in 90 days: US

A United States defence official told news agency Reuters that Taliban fighters could isolate Afghanistan's capital in 30 days and possibly take it over in 90.

Badruddin Ajmal, the chief of AIUDF, met Amit Shah on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing Assam-Mizoram border dispute. "We've demanded early intervention of home ministry for peaceful retreat of Mizo admin to maintain peace & tranquility at the inter-state border," Ajmal told news agency ANI.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing an Investors Summit on August 13 in Gujarat. This summit is being organized to invite investment for setting up vehicle scrapping infrastructure under the Vehicle Scrapping Policy, reported news agency ANI.

Maharashtra recorded 5,560 cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, taking the state-wide tally to 63,69,002. In the last 24 hours 163 deaths were also reported, taking the death toll to 134,364, as per the state health bulletin.

Karnataka reported 1,826 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the total caseload of the state to 2,922,875. The number of active cases in the state now stands at 22,851. The death toll is currently at 36,881, after 33 more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hrs, as per the state health bulletin.

Maharastra health minister Rajesh Tope said on Wednesday that lockdown will be reimposed in Maharashtra if the daily requirement of oxygen for the treatment goes up to 700MT.

Maharashtra allowed restaurants and eateries to conduct business till 10pm from August 15 onwards, health minister Rajesh Tope announced on Wednesday. However, theatres, multiplexes, and places of worship will remain shut until further orders, Tope declared.

A Delhi court granted bail to lawyer and former BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay on Wednesday. Upadhyay, along with three others, was sent to judicial custody for two days in connection with the alleged anti-Muslim sloganeering at an event on Jantar Mantar on August 8.

The State Emergency Operation Centre of Himachal Pradesh told news agency ANI that two individuals have lost their life in the Kinnaur landslide while 10 people have been rescued from the rubble so far. The landslide occurred on the Reckong Peo-Shimla highway in Kinnaur district on Wednesday.

The rescue operations carried out by ITBP personnel on the Peo- Shimal highway has been hampered by falling boulders Kinnaur MLA JS Negi told ANI. A bus, few cars, and trucks have been buried in the rubble due to the landslide that occurred on the Reckong Peo-Shimla highway in Kinnaur district on Wednesday, and the bus driver and another individual has been rescued so far, he added.

Germany arrests a Briton in for allegedly spying for Russia, say prosecutors.

Hundreds of Afghan soldiers who retreated to the airport outside Kunduz after the Taliban captured the northern city at the weekend have surrendered, a local lawmaker told AFP Wednesday.

Amruddin Wali, a member of the Kunduz provincial council, said soldiers, police and uprising forces "surrendered to the Taliban with all their military gear".

Construction of the new Parliament building is expected to be completed before August 15 next year, says Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that action will be taken against members of opposition parties who created ruckus during a short-duration discussion on farm issues yesterday. Read More

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu to take action against Opposition MPs who created ruckus in Rajya Sabha, yesterday. Home Minister Amit Shah, Leader of the House Piyush Goyal, and other BJP MPs met Naidu over the same, this morning, news agency ANI reported citing sources.

Over 4,042 patients wounded by weapons are being treated at Red Cross-supported health facilities since August 1 in Afghanistan, the humanitarian organization informed on Tuesday.