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• 23 Aug 2021, 11:31:05 PM IST

  No data to suggest pediatric age group to get affected by Covid-19 third wave: Dr Dhiren Gupta, Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

• 23 Aug 2021, 11:02:34 PM IST

  Afghan nationals continue their protest outside UNHCR in Delhi for resettlement options to a third country

• 23 Aug 2021, 10:26:32 PM IST

  17 wagons of goods train derailed on the New Bhadan-New Ekdil section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor

  As many as 17 wagons of a goods train carrying iron could and steel sheets derailed on the New Bhadan-New Ekdil section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC). This is the first instance of a major accident at the newly built DFC.

• 23 Aug 2021, 09:55:13 PM IST

  Schools in Tripura to reopen for classes 6-12 from Aug 25 onwards: State school education department

  The Tripura school education department on Monday said that schools will reopen for students of classes 6-12 from August 25 onwards in adherence with Covid-19 protocols, news agency ANI reported.

• 23 Aug 2021, 09:41:29 PM IST

  Jewellery shops in several areas of Hyderabad were closed on Monday in protest against Centre's gold hallmarking guidelines

• 23 Aug 2021, 09:04:59 PM IST

  Terrorists hurl grenade on CRPF bunker in Srinagar; jawan injured: Officials

  Terrorists hurled grenade on a CRPF bunker in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar on Monday, thereby injuring one jawan, news agency PTI reported citing officials.

• 23 Aug 2021, 08:34:31 PM IST

  Spoke to German Chancellor Merkel on bilateral, multilateral and regional issues, including recent developments in Afghanistan: PM

• 23 Aug 2021, 07:16:49 PM IST

  Top Lashkar commander Abbas Sheikh & his aide Saqib Manzoor killed: IGP Kashmir

  Top Lashkar commander Abbas Sheikh and his aide Saqib Manzoor have been killed in an encounter on Monday, Jammu and Kashmir Police said and called the same to be a "big success."

• 23 Aug 2021, 07:13:51 PM IST

  Sitharaman gives Infosys till September 15 to fix issues faced by taxpayers with the new e-filing portal

• 23 Aug 2021, 07:05:00 PM IST

  AAP to contest in all seats of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls

  The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday announced that it will contest on all seats in the upcoming Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections in December.

• 23 Aug 2021, 07:01:49 PM IST

  Centre and ADB signed US$500 million loan to expand Bengaluru's 'Namma' Metro network: Finance ministry

• 23 Aug 2021, 06:03:40 PM IST

  Delhi reports no new fatalities due to Covid-19 for fourth straight day

• 23 Aug 2021, 05:52:31 PM IST

  US evacuated and facilitated evacuation of nearly 37,000 people from Afghanistan since Aug 14: White House official

• 23 Aug 2021, 05:24:07 PM IST

  National Monetisation Pipeline launched by Union finance minister Sitharaman to strengthen private sector and government partnership

  The Centre on Monday launched the National Monetisation Pipeline in a bid to monetise under-utilised and brownfield public sector assets by private sector companies. The government said that the pipeline is launched with an aim to unlock the value of ‘government investments and public money’ in infrastructure. Read more.

• 23 Aug 2021, 05:16:20 PM IST

  Taliban say no new govt will be formed until last US soldier leaves Afghanistan, reports AFP citing sources

• 23 Aug 2021, 04:55:45 PM IST

  TMC to attend MEA briefing on Afghanistan crisis on Aug 26: Mamata

  Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that her party attend the briefing by Union ministry of external affairs (MEA) on the present situation in Afghanistan on August 26.

• 23 Aug 2021, 04:45:46 PM IST

  7 members of Dalit family beaten up in Maharashtra on suspicions of performing of black magic; accused also hails from Dalit family: Police

• 23 Aug 2021, 04:18:16 PM IST

  SC asks Centre to find solution to blockade of roads due to ongoing farmers' protest against the farm laws

• 23 Aug 2021, 03:48:27 PM IST

  Chhattisgarh CM Baghel and state health minister Deo to meet Cong leader Rahul Gandhi in Delhi tomorrow, reports ANI

• 23 Aug 2021, 03:20:40 PM IST

  S Jaishankar to brief Parliament floor leaders on Afghanistan crisis on Aug 26: Pralhad Joshi

• 23 Aug 2021, 03:15:51 PM IST

  A selection board of Indian Army gave nod to promotion of five women officers to Colonel rank

• 23 Aug 2021, 02:18:36 PM IST

  Portion of Delhi's Bhalswa landfill collapsed on nearby slums; no reports of people trapped received yet, reports ANI

• 23 Aug 2021, 01:40:28 PM IST

  46 Indian passport holders to arrive in India today

  Three Sri Guru Granth Sahib and 46 Indian passport holders to arrive in India today. We thank the Government of India and the Prime Minster for helping Hindus-Sikhs in Afghanistan. We're in touch with minority people in Kabul who wish to be evacuated, says Manjinder S Sirsa of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Mgmt committee and SAD leader

• 23 Aug 2021, 01:27:27 PM IST

  PM Modi has to take decision on caste-based census: Nitish Kumar

  After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Monday that the ball is now in the PM’s court and he has to take the decision on the issue of the caste-based census.

