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The Taliban INLD spokesperson Htesters, including women, forces prevented some jour- R Rakesh Sihag said party patri- took to the streets of Kabul on nalists from filming the protest. arch Om Prakash Chautala Tuesday, chanting “death to The demonstrators gath- has “personally met” Deve Pakistan” and denouncing ered after Ahmad Masoud, the Gowda and Mulayam Singh Islamabad’s interference in co-leader of the resistance front Yadav and invited them for the Afghanistan and airstrikes by in Panjshir province, in a voice rally. “It will be a huge rally and its jets in Panjshir province in clip called on people of people from various States will support of the Taliban, accord- Afghanistan to resurrect attend it,” he said. ing to a media report. against the Taliban. Nitish Kumar, who along The Taliban on Monday According to the report, ihar Chief Minister Nitish with his party colleague KC said they have seized Panjshir, people in Blakh and Daikundi BKumar is likely to share the of political stalwarts sans the Tyagi, had met Chautala at his the last province not in their provinces also took to the stage with a large number of Congress, INLD leader Abhay residence in Gurugram last control, after their takeover of streets and chanted slogans Opposition parties, including Chautala said Nitish Kumar, month and had termed it a the US-backed Afghanistan against Pakistan. TMC, Samajwadi Party, NCP, Mulayam Singh Yadav, HD courtesy call. government last month. RLD, RJD, Shiromani Akali Deve Gowda and Badal have Abhay said that with huge The protesters claimed that Dal, National Conference, at a confirmed that they will attend political unrest in the country, Pakistan Air Force jets con- rally at Jind in Haryana on the “Samman Samaroh” to citizens are now looking for an ducted airstrikes in September 25. Nitish Kumar’s mark the birth anniversary of alternative to the BJP and the Panjshir province, Khaama Janata Dal (U) is the ruling Devi Lal. He further said NCP Congress. By bringing all news reported. NDA’s biggest partner after the leader Sharad Pawar, TMC these leaders “our aim is to Chanting “death to !" BJP. president and West Bengal form the third front for the P a k i s t a n”, “ F r e e d o m”, “A l l a h Pitching for a third front, Chief Minister Mamata overall welfare of the Akbar” and “we do not want the Taliban Government in INLD’s Om Prakash Chautala Banerjee, National Conference country and the people,” captivity” among many other Front of Afghanistan or the Kabul during the last years of has tried to bring together leader Farooq Abdullah and Chautala said. slogans, the protesters gathered Panjshir Resistance. he Taliban on Tuesday its rule. Mullah Abdul Ghani Samajwadi Party patriarch RLD leader Jayant Chowdhury Om Prakash Chautala, 86, at the gate of the Pakistani he reported fall of Panjshir At the behest of the Tannounced a caretaker Baradar, who had led talks Mulayam Singh Yadav, Nitish have also been invited for this after his release from Delhi’s embassy in Kabul and asked its TValley to Taliban on Haqqani Network, the Pakistan Cabinet that paid homage to with the United States and Kumar, former Prime Minister “huge” political rally on the Tihar Jail on July 2, had staff to leave Afghanistan, it Monday came when Pakistan’s Air Force loaned three pilots to the old guard of the group, giv- signed the deal that led to HD Deve Gowda, and SAD occasion in Haryana’s Jind and announced that he will contact reported. “Pakistan, Pakistan, Inter-Services Intelligence the Talibani forces and four JF ing top posts to Taliban per- America’s final withdrawal supremo Parkash Singh Badal their confirmation is awaited. Opposition leaders across the Leave Afghanistan,” a slogan on Chief Faiz Hameed was in 7 fighters to bomb sonalities who dominated the from Afghanistan, will be one on one stage on the birth “Many like-minded leaders country to forge a “Third a huge banner read. Kabul even as Pakistan Air the valley, the lone Afghan 20-year battle against the US- of two deputies to Akhund. anniversary of former Deputy from non-BJP and non- Front” at the national level. The The agitators said they do Force reportedly helped in territory that has resisted the led coalition and its Afghan There was no evidence of Prime Minister Devi Lal. Congress parties will come former CM of Haryana had not want a puppet govern- bombing the resistance fighters Taliban onslaught after the Government allies. non-Taliban in the line-up, a Sharing information about together on one stage and will