Breaking: British Airways has ordered pilots to avoid Afghan airspace

A British Airways spokesperson told news agency ANI that pilots have been asked to avoid Afghan airspace due to the rapidly deteriorating security situation there.

Meghalaya home minister Lahkmen Rymbui tendered his resignation on Sunday, citing the encounter of former militant Chesterfield Thangkhiew last Friday. In his letter to chief minister Conrad Sangma, Rymbui expressed his shock and proposed a judicial enquiry should be conducted into the death of the former militant.

Maharashtra recorded 4,797 cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the state's total tally of cases to 6,392,660. In the last 24 hours 130 deaths have also been reported, which pushed the death toll to 135,039, according to the state health bulletin.

An Air India spokesperson said on Sunday that the carrier is continuing with its scheduled flights from Kabul as of now. "We are monitoring the situation and as of now continuing with our scheduled flights to Kabul,", the spokesperson stated. 

Taliban want a peaceful transition of power from the present Afghan government in the next few days, a spokesperson of the militant group told news agency AFP. 

Delhi recorded 53 cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the tally of cases to 1,437,091. No new deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hour. 

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced a reward of Rs.5 lakhs for any information on the murder of Additional Session judge Uttam Anand in Dhanbad. CBI assured that the name of the informant will be kept a secret.

Afghan acting Interior Minister Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal told TOLO News that Kabul will not be attacked and that the transition will happen peacefully. He assured Kabul residents that security forces will ensure the security of the city.

Taliban say in a statement they don't plan to take Kabul 'by force' as sporadic gunfire echoes in Afghan capital.

Taliban forces in Afghanistan entered the outskirts of the capital Kabul, the Associated Press reported, as the U.S. and other nations rushed to evacuate the city.

Three Afghan officials tell The Associated Press that the Taliban have entered the outskirts of the capital, Kabul.

Afghan official and Taliban say militants seize provincial capital of Khost as insurgents tighten grip around Kabul, reports AP.

Taliban now holds all of Afghanistan's border crossings, leaving Kabul airport as only exit.

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Mizoram reported 467 new Covid-19 cases and three more fatalities in the last 24 hours, pushing the state’s tally to 48,462 and death toll to 180, a health department official said on Sunday.

Afghan lawmaker, Taliban say insurgents seize provincial capital of Maidan Wardak, just west of Kabul, reports AP.

Eight people were killed and dozens injured when a passenger bus crashed on the M7 motorway en route to Budapest in the early hours of Sunday, police said in a statement.

Two persons died after a fire broke out Sunday at a hotel here, officials said.

Five people were killed and three others sustained serious injuries when the car in which they were travelling in crashed into a stationary cement carrying truck in the early hours on Sunday, police said.

Salute doctors and paramedical staff who laid down their lives during Covid pandemic, immensely thankful to them: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.