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The attacks are seen as strengthening the Taliban's negotiating position in the talks with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad. (Photo: File | AFP)

Taliban attack 2nd Afghan city as US envoy affirms closeness of deal

The attack Sunday comes a day after the Taliban attacked Kunduz, one of Afghanistan's largest cities and killed at least 16 people.

01 Sep 2019 10:58 AM

A day before government's decision to scrap Article 370 and bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, via presidential order, former chief ministers were taken into custody as a 'precautionary measure'. (Photo: File)

Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti finally allowed to meet kin: Reports

Omar's sister Safia, and her children were allowed to meet NC leader -- who has grown a beard in these days -- for 20 minutes on Saturday.

01 Sep 2019 10:56 AM

The fix would allow users to disable matching username by phone number (Photo: AFP/ video screengrab)

Messaging app Telegram moves to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters

A ,major reason for Hong Kong protestors'efficiency and mobility is because of coordinating on apps like Telegram.

01 Sep 2019 10:56 AM

If confirmed, Matthews will be the first Asian Pacific American woman and first Indian-American to serve as an Article III federal judge in the Southern District, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) said. (Photo: Twitter | Jones Day)

Trump nominates Indian-American Shireen Matthews as federal judge

Currently, Matthews is a partner at Jones Day, the fifth-largest law firm in the country, in San Diego.

01 Sep 2019 10:49 AM

Aviation regulator DGCA on Saturday suspended a first officer of SpiceJet for three months for mishearing an Air Traffic Control clearance, due to which he gave incorrect direction to the pilot-in-command (PIC), causing runway incursion at Mumbai airport, said a source. (Photo: File)

SpiceJet pilot suspended over runway incursion at Mumbai airport: report

The aircraft ahead of the SpiceJet plane was of IndiGo and it had a call sign IGO063, the source said.

01 Sep 2019 10:40 AM

After senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah’s remark received a backlash from BJP and the party’s estranged ally JD(S), where he compared the party with a prostitute, he issued a saying he was referring to the BJP. (Photo: File)

Siddaramaiah's U-turn on 'prostitute' remark to JD(S), says 'Was referring to BJP'

On Friday, in response to a query on the JD(S)' attack against him, he had uttered a Kannada proverb.

01 Sep 2019 10:18 AM

The innovative, foldable phone was originally slated to launch in April this (Photo: Weibo)

Samsung could launch Galaxy fold on September 6th

The premium, folding smartphone would only launch in South Korea now, according to the report.

01 Sep 2019 10:11 AM

A few protestors came out wearing bandages on their eyes as an expression of solidarity with the Hong Kong woman who recently sustained an injury on her eye from a projectile fired by the police. (Photo: ANI)

Tibetans hold protest in Dharamshala in solidarity with Hong Kong

Demonstrators carried posters and placards that read 'Hong Kong, we are with you'.

01 Sep 2019 9:52 AM

Srijal Chandrakar, a class 9 student of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Mahasamund, has made her state proud as she is among the 60 students selected from all over the country who, after having won a space quiz, will get an opportunity to watch the landing of Chandrayaan-2 on the surface of the moon along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: ANI)

Class 9 Chhattisgarh student to watch Chandrayaan-2 landing with PM Modi

Srijal said that as soon as she got to know about the space quiz she started preparing for the same with complete dedication.

01 Sep 2019 9:51 AM

Hailing the Central government's decision, Sawant added, 'The NRC move in Assam will make it possible to find out how many people from Bangladesh are living in the state illegally.' (Photo: ANI)

Want NRC exercise in Mumbai to drive out illegal Bangladeshis: Shiv Sena MP

'NRC was much needed in Assam to solve the problems of the original inhabitants of the region,' he said.

01 Sep 2019 9:47 AM

'We are at the threshold of an agreement that will reduce violence and open the door for Afghans to sit together to negotiate an honourable & sustainable peace and a unified, sovereign Afghanistan that does not threaten the United States, its allies, or any other country,' Khalilzad wrote on Twitter. (Photo: ANI)

US, Taliban on 'threshold' of an agreement: Khalilzad

The agreement between the Taliban and the US is centred around the latter's promise to withdraw its troops from the war-torn country.

01 Sep 2019 9:39 AM

After his wife once asked him how much it would cost to hire a chopper, a school teacher in Rajasthan's Alwar decided to fulfil her wish on his retirement. (Photo: ANI)

On retirement day, Rajasthan teacher books chopper to fly wife home

Ramesh Meena said he booked the chopper service from New Delhi for Rs 3.70 lakh to fulfil his wife's wish.

01 Sep 2019 9:38 AM

When the Civil Surgeon arrived at the hospital, Kumar started abusing him as well and said, 'I think the Civil Surgeon is not capable of doing his work and should be removed.' (Photo: ANI)

Nalanda: Doctors go on strike after JDU MLA misbehaves with civil surgeon

According to Dr Krishna, the JDU MLA had stopped Dr Pawan Kumar, who was on-duty, from conducting the postmortem and sent him away.

01 Sep 2019 9:30 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (Photo: File)

'NRC fiasco exposed all those trying to take political mileage': Mamata Banerjee

Of them, 3,11,21,004 have been included in the document and 19,06,657 excluded, a statement from the NRC State Coordinator's office said.

01 Sep 2019 9:22 AM

Further, without naming the Gandhi family, who had been winning the seat for consecutive terms before 2019, she said she did not believe in acting in politics. (Photo: File)

Won Amethi because I did not treat people as vote bank: Smriti Irani

Explaining the way in which she approaches politics, Irani said she had stayed in touch with the people of the constituency for five years.

01 Sep 2019 9:13 AM

In a fresh salvo targeting Shashi Tharoor, who had come under attack for his alleged 'Modi praise', party colleague K Muraleedharan once again made a veiled attack on the Thiruvananthapuram MP. (Photo: File)

Not 'Oxford English' but 'anti-Modi': Kerala Cong leader attacks Shashi Tharoor

Muraleedharan also said the party had decided not to initiate any action against Tharoor based on his explanation.

01 Sep 2019 9:08 AM

A 96-year-old celebrated his birthday on Saturday by breaking his own record as the world’s oldest active scuba diver for the third year running, plunging to the depths of the equivalent of a 15-storey building to explore a shipwreck off Cyprus. (Representational Image)

World War II veteran Ray Woolley breaks own scuba diving record at 96

The Zenobia, a cargo vessel laden with trucks that sank off of Larnaca in 1980, is a popular dive site.

01 Sep 2019 9:06 AM

The Home Minister is first scheduled to arrive in Dadra and Nagar Haveli where he will inaugurate several projects in the morning at the SSR College in Silvassa. (Photo: File)

Amit Shah to address BJP's Maharashtra Janadesh Yatra in Solapur

Shah will join Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the Yatra in the Solapur district.

01 Sep 2019 8:28 AM

Incidentally, on Friday Pawar lost his cool when a journalist asked him about rumours that Padmasinh Patil, his 'relative', was on the way to the BJP. (Photo: File)

A Month before Maharashtra Assembly polls, Sharad Pawar's relative set to join BJP

He is likely to join the BJP in the presence of party chief Amit Shah on Sunday in Solapur.

01 Sep 2019 8:23 AM

Chatterjee, a four-time TMC MLA, had joined the BJP along with Banerjee in New Delhi on August 14. (Photo: File)

Regularly humiliated: 2 weeks after joining BJP, Ex-Kolkata Mayor wants to quit party

Sovan Chatterjee had taken a sabbatical from active politics.

01 Sep 2019 8:15 AM

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