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One of the bombers struck told 31 political parties that ( ) * L 3 M people standing knee-deep in India will have to wait to let 0 O a wastewater canal under the things “settle down” and be Asked about the cy and the Government is & sweltering sun, throwing bod- “patient” before deciding its Government’s approach strongly committed to ensur- ies into the fetid water. ing people to leave the airport, one explosion was near an air- nearby when he saw the first approach towards the Taliban. towards Taliban and possible ing a full evacuation as soon as Those who moments ear- but that advice went largely port entrance and another was explosion outside what’s known The Centre also said the engagement with it, he told possible.” lier had hoped to get on flights unheeded by Afghans desper- a short distance away by a hotel. as the Abbey gate. He said sev- Taliban has broken the promis- reporters the situation in He also said Prime out could be seen carrying the ate to escape the country in the One official, who spoke on eral people appeared to have es made in the Doha agreement Afghanistan has not settled Minister Narendra Modi had wounded to ambulances in a last few days of an American- condition of anonymity to dis- been killed or wounded. about allowing religious free- down. “You will have to keep spoken to German Chancellor daze, their own clothes dark- led evacuation before the US. cuss ongoing military opera- The second blast was at or dom and democracy in patience: Let the situation set- Angela Merkel and Russian ened with blood. Officially ends its 20-year pres- tions, said several Marines near Baron Hotel, where many Afghanistan. tle down.” He also said all the President Vladimir Putin. A US official said the com- ence on August 31. were killed. It wasn’t clear if people, including Afghans, At present, the top priori- parties have similar views and There will be more such high- plex attack was believed to At least 13 people died and other U.S. Military troops were Britons and Americans, were ty is to evacuate all Indian cit- “we approached the issue with level calls in the days to come, have been carried out by the 15 were wounded, according to among the dead. American told to gather in recent days izens from the strife torn coun- spirit of national unity.” he said. “We have undertaken Islamic State group. The ISIS Russia’s Foreign Ministry, officials have said that infor- before heading to the airport try, External Affairs Minister S Making these assertions, evacuation operations in affiliate in Afghanistan is far which gave the first official mation is still coming in and for evacuation. Jaishankar said here after brief- the Minister said, “We have extremely difficult conditions, more radical than the Taliban, casualty count. Pentagon they are trying to determine A former Royal Marine ing an all-party meeting on the brought back most Indians... especially at the airport. Our who recently took control of spokesman John Kirby also exact numbers of casualties. who runs an animal shelter in situation in Afghanistan. not all. Some could not make immediate concern and task the country in a lightning blitz confirmed the blasts and said Even as the area was hit, Afghanistan says he and his He said the Government is it for yesterday’s (Wednesday) are evacuation, and the long- and condemned the attack. there were casualties, including evacuation flights continued to staff were caught up in the committed to “full evacuation” flight. We will definitely try term interest is the friendship Western officials had among members of the mili- take off from Kabul airport. aftermath of the blast near the of Indians from Afghanistan, and bring back everyone. We for the Afghan people,” he warned of a major attack, urg- tary, but gave no figure. He said Adam Khan was waiting airport. where the situation is “critical.” have instituted an e-visa poli- said. $%"% *), * '"""-.' #$# )/)) ! %' ).*0%( " ! 8+987/ ""(# ! 8+987/ /." )))" he Supreme Court on " 8+987/ TThursday came down hard he CBI has registered nine ").%1 ! 8+987/ " ( on the Tihar jail administra- fter almost two and a half Tcases related to post-poll tion calling it “shameless” for Ayears, the Directorate of violence in West Bengal. ."" he Government on allowing former Unitech pro- General of Civil Aviation All the four special units of TThursday dismissed reports ! 8+987/ moters to carry out business (DGCA) has now lifted the ban the investigating agency tasked "" that there is any proposal for a from an underground office on Boeing 737 Max for com- to probe the cases of violence change in the dose gap of iling of sedition cases when within the jail premises with mercial flight operations. The have moved their units from Covishield, Covaxin and Fregimes change is a “dis- the connivance of jail staff. decision is likely to offer relief Kolkata to crime scenes across Sputnik V vaccines. However, turbing trend”, the Supreme The court directed that former to domestic carrier SpiceJet the State. The units are being it said processes are under way Court said on Thursday while Unitech promoters Sanjay which has 13 Boeing Max air- secured by teams of CRPF to assess the effectiveness of granting protection from arrest Chandra and Ajay Chandra be craft in its fleet. personnel, sources said. these Covid vaccines. to the suspended Director of shifted from Tihar Jail to After the DGCA order, They said more cases are “Programmatic data col- Chhattisgarh Police Academy Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail SpiceJet said it “expects to under the process of registra- lection processes are on to The decision to extend the against whom two criminal and Taloja prison in start operations of MAX air- tion. assess vaccine effectiveness. gap to 12 to 16 weeks was met cases of sedition and amassing Maharashtra. craft around the end of The CBI has taken over the NTAGI reviewing vaccine with controversy as it was of disproportionate assets have The apex court issued September 2021 subject to cases following order by a effectiveness data on a regular regarded as an attempt to been filed by the State on the grounds of his alleged shifting from Tihar jail after regulatory approvals.” five-judge bench of the basis. Currently, there’s no pro- address the country’s vaccina- Government. involvement in promoting seeing the Enforcement The Boeing 737 Max were Calcutta High Court that had posal for change in dose inter- tion shortage at the time. “State of affairs in the coun- enmity and hatching a con- Directorate’s report accusing globally grounded in March entrusted the agency with the In a unanimous judgment val Covishield, Covaxin and Experts, on the other hand, try is sad,” said a bench head- spiracy against the Chandra brothers of conduct- 2019 soon after two aircraft task of investigating the alleged on a batch of PILs seeking an Sputnik V vaccines under con- claimed the decision was based ed by Chief Justice NV Government. ing business from jail with the crashed within five months. murder and rape incidents in independent probe, the High sideration,” NTAGI (National on new international scientif- Ramana. The bench expressed dis- help of jail staff. The top In all 346 died in two crash- post-Assembly polls violence Court bench also ordered the Technical Advisory Group on ic studies that showed that a Gurjinder Pal Singh, the pleasure over the trend of fil- court, which perused two sta- es. in West Bengal earlier this constitution of an SIT of State Immunisation in India) chief longer gap between dosages 1994-batch IPS officer who ing of sedition cases just after tus reports of the ED, said In its order, the DGCA year. police officers to probe all Dr NK Arora said. produced more antibodies. had served as the IG of Raipur, senior advocate FS Nariman Tihar Jail Superintendent and said that this rescission The HC’s directives came other cases. The clarification comes However, in June, after Durg and Bilaspur during the made opening submissions on other staff are “absolutely enables operation of Boeing after a committee of the The SIT will include after media reports that the India lengthened the interval earlier BJP rule, was initially behalf of Singh, saying “the shameless” for conniving with Company Model 737-8 and National Human Rights Suman Bala Sahoo, Soumen Centre is planning a reduction between the two doses, studies booked in the disproportionate gentleman has served as the the Chandra brothers to flout Boeing Company Model 737- Commission submitted a Mitra and Ranveer Kumar, all in the time interval between the claimed that the effectiveness of assets case following raids at his Additional Director General of the court orders and under- 9 airplanes only upon satis- report on the violence after IPS officers of the West Bengal two doses of Covishield.