New Delhi: Air India has canceled flights to Kabul due to the closure of flights to Afghanistan, an Air India spokesperson has said.
Earlier, it was announced that an Air India flight would depart for Kabul at 12.30 pm today to bring back Indians stranded in Afghanistan. The Central Government has directed Air India to prepare more flights for emergency flights. Kabul airport is experiencing heavy traffic. Many people are fleeing the country since the Taliban took power in Kabul. Meanwhile, there are reports that the airport has been closed.
Meanwhile, the Taliban hoisted the Taliban flag at the Kabul palace in Afghanistan. The Afghan flag was removed. Al Jazeera, an Arab media outlet, released footage from the Kabul palace. There are indications that Mulla Abdul Ghani Baran will be the new president.
Kabul: The Taliban changed the name of Afghanistan after seizing power. The Taliban have renamed the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan instead of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman confirmed this.
People are flocking to the capital, Kabul. Thousands are stranded at Kabul airport. They intend to leave the soil of Afghanistan as soon as possible. Meanwhile, flights were suspended due to the dire situation at the airport. The flight from Delhi to Kabul at 12.30 pm was also canceled. There were reports of gunfire at the airport and several people were injured.
The Taliban entered Kabul on Sunday and seized power. Taliban militants stormed the presidential palace after President Ashraf Ghani left Kabul.
The Twitter account of the Afghan embassy in Delhi has been hacked. Afghan embassy officials in India say they have lost control of their Twitter handle. Subsequently, messages insulting former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appeared on Twitter’s official handle.
Guwahati: The maximum penalty under the cattle preservation Act passed in the Assam Assembly is up to eight years imprisonment and a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh. The bill was passed yesterday with a sharp increase in fines for slaughter, meat consumption, meat smuggling, and unauthorized slaughter.
The Assam Assembly has passed a cattle preservation bill despite the opposition’s protest. The opposition left the House after rejecting their demand that the bill is referred to a select committee. The bill was then passed. Butchery and the meat trade have been banned in areas where Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs, who do not eat beef, live in large numbers. The ban was imposed on Hindu temples and inns within a five-kilometer radius.
With Speaker Biswajit announcing the passage of the Assam cattle preservation Bill, 2021, BJP members chanted slogans calling for Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Jai Shriram. Akhil Gogoi, the only independent MLA in the House, also left the House in protest of the bill being considered. Opposition Congress, AIUDF, and CPM demanded that the bill be left to the select committee. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswas Sharma has rejected the demand.
He claimed that the ban was not aimed at banning the consumption of beef but rather aimed at considering the religious sentiments of others. He also pointed out that religious friendship is not the sole responsibility of Hindus. Aminul Islam MLA agreed with the demand to remove the word ‘buffalo’ from the bill.
Aminul Islam MLA said he welcomed the ban on the slaughter in areas where non-beef-eating people live, but opposed the ban on slaughter within five kilometers of temples. Under this provision, no slaughter will take place anywhere in the state. He pointed out that it would have been better to say that slaughtering was banned across the state.
Thiruvananthapuram: Fishermen protest against the sneak attacks of Attingal municipal employees. Five sieges were imposed in Attingal. The protesters demanded that safety be ensured for women fishermen.
Coastal residents go on strike in protest of atrocities against fishermen in Avanavanchery. Fishermen block the road at Anchuthengu to protest. Fishermen marched from various places to Anchuthengu Junction. Here, Father Lucian Thomas, Convener of the Action Council, inaugurated the strike. Today fishing and marketing have ceased. The action council said it would hold a strong strike until action is taken against municipal employees. Fishermen also organized human chains along the coast yesterday. Last week, Attingal municipal employees snatched Alphonsa’s fish from a fish market in Avanavanchery.
The corporation, which has justified the employees, has not yet taken action against them. A similar incident has been reported from this area before. At that time, the police attacked a woman who was selling fish. Police have seized a basket of fish belonging to an elderly woman named Mary, who was selling it on the roadside.
In areas like Muthalappozhi in Attingal, the livelihood of women is selling fish. Street vendors have complained that they were in big trouble because of covid. They resumed trading in the area after the covid lockdown and trolling ban.
Ankara: A Russian-made fire brigade has crashed in Turkey, killing eight people. Five of the dead were Russians and three were Turks. The accident happened while trying to put out a wildfire near the southern Turkish city of Adana.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has allowed the trial court judge’s plea in the case of assault on the actress. The trial was adjourned for another six months. The case was heard by a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilker.
Special Judge Honey M.Varghese, who is considering the case, asked for more time to complete the proceedings in the case and filed the petition in the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court had asked that the proceedings be completed in August 2021. But the trial court said in a letter that the proceedings were hampered by covid.
The application, citing the fact that the court had to close for weeks in May following the second wave of covid and the trial did not move as quickly as expected.There are more than 300 witnesses in the case. Dileep is the eighth accused in the case.
Port of Prince: Death toll rises in Haiti earthquake, which measured 7.2 on the Richter scale, reached 1,297. Thousands more are reported to be trapped in the rubble. A US-deployed rescue team is still searching for them. The quake struck on the evening of the 14th, killing thousands of people. Prime Minister Ariel Henry has declared a state of emergency in the country.
The epicenter was reported 7.5 miles northeast of St. Louis du Sud, southwest of Haiti. The quake affected churches, hospitals, hotels, and homes. The main road from Les Case to Jeremy was blocked by a landslide. A tsunami alert was issued in the area.
A similar earthquake shook the Port of Prince of Haiti in 2010. About two lakh people lost their lives that day. More than three lakh people were injured. The quake, which struck again 11 years later, plunged the entire country into crisis.
Thiruvananthapuram: Two persons have been arrested in connection with the incident of violence against a doctor in Thiruvananthapuram. Anas and Sebin, who run a bakery near the hospital, were arrested. A lady doctor at a private hospital in Attingal has complained regarding this.
This is the second time in two weeks that doctors have been attacked by patients in Thiruvananthapuram. Days ago two people attacked another lady doctor at Thiruvanthanpuram Government Fort Hospital.
Thiruvananthapuram: Health Minister Veena George has been directed to investigate the allegations against Alappuzha Vandanam Medical College and submit an immediate report. The Director of Medical Education will investigate. Strict action will be taken against the culprits. She said he took the issue seriously.
Porto Prince: Massive earthquake shakes Haiti, a Caribbean island nation. The quake, which measured 7.2 on the Richter scale, killed more than 300 people. More than 1,800 people were injured. Extensive damage has been reported across the country. The death toll is likely to rise further.
The quake affected neighboring countries as well. Waves of up to three meters are expected off the coast of Haiti. Therefore, a tsunami alert was issued. A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has shaken Haiti following a devastating earthquake in 2010.
The preliminary conclusion is that the quake caused severe damage. The international media reports that several buildings have collapsed.
The epicenter was reported, at a depth of 10 km, 150 km south of the Haitian capital, Porto Prince. In addition to Haiti, tremors were felt in neighboring countries.
