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"' ( "' ' / he US military confirmed “Due to the might and 2 Ton Sunday that it targeted power of Raghuvanshi kings " an “explosive laden vehicle” like Raghu, Dilip, Aja, headed towards Kabul’s inter- Dasharatha and Ram, their North India, Kritivas literary, spiritual and cultural national airport where the capital was considered invin- Ramayana in the eastern part influence of the Ramayana was American military is involved cible. Therefore, the name of of India, Kamban Ramayana in seen in a large section of !"#$ ) in an evacuation operation. the city is Ayodhya,” he said the South,” he said. humanity. “Respect and love for 3+)3, “US military forces after inaugurating the President Kovind said that Ram are reflected not only in 4 conducted a self-defence Ramayana Conclave at Ram Ayodhya had a history of social India but in many folk-lan- unmanned over-the-horizon Katha Park here on Sunday harmony and creation of such guages and folk cultures of the 2 air strike today on a vehicle in shortly before visiting the tem- an inclusive society by Lord world,” he said. ( Kabul, eliminating an immi- American military’s evacua- ple construction site and offer- Ram was an excellent example “Ram katha is presented in nent ISIS-K threat to Hamid tion there. However, Mujahid ing his prayers at the Ram tem- of unity, which was exemplary many countries of the world. Karzai International airport,” offered few other details about ple. for all even today. The Ramleela of Bali island of " said Captain Bill Urban, the incident, as well as about The President was accom- “Even Gandhiji has given Indonesia is particularly spokesman of the US Central another rocket that struck a panied by his family members, the name of Ram Rajya to his famous. In many countries, Command. neighbourhood just northwest Uttar Pradesh Governor vision of ideal India. The name including Maldives, Mauritius, “We are confident we suc- of the airport, killing a child. Anandiben Patel, Union of Ram was very important in Trinidad and Tobago, Nepal, cessfully hit the target. The two strikes initially Minister of State for Railways the life of Bapu too,” Kovind Cambodia and Suriname, Significant secondary explo- appeared to be separate inci- );8;6$9 the Taliban came to power in and Textiles Darshana Vikram said. Indian diaspora have kept the sions from the vehicle indicat- dents, though information on the country, the UNSC said, Jardosh, Chief Minister Yogi Gurudev Rabindranath spirit of Ram katha and ed the presence of a substantial both remained scarce. n a significant development, “The members of the Security Adityanath and his deputies Tagore had said that Ramayana Ramleela alive,” he said. amount of explosive material,” US President Joe Biden Ithe United Nations Security Council reaffirmed the impor- Keshav Prasad Maurya and and Mahabharata, both of these Commenting on his own Urban said. The US is assess- has vowed to keep up air strikes Council (UNSC), chaired by tance of combating terrorism in Dinesh Sharma. texts, had visions of the soul of name as Ram Nath, President The Press and Offices of The ing the possibilities of civilian against the Islamic State India, has dropped a reference Afghanistan to ensure the ter- He said the popularity of India and that it could be said Kovind said: “I understand Pioneer will remain closed on casualties, though it has no extremist group whose suicide to the Taliban from an earlier ritory of Afghanistan should Ram Katha was not only in that the ideals of Indian life that in my family, when my Monday, August 30, 2021 on indications at this time. “We bombing at the Kabul airport paragraph in its statement that not be used to threaten or India but worldwide. “There values, their stories, and teach- parents and elders would have account of Janamashtmi. There remain vigilant for potential killed scores of Afghans and 13 asked Afghan groups not to attack any country, and that are many readable forms of ings were contained in the done my naamkaran, then all will, therefore, be no issue of the future threats,” Urban said in a American service members. support terrorists “operating on neither the Taliban nor any Ram katha like Goswami Ramayana. of them might have had the newspaper on Tuesday, August statement. “Our commanders informed the territory of any other other Afghan group or indi- Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas in President Kovind said the Continued on Page 11 31, 