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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Suicide blasts kill 13 outside Kabul airport Cong. calls Baghel U.S. soldiers among wounded, say officials; attack comes as deadline for massive evacuation looms to Delhi again Press Trust of India Kabul Taliban stop CM may parade MLAs loyal to him Two suicide bombers and Scheme launched 140 Hindu, Special Correspondent gunmen targeted crowds New Delhi for COVID widows gathered near the Kabul air­ MUMBAI port on Thursday, killing at Sikh Afghans Chhattisgarh Chief Minister To extend help to women least 13 and leaving 15 in­ Bhupesh Baghel has been who lost their husbands to jured in the waning days of Kallol Bhattacherjee summoned again by the the COVID­19 pandemic, NEW DELHI the Maharashtra the massive airlift that has Congress central leadership, government’s Women and drawn thousands trying to At least 140 Afghan Sikhs and he is expected to be in Child Development flee the Taliban takeover of and Hindus and others Delhi on Friday, amid the Department has launched Afghanistan. were stopped by the Tali­ continuing power struggle Mission Vatsalya, aimed at A U.S. official said the ban from proceeding to the between him and State serving around 18 benefits, complex attack was “defi­ Kabul airport to catch a Health Minister T.S. Singh schemes, and services to nitely believed” to have been flight to India on Wednes­ Deo. Party sources did not them under one roof. carried out by the Islamic day night, said Puneet rule out a change of guard in Bhupesh Baghel WEST Ī PAGE 5 State group, whose affiliate Singh, President of Indian the State, though Mr. Baghel DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD in Afghanistan grew out of World Forum, who has is resisting it. Chief Minister from the Oth­ disaffected Taliban mem­ been coordinating the Ahead of Mr. Baghel's er Backward Classes will Face recognition cameras bers who hold an even more Danger zone: A man injured in one of the explosions outside the airport in Kabul on evacuation with the Exter­ meeting with former Con­ cost the Congress in a State at railway stations extreme view of Islam. Thursday, being brought to a hospital. * AFP nal Affairs Ministry and the gress chief Rahul Gandhi, that has predominant popu­ Mumbai The Russian Foreign Mi­ Indian Air Force. several Ministers and MLAs lation of the community. As many as 470 video nistry reported the first offi­ among the wounded. The of­ New Zealand also advised Even as the area was hit, Sources confirmed that are camping in the capital. They say a majority of the cameras with real­time face cial casualty count after the ficial spoke on condition of their citizens on Thursday the official said evacuation the incident delayed the More are expected by Fri­ MLAs are with the CM. recognition technology have attacks. Pentagon spokes­ anonymity to discuss ongo­ not to go to the airport, with flights continued to take off. departure of a special In­ day. Sources say a show of Mr. Baghel returned to been commissioned at man John Kirby also con­ ing operations. Australia's Foreign Minister One explosion went off in dian Air Force aircraft strength is expected in Delhi Chhattisgarh on Wednesday railway stations across firmed the blasts, saying one Late on Wednesday, the saying there was a “very high a crowd of people waiting to which returned on Thurs­ with MLAs supporting Mr. to a rousing welcome at the Maharashtra and Gujarat, was near an airport entrance U.S. Embassy had warned ci­ threat of a terrorist attack”. enter the airport, according day with just 24 Indian and Baghel could be paraded at airport by his supporters . including those on the and another was a short dis­ tizens at three airport gates Taliban spokesman Zabi­ to Adam Khan, an Afghan 11 Nepal citizens. the party headquarters. On Thursday, more than 30 Mumbai suburban line of the Western Railway. tance away near a hotel. to leave immediately due to hullah Mujahid denied that waiting nearby. The Baghel camp is MLAs paid him a visit. The U.S. official said mem­ an unspecified security any attack was imminent in CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 against a change of guard, PAGE 5 WEST Ī MORE REPORTS Ī PAGE 11 ALL-PARTY MEETING Ī PAGE 9 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD bers of the U.S. military were threat. Australia, Britain and the wake of those warnings. and argue that replacing a Inaccessible