• 23 Aug 2021, 01:13:16 PM IST

  Indian evacuation from Kabul on verge of completion, 2 more flights today

  With Modi’s government’s mission Kabul entering its end phase with two more evacuation flights landing from Afghanistan today, the Ministry of External Affairs and National Security set-up have achieved what looked to be impossible on August 15, the day the Taliban captured Kabul. Read More

• 23 Aug 2021, 11:56:42 AM IST

  ED files chargsheet against Anil Deshmukh's aide Kundan Shinde, Sanjeev Palande

  Enforcement Directorate (ED) files a chargesheet against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's aides Kundan Shinde and Sanjeev Palande in an alleged money laundering case.

• 23 Aug 2021, 11:38:22 AM IST

  Covid-19: MHA panel warns of third wave peak in Oct, lack of infra to treat kids

  A committee set up by the Union Home Ministry has said a third wave of the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease may reach its peak around October and children could be affected as severely as adults. Read More

• 23 Aug 2021, 11:06:23 AM IST

  BSF opens fire at drone in Jammu’s Arnia sector

  The Border Security Force (BSF) early on Monday fired at a flying object along the Indo-Pak international border in Arnia sector of Jammu district. Read More

• 23 Aug 2021, 10:25:33 AM IST

  1 Afghan security force member killed, 3 wounded in a firefight at Kabul airport: Report

  1 Afghan security force member killed, 3 wounded after firefight breaks out with unknown attackers at Kabul airport's at the North Gate, tweets German Bundeswehr

• 23 Aug 2021, 10:18:57 AM IST

  India's daily Covid-19 tally falls to lowest in 160 days

  Single day rise of 25,072 new Covid-19 cases, 389 fatalities push India's tally to 3,24,49,306, death toll to 4,34,756, shows Union health ministry. India's active Covid-19 cases decline to 3,33,924.

• 23 Aug 2021, 09:46:56 AM IST

  Road leading to Ram Janmbhoomi in Ayodhya to be renamed after former UP CM Kalyan Singh

  The road leading to Ram Janmbhoomi in Ayodhya will be named after former UP CM Kalyan Singh. Besides Ayodhya, one road each in Lucknow, Prayagraj, Bulandshahr and Aligarh will be named after him, announces UP Deputy CM KP Maurya.

• 23 Aug 2021, 09:00:16 AM IST

  146 people evacuated from Afghanistan arrive in Delhi

  146 people evacuated from Afghanistan arrive in Delhi on various flights, reports news agency ANI.

  "We left on Aug 14. A US Embassy's flight took us to Qatar where we stayed at Army base. US Embassy spoke with Indian Embassy after which people from Indian Embassy came to take us," ANI quoted Sunil, one of the evacuees, as saying.

• 23 Aug 2021, 08:16:25 AM IST

  Delhi CM Kejriwal to inaugurate India’s 1st-ever smog tower in Capital today

  Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will on Monday inaugurate India’s first-ever smog tower at Baba Kharak Singh Marg in the Connaught Place area to help combat rising air pollution in the national capital. Read More

• 23 Aug 2021, 07:25:11 AM IST

  Since August 14, the SS evacuated approx 30,300 people on military, coalition flights

  Since August 14, the US has evacuated & facilitated the evacuation of approximately 30,300 people on military & coalition flights. Since the end of July, we have relocated approximately 35,500 people: White House Official

• 23 Aug 2021, 07:17:39 AM IST

  'Hundreds of fighters' heading to resistance stronghold Panjshir Valley: Taliban

  The Taliban have said that hundreds of their fighters are heading for the Panjshir Valley, which is currently the centre of the resistance in war-ravaged Afghanistan, even as National Resistance Front's Ahmad Massoud has said he wanted to hold negotiations with the hardline Islamist group but that his forces were ready to fight. Read More

• 23 Aug 2021, 06:57:49 AM IST

  Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain predicted for Delhi, and some parts of UP: IMD

  Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of Delhi and Baraut, Daurala, Chapraula, Bagpat, Khekra, Anupshahar, Shikarpur, Pahasu, Debai, Narora areas of UP during the next 2 hours: India Meteorological Department

• 23 Aug 2021, 06:04:35 AM IST

  Maintaining constant vigilance on threats in Afghanistan: US

  We know that terrorists may seek to exploit the situation and target innocent Afghans or American troops. We’re maintaining constant vigilance to monitor and disrupt threats from any source, including ISIS and the Afghan affiliate known as ISIS-K: US President Joe Biden

• 23 Aug 2021, 06:03:02 AM IST

  If not now then when?: US President Joe Biden on leaving Afghanistan

  There is no way to evacuate this many people without pain & loss and the heartbreaking images you see, it’s just a fact. My heart aches for those people you see. At the end of the day, if we didn't leave Afghanistan now, when would we? says US President Joe Biden.

• 23 Aug 2021, 05:40:47 AM IST

  Bihar CM to lead delegation to talk caste census with PM Modi today

  All eyes are on the proposed meeting between an all-party delegation from Bihar, led by chief minister Nitish Kumar, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday to discuss the issue of caste-based census. Read More