Indian Sub-continent

Kabul, Aug 31 (AP-PTI) The Taliban triumphantly marched into Kabul's international airport on Tuesday, hours after the final U.S. troop withdrawal that ended America's longest war. Standing on the tarmac, Taliban leaders pledged to secure the country, quickly reopen the airport and grant amnesty to former opponents.

In a show of control, turbaned Taliban leaders were flanked by the insurgents' elite Badri unit as they walked across the tarmac. The commandos in camouflage uniforms proudly posed for photos.

Bengaluru, Aug 31 (PTI) People entering Karnataka from neighbouring Kerala will have to remain in institutional quarantine for a week even if they are vaccinated and carry a negative RT-PCR test report, Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar said.

The measure is also applicable to air passengers from Kerala and they can choose a hotel of their choice, which had been designated for institutional quarantine.

New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) India delivered 100 metric tons of liquid medical oxygen and 300 oxygen containers to Vietnam on Monday to help the country fight the coronavirus infection, officials said.

The supplies were transported to the Ho Chi Minh City port by Indian Navy ship INS Airavat.

"INS Airavat reaches Vietnam with Oxygen supplies. Indo-Pacific approach in practice," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar tweeted.

Nagpur, Aug 30 (PTI) A youth was sentenced to 20 years in jail on Monday by a Nagpur court for repeatedly raping a minor girl and impregnating her, an official said.

Aakash Yedani (23), a resident of Katol here, was convicted under sections 376 (2) (3), 506 of the IPC and section 5 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act by Additional Sessions Judge KG Rathi, said additional public prosecutor Rashmi Khaparde.

Mathura (UP), Aug 30 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday imposed a complete ban on the sale of liquor and meat in Mathura.

The officers concerned are directed to make plans for the ban as well as for the engagement of people involved in such activities in some other trade, he said.

The chief minister was speaking at the Krishnotsava 2021 programme here.

Jaipur, Aug 30 (PTI) A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five people, including a minor, in Nagaur district of Rajasthan.

The victim's father lodged an FIR at the Jayal police station in Nagaur on Sunday night following which the police arrested a 20-year-old man and detained the minor boy on Monday.

Mumbai/Pune, Aug 30 (PTI) Workers, senior leaders and former ministers from the opposition BJP on Monday staged protests in several cities in Maharashtra against the MVA government's stand to not reopen temples which remain shut due to COVID-19 restrictions.

At many places, social distancing norms were not adhered to during demonstrations, while an FIR was filed against former minister Sudhir Mungantiwar and party workers in Mumbai for violating COVID-19 rules.

New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) The Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) on Tuesday opposed the implementation of the National Education Policy in the university.

Using the hashtag #RejectNEP, organisations of teachers and students took to Twitter to voice their opposition.

The university's Executive Council meeting is underway where the implementation of the National Education Policy from 2022-23 is on the agenda.

NEW DELHI, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- In a landmark judgment, the country's topmost court - the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday ordered the demolition of two 40-storey residential buildings near Delhi for flouting construction norms.

The illegal twin towers were built by Supertech Ltd.

Holding the builders responsible and accountable for illegally constructing the twin towers in NOIDA, a town adjacent to Delhi but situated in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, the apex court ordered that the demolition work shall be carried out by the builders themselves at their own cost.

Kanpur: As schools are opening the students are still not wholly free of fear from the Covid-19 virus. A few of them stayed at home and talked to those who joined offline classes on Tuesday.

The classes strating at 7.30 a.m. continued upto the noon. 

The curiosity among them was apparently clear on the students' tensed faces. After months of closure, they entered the gate of the school. One said, "it was a different kind of entry with the mask on the mouth, sanitising hands and maintaining distance."