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Indians detained on way to Kabul airport; Released subsequently: Reports

A group of Indian nationals is learnt to have been stopped and taken to an unknown location near the Kabul airport on Saturday for questioning and verification of travel documents, triggering some confusion and concerns in India. People tracking the developments in Kabul said there were no specific reports of any harm to Indians in Kabul so far. The Indians were among 150 people who were heading towards the Kabul airport when they were stopped by Taliban fighters, according to Afghan media reports. The Indians were learnt to have been…

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Personal liberty important aspect of constitutional mandate, arrest should not be routinely made: SC

Merely because an arrest can be made as it is lawful does not mandate that it must be made, the Supreme Court has said, while observing that personal liberty is an important aspect of constitutional mandate. The apex court said if arrest is made routine, it could cause “incalculable harm” to the reputation and self-esteem of a person. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy said if the investigating officer of a case does not believe that the accused will abscond or disobey the summons, he or…

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China approves three-child policy with sops to encourage couples to have more children

China’s national legislature on Friday formally endorsed the three-child policy mooted by the ruling Communist Party, in a major policy shift aimed to prevent a steep decline in birth rates in the world’s most populous country. The revised Population and Family Planning Law, which allows Chinese couples to have three children, was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC). In an apparent attempt to address the reluctance of the Chinese couples to have more children due to mounting costs, the amended law has also passed more…

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Amarinder Singh, Sidhu agree on strategic policy group for better party-govt coordination

 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and State Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday agreed to set up a 10-member strategic policy group to ensure better coordination between the party and the state government and expedite implementation of various government programmes. The development is seen as a sign of thaw between Singh and Sidhu, amid the ongoing tussle between the two of them. In another development, the chief minister has deputed his ministers to sit at Congress Bhawan here for interacting with the party cadre and public. Congress president Sonia…

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Supreme Court Asks MP Education Department To Compile Details Of Compliance Of High Court Order

The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Director of School Education of Madhya Pradesh to compile details regarding compliance of directions given by the state High Court last year that schools can recover only tuition fees from students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Director of School Education of Madhya Pradesh to compile details regarding compliance of directions given by the state High Court last year that schools can recover only tuition fees from students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Madhya Pradesh High Court had also said…

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Demand for resumption of chartered flights to Goa to be taken up with Centre: Sawant

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said his government will put forth before the Centre the demand of industry bodies here to resume international chartered flights to the coastal state from October this year. The Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) submitted a memorandum to the CM on Tuesday, seeking the resumption of chartered flights to provide a boost to the tourism sector, which is reeling under the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent curbs. While domestic tourists…

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“Lashkar, Jaish Still Operate With Impunity”: S Jaishankar At UN Briefing

“Whether Afghanistan or against India, terror groups like Lashkar e Taiba and Jaish e Mohammed continue to operate with impunity,” Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said. Foreign minister S Jaishankar detailed India’s concerns about terror for the first time since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, naming specific groups in another first. “Whether in Afghanistan or against India, groups like Lashkar-e Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed continue to operate with impunity and encouragement… Heightened activities of the proscribed Haqqani network justify growing anxiety,” he said in an address to the United Nations Security Council…

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Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra meets Haryana CM

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday met Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and said he would continue to work hard to make the state and the country proud by his achievements. Chopra, who could not attend a felicitation function organized by the state government on August 13 due to illness, said only sports-related topics were discussed during his meeting with Khattar. “It is a great feeling that today I am meeting the Chief Minister. I will try my level best to make Haryana and the nation proud in the…

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Hindi cinema prefers to maintain a conspicuous silence on caste issues: Amol Palekar

Caste as an issue is rarely commented on in Hindi cinema as it is not conventionally entertaining, believes veteran actor Amol Palekar, who is returning to films after a considerable gap of 12 years with 200 – Halla Ho , a true story of Dalit women who attacked a rapist in an open court. The film, directed by Sarthak Dasgupta and co-written by Dasgupta and Gaurav Sharma, touches upon the issues of sexual violence, caste oppression, corruption, and legal loopholes through the eyes of 200 Dalit women. Palekar, known for…

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HC seeks report from Delhi Police, jail authority on death of inmate Ankit Gujjar in Tihar

 The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought status reports from the police and jail authorities on a plea concerning the alleged murder of an inmate Ankit Gujjar in Tihar Jail earlier this month. Justice Mukta Gupta issued notice to Delhi Police, the jail authority, the Centre and CBI on the petition by Gujjar’s family members and ordered the preservation of CCTV footage of the time of the incident as well as before and after. The petition seeks the transfer of the investigation from Delhi Police to the CBI and adequate, round-the-clock-security…

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