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Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin today and discussed the situation in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, where over a thousand Indian students are stranded.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met his Tajik and Uzbek counterparts on Tuesday where detailed discussions took place on the situation in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover. Concerns were also expressed on the sharp increase in terrorist

Amarinder Singh, the Congress's tallest leader in Punjab who stepped down from the post of the Chief Minister earlier this month, told NDTV today that the turbulence within the state party has come as a godsend to Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to discuss the ongoing situation in Afghanistan this evening.

Rakesh Asthana, a former officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), was appointed Delhi Police Commissioner on Tuesday, just three days before his retirement.

The Dominican government argued in court on Wednesday that Mehul Choksi -- the fugitive diamond trader wanted over the Rs 14,000 crore loan fraud at the Punjab National Bank -- be deported to India.

Pune-based Serum Institute chief Adar Poonawalla will be provided "Y category" security across the country.The Union Home Ministry issued orders regarding this today after conducting a detailed threat assessment, sources said.

A fresh set of travel guidelines has been issued as two new, more infectious strains of Covid -- the South African and the Brazilian strains -- have been detected in India. The new rules apply to all incoming international passengers except those from the UK, Europe and Middle East, the health ministry has said.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted today to say he and his family have been kept "locked up" in their home. "It is bad enough they've locked my father (a sitting MP) & me in our home, they've locked my sister & her kids in their home as well," his post read.

The government on Wednesday expressed "strong displeasure" about Twitter's response to the emergency order to block more than a thousand accounts for alleged spread of provocative content and misinformation on the farmer protests. As a business entity working in India, Twitter "must respect" the Indian laws and follow them "irrespective of Twitter'...

There has been no direction from the Centre about not flying in Chinese nationals into the country, various airlines said today, denying reports about an informal direction from the government.

A 12-point plan to tackle coronavirus in Delhi was adopted at a meeting this evening between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, which includes infrastructure like extra ICU beds and oxygen cylinders and more medical staff.

Schools and colleges, shut since March as lockdown was announced across the country, will be allowed to re-open from October 15, the Centre said Wednesday while announcing the next phase of lifting of coronavirus-related restrictions.

The government's multiple admissions in parliament that it has no data on various subjects -- from migrant labourers to farmer suicides -- have made it the target of the Congress, whose leaders have launched a concerted attack. Today senior Congress leader and former Union minister Shashi Tharoor tweeted a list laced with sarcasm.

Metro rail services are likely to be allowed in the fourth phase of unlocking the country from the coronavirus-linked restrictions that is expected to be rolled out by next month, government sources said. But schools and colleges will still remain shut and crowded places like cinema halls will not be opened now, the sources added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin today and discussed the situation in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, where over a thousand Indian students are stranded.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met his Tajik and Uzbek counterparts on Tuesday where detailed discussions took place on the situation in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover. Concerns were also expressed on the sharp increase in terrorist

Amarinder Singh, the Congress's tallest leader in Punjab who stepped down from the post of the Chief Minister earlier this month, told NDTV today that the turbulence within the state party has come as a godsend to Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to discuss the ongoing situation in Afghanistan this evening.

Rakesh Asthana, a former officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), was appointed Delhi Police Commissioner on Tuesday, just three days before his retirement.

The Dominican government argued in court on Wednesday that Mehul Choksi -- the fugitive diamond trader wanted over the Rs 14,000 crore loan fraud at the Punjab National Bank -- be deported to India.

Pune-based Serum Institute chief Adar Poonawalla will be provided "Y category" security across the country.The Union Home Ministry issued orders regarding this today after conducting a detailed threat assessment, sources said.

A fresh set of travel guidelines has been issued as two new, more infectious strains of Covid -- the South African and the Brazilian strains -- have been detected in India. The new rules apply to all incoming international passengers except those from the UK, Europe and Middle East, the health ministry has said.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted today to say he and his family have been kept "locked up" in their home. "It is bad enough they've locked my father (a sitting MP) & me in our home, they've locked my sister & her kids in their home as well," his post read.

The government on Wednesday expressed "strong displeasure" about Twitter's response to the emergency order to block more than a thousand accounts for alleged spread of provocative content and misinformation on the farmer protests. As a business entity working in India, Twitter "must respect" the Indian laws and follow them "irrespective of Twitter'...

There has been no direction from the Centre about not flying in Chinese nationals into the country, various airlines said today, denying reports about an informal direction from the government.

A 12-point plan to tackle coronavirus in Delhi was adopted at a meeting this evening between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, which includes infrastructure like extra ICU beds and oxygen cylinders and more medical staff.

Schools and colleges, shut since March as lockdown was announced across the country, will be allowed to re-open from October 15, the Centre said Wednesday while announcing the next phase of lifting of coronavirus-related restrictions.

The government's multiple admissions in parliament that it has no data on various subjects -- from migrant labourers to farmer suicides -- have made it the target of the Congress, whose leaders have launched a concerted attack. Today senior Congress leader and former Union minister Shashi Tharoor tweeted a list laced with sarcasm.

Metro rail services are likely to be allowed in the fourth phase of unlocking the country from the coronavirus-linked restrictions that is expected to be rolled out by next month, government sources said. But schools and colleges will still remain shut and crowded places like cinema halls will not be opened now, the sources added.