UIDAI system Can PM­Cares help COVID orphans, asks SC Boeing 737 Max jets to fly Court concerned year? Is there any facility for leaves Aadhaar users in lurch that,” Justice Rao asked Addi­ again in India over education of tional Solicitor­General Aish­ EPFO, PAN linking monthly PF contributions such children warya Bhati. S. Vijay Kumar deposited. CHENNAI stalled ahead Krishnadas Rajagopal ‘Coordinate with States’ The Directorate General of of deadlines Down since last week NEW DELHI He said the Centre could Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Even those who just want to The Supreme Court on coordinate with the States Thursday cleared the Yuthika Bhargava update their Aadhaar partic­ Thursday asked the Union and help with the funds for decks for operating Boeing NEW DELHI ulars to correct mismatches government if it can imme­ education of children. He 737 Max aircraft. The order The IT systems of the Unique with other identity docu­ diately release money from told Ms. Bhati to enquire ending over two years of Identification Authority of The deadline to link Aadhaar ments are at their wits’ end, the PM­Cares Fund for the with the Central authorities grounding will come into India (UIDAI) have been and PAN is September 30. with several users complain­ education of children who about the release of funds la­ immediate effect, aviation down over the past week, ing that attempts to update have been orphaned or have ter in the day so that the sources said. sending Aadhaar holders in­ portal is yet to become fully details were not possible on­ lost legal guardians or either court could pass an appro­ The DGCA banned their to a tizzy as deadlines loom functional, has compound­ line or at Aadhaar centres of their parents during the was especially anxious about “Children should not lose priate order. operation in March 2019 af­ to link their UIDAI identity ed problems for those seek­ due to technical issues. An COVID­19 pandemic. the future of children who the benefits of education be­ The Bench observed, “We ter two fatal accidents in­ details with their Em­ ing to link their Aadhaar to official source confirmed A Bench of Justices L. Na­ studied in private schools cause of the pandemic… can say that the States can volving Boeing 737 Max air­ ployees’ Provident Fund ac­ PAN by September 30. that there were some glitch­ geswara Rao and Aniruddha where the fee may be on the Can the PM­Cares Fund contact the Central govern­ craft (Lion Air Flight 610 counts and the Income Tax Separately, by August 31, es due to which the systems Bose highlighted that educa­ higher side and had lost their come forward and imme­ ment for funds for the edu­ and Ethiopian Airlines Department’s Permanent all EPFO members are re­ were down last week. tion was a fundamental right parents after the COVID­19 diately release some funds cation of these children…” . Flight 302). Account Number (PAN). quired to link their Aadhaar of children. Children needed virus began disrupting lives for the education of these That the new Income Tax cards to continue to get their CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 to stay in school. The Bench since March 2020. children at least for the CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Under water Active cases continue to rise in Maharashtra Pune reports high surge with more than 1,100 new COVID­19 cases; Mumbai 398 Special Correspondent ings stood at 24. Pune The BMC seals buildings Maharashtra’s active case or declares containment tally continued to rise with zones if at least five people the State’s Covid­19 cases ex­ test positive. ceeding its recoveries for the Ahmednagar reported third consecutive day. While 652 new cases and 11 deaths, 5,108 new cases were report­ taking its total cases to ed, just 4,736 patients were 3,05,288 of whom 4,575 are discharged, resulting in the active. The district’s cumula­ active case tally climbing to tive death toll has risen to 50,393. 6,500. As many as 159 deaths Satara reported 821 new pushed the cumulative fatali­ cases and 32 deaths taking ties to 1,36,571. The case fa­ BMC workers seal St. Joseph’s Home and Nursery on Thursday the total cases to 2,36,317 of tality rate rose to 2.12%. after 22 people, including four children below 12 years, tested whom 5,381 are active, while The total cases have positive. As many as 11 children in 12­18 age group were also the death toll climbed to reached 64,42,788 while its reportedly infected.