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Just last month President Joe Biden defended his Afghanistan pullout by saying that "the likelihood there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely."The images of Taliban fighters inside the presidential palace...

Kabul: The Taliban entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul Sunday and an official said President Ashraf Ghani had left the city for Tajikistan, capping the terrorists' lightning push for power. A senior Afghan Interior Ministry official said Ghani had left for...

The Vatican: Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his concern for the situation in Afghanistan and called for a peaceful dialogue to ensure the safety of civilians."Dear brothers and sisters, I join in the unanimous concern for the situation in...

Kabul: Taliban insurgents entered the Afghanistan capital Kabul on Sunday, an interior ministry official said, as the United States evacuated diplomats from its embassy by helicopter, the Reuters reported.The senior official told Reuters the Taliban were coming in "from...

Imphal: The State Cabinet on August 7, 2021, took a decision to adopt the song ‘Sana Leibak Maniipur’ penned by Bachaspatimayum Jayantakumar Sharma and set to tune by Aribam Syam Sharma as the State Song, said a notification issued by...

Tokyo: Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Saturday scripted history and became only the second individual Indian athlete after Abhinav Bindra to be crowned Olympic champion as he won gold in the men’s javelin throw at the ongoing Tokyo...

Imphal:  Every family, every player has a story to tell. Yet for Sanglakpam Nilakanta Sharma, an Olympian who just won a bronze medal in Indian Men’s Hockey team in the Tokyo Olympics 2020, it’s been more a tale of...

Aizawl:  The Mizoram government announced Friday that it will offer a Rs 25 lakh cash reward, a government job and a plot of land to Indian women’s hockey team member Lalremsiami in appreciation of her performance at the Tokyo...

Dispur: The second Chief Ministers’ Level Meeting held at Assam Administrative Staff College here Friday between Assam and Meghalaya to resolve the vexed border issues between the two states, decided to constitute joint inspection teams named as ‘Regional Committees’...

New Delhi: The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the highest sporting honour of India, has been renamed Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Friday. The renaming recognises the ultimate hockey hero and legend of...