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Qatar, Aug 13: Twelve nations, including the US, India, Pakistan and China, along with representatives of the UN and EU have decided that they would not recognise any government in Afghanistan that seeks to take control through the barrel of a gun, the State Department has said, amid the continued Taliban offensive across the war-torn country. Representatives from the United States and Qatar, the

Mangaluru, Aug 13: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said that an appropriate decision would soon be taken regarding the setting up of a branch of National Investigation Agency in the coastal city of Mangaluru. Speaking to a section of media in Mangaluru, the CM revealed that Home Minister Araga Jnanendra has already held two rounds of discussions in this regard. “There is a demand for setting

Kabul, Aug 13: The Taliban have captured the key southern city of Lashkar Gah, a senior Afghan security source told media on Friday, confirming a claim by the insurgents. Military and government officials had evacuated the city after striking a deal with the Taliban, the security source told media. The Taliban claimed Friday to have captured Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city, which would

Hitting back at Twitter over an alleged ban on Congress's official account and its leaders, Rahul Gandhi in a statement said that accused Twitter of interfering in India's political process. Gandhi slammed the microblogging platform for being "biased" and listening to "what the government of the day says". "We are not allowed to speak in Parliament. The media is controlled. And I thought there was

Mangaluru, Aug 12: Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai on Thursday set a deadline of 10 days to implement serious measures to bring down the high positivity rate of Covid-19. Reviewing the covid-19 situation, he said 70 per cent of the Covid-19 positive persons in the regions with larger density of population, should be admitted to the Covid Care Centres. He pointed out that the Covid 19 positivity

New Delhi, Aug 12: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming he will be "thrown" out of power by a "storm" created by the voices of poor, Dalits, farmers and workers in the country. He said that the people of the country understood the current situation in the country and the Congress and its frontal organisations have a job to remind them that they

Kabul, Aug 12: The negotiators representing the Afghan government in Qatar have offered the Taliban a power-sharing deal in an attempt to end the violence in the war-torn region, according to reports. The Taliban has been reluctant to strike a political settlement with the Afghan government and other regional stakeholders since the US-led troops finalised their withdrawal from the region. "Yes

Mangaluru, Aug 12: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said the government has instructed the health department to hold paediatric camps across the state post detection of coronavirus cases among children. Speaking to media persons at Mangaluru airport, Bommai said the camps will not only detect COVID-19 cases, but also check malnutrition and other problem. The Health Department

Bengaluru, Aug 12: Ruling BJP MLA from Mudigere M P Kumaraswamy on Thursday staged a protest accusing his own party's government in Karnataka of neglecting his constituency that has been ravaged by torrential rains, floods and landslides over the past few years. He staged a protest alone, with a placard, in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue at Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the state legislature and

Kabul, Aug 12: The Taliban have taken the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni just 150 kilometres (95 miles) from Kabul, a senior lawmaker and the insurgents said Thursday. The city -- the 10th provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in a week -- lies along the major Kabul-Kandahar highway, effectively serving as a gateway between the capital and militant strongholds in the south. "The Taliban