2021 Earlier, the Taliban’s official me that an attack is highly like- country”. viduals should support terror- spokesman Zabihullah ly in the next 24-36 hours,” India, which is the presi- ists operating on the territory Mujahid said in a message to Biden said, adding that he has dent of the Security Council for of any other country.” journalists in Afghanistan that instructed them to take all this month, signed off on the But on August 27, the the US strike targeted a suicide possible measures to protect statement and issued it in its UNSC removed reference to bomber in a vehicle who want- their troops, who are securing capacity as the chair for this Taliban in the previous ed to attack the Kabul interna- the airport. month. statement. tional airport amid the Continued on Page 11 On August 16, a day after Continued on Page 11 O P senior commanders, includ- agenda of United Nations ing the Chief of Defence Staff Security Council (UNSC),” (CDS) General Bipin Rawat Jaishankar tweeted. and the three Services chiefs, Expressing the concerns are likely to review the situation of the security establishment to coming week. the defence top brass, Rajnath Apprehensions are that the said the changing equation in Taliban fighters aided and abet- Afghanistan is a challenge. ted by Pakistan and equipped The country is now rethinking );8;6$9 with the seized US weapons its strategy, he said while may foment trouble in Jammu addressing the prestigious he rapidly changing situa- & Kashmir. Defence Services Staff College, Ttion in Afghanistan after In a related development, Wellington. the Taliban take over is a “chal- External Affairs Minister S ! "# He also said the recent lenge” for India and the Jaishankar on Saturday spoke developments resulted in India Government has been forced to to US Secretary of State Antony % & forging alliance with the coun- rethink its strategy, Defence Blinken and discussed the lat- tries forming the Quad. It Minister Rajnath Singh said on est developments in State Blinken. Continued our comprises the US, India, Japan Sunday. Afghanistan. discussions on Afghanistan. and Australia. Reflecting these concerns, “Spoke to US Secretary of Also exchanged views on the Continued on Page 11 !" Q R & R '$"( ! );8;6$9 acing flak from Opposition " # $ Fparties for excluding Jawaharlal Nehru’s image from a poster celebrating the 75th year of independence, the Indian Council of Historical $ )9 1$ Research (ICHR) said the con- troversy over the issue is day after Karnal Sub- “unnecessary” as other posters ADivisional Magistrate being released in the coming Ayush Sinha, a 2018 batch IAS days will feature the first Prime officer, was caught on camera Minister. instructing policemen to “crack “We are not trying to the heads” of farmers at a the Opposition’s mounting undermine anyone’s role in protest, Haryana Deputy Chief attack against the BJP-JJP led the movement,” a top ICHR Minister Dushyant Chautala on Haryana Government after the official said, dismissing criti- Education, has been running a Sunday assured strict action brutal lathi-charge on farmers cism on the issue, and added series of lectures and seminars against the officer. in Karnal on Saturday. the poster was one of the many on the theme of the “The use of such termi- Reacting to the justification released as part of the Azadi ka Independence struggle under nology by an officer is con- given by the SDM over the lan- Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ demnable and action will def- guage used in the video, The Congress, however, celebration. initely be taken in this regard. Dushyant, who is the JJP’s questioned the silence of Prime “This is only one of the Maintaining law and order is senior leader, said: “The expla- Minister Narendra Modi on the posters released as part of the the job of the Government and nation for the lathi-charge is issue and demanded that he Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav cel- the administration. The behav- that the officer did not sleep for rise above his prejudices and ebrations. There will be sever- iour of the SDM is contrary to two days. He should know intervene. Opposition parties al others and Nehru will be fea- the training of an IAS officer,” that the farmer is unable to had said the omission was tured in them... Controversy said Chautala while talking to sleep 200 nights in 365 days of deliberate. around this is unnecessary,” the mediapersons here. the year.” ICHR, an autonomous ICHR official said.