been serving a 10-year sentence ment in Afghanistan and asked of Northern Alliance’s new pullout of the US forces last Interim Prime Minister big demand of the international the rally and coming together raise issues that are close to the in a recruitment scam. for an inclusive Government, it avatar National Resistance month. Mullah Hasan Akhund headed community. $%&$' ( # in the Indian Constitution. The and the secretary of the assembly, a place is kept petitioner has said that the Assembly have been respon- reserved on the assembly he decision of the Assembly Speaker has no power dents of this case. premise so that they offer TJharkhand Assembly to allocate any place at a gov- Due to the decision the BJP namaz on the Friday during the Secretariat to allocate a room at ernment building to accom- in Opposition has stormed ongoing session of the the Jharkhand Assembly to modate any faith. and disturbed the ongoing Assembly. offer namaz has been chal- He termed it as discrimi- budget session of the assembly. But never in the past was lenged before Jharkhand nation with followers of other From the past two days the BJP any official notification issued High Court. religion who too are entitled for MLAs have been holding kir- to dedicate any place for wor- A petitioner and right wing such provisions. tan on the assembly premise. ship on the assembly premise. activist Bhairav Singh filed a PIL Senior Jharkhand High The BJP has also announced to Notably, the BJP MLA before Jharkhand High Court Court lawyer Rajiv Kumar who gherao the Assembly on Biranchi Narayan too has shot stating that the Assembly has is counsel of the petitioner Wednesday. a letter to assembly speaker to violated the fundamental prin- said that Jharkhand Assembly For the connivance of withdraw the decision else he ciple of secularism as enshrined !" # Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahto Muslim MLAs and staffs of the will file a case before the court. " ) ! ( ) ( ( *' + #$%&' " crore for Rural Development Department, 172 crore for he Jharkhand Assembly on Water Resources Department (( ) 0 2 TTuesday passed the among others. 4684.93 crore supplementary Welcoming the supple- have recovered from Covid-19. Covishield vaccine. budget for current financial mentary budget provisions, " jumped to 76 as only six Covid 19 on Tuesday in Ranchi, the The study also found The prevalence of the Delta year with voice vote. Congress MLA from Jharia, patients recovered from the highest among the 24 districts. he higher ability of the “higher replication efficiency” variant in this cohort was On Monday, Finance Poornima Neeraj Singh said #$% viral infection in this district. As per Government data, TDelta variant of the SARS- in the Delta variant, giving it a found to be 5.45 times more Minister Rameshwar Oraon pre- that the supplementary budget West Singhbhum, East Dhanbad also vaccinated about CoV2 virus to infect and evade better capability to infect and than other variants. sented the supplementary bud- is necessary for development Singhbhum, Sahebganj and 18,000 residents on the day, the immune response built “potentially explaining the B.1.617.2 Delta variant, get which was passed today in works. She added in the field of Bokaro reported one Covid while 10,000-odd residents got through previous infections or B.1.617.2 dominance”. was first observed in India in the Assembly. Earlier, CPI (ML) energy sector large infrastruc- harkhand on Tuesday vacci- case each, while 19 of 24 dis- vaccinated in East Singhbhum. vaccines can be the possible The study said “increased late 2020. It has since spread lone MLA from Bagodar, Vinod ture works are being carried Jnated more than 1.65 lakh tricts did not report fresh Covid According to a press com- explanation behind the rapid replication fitness” and around the globe - in the UK, Kumar Singh withdrew his cut out, so the maximum amount residents against Covid-19 as at cases. No fresh Covid casualties munique shared by the health spread of this particular vari- “reduced sensitivity” to neu- it is responsible for nearly all motion on the supplementary has been allocated to it. least 1,700 session sites were reported on the day. department on Tuesday evening, ant, which has created havoc in tralising bodies, built either new cases of coronavirus infec- budget, after Government assur- Targeting the Opposition, remained operational across As per provisional data the State has so far administered the western world in the second through natural infection or tion.
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