Backtracking from its assurances to respect women’s rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban, which is set to form a new government in the war-ravaged country has announced a ban on coeducation. This comes a day after Shaikh Abdulbaqi Haqqani was appointed as the acting minister of higher education in Afghanistan. AccordingRead More

Taliban bans co-education in universities, says women to be allowed to study   Afghan women will be allowed to study at university but there would be a ban on mixed classes under their rule, the Taliban's acting higher education minister said on Sundayhttps://t.co/thEfbuhf30 — AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 29,Read More

Aston Villa and Brentford played out an entertaining 1-1 draw as the visiting promoted side continued their impressive start to the Premier League season at Villa Park on Saturday. Brentford started brighter, opening the scoring after seven minutes when Ivan Toney found himself unmarked in the box and fired homeRead More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that it is every country’s duty to protect its history as events of the past “teach us and give us direction to move forward”. While virtually inaugurating the Jallianwala Bagh memorial complex and paying homage to the martyrs, PM Modi said, “The globalRead More

The US airstrike, carried out in ‘retaliation’ of the Kabul blasts perpetrated by the ISIS-K, has killed two high-profile IS targets and another was left wounded, the Pentagon confirmed on Saturday. No civilians were hurt in the strike, it said adding that the US will maintain its ability to defendRead More

The Delhi Police have filed a chargesheet in the Old Nangal area case where a 9-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped and killed by a priest and three others, inside a crematorium, earlier this month. The final report named a 55-year-old priest of a crematorium and three of its employees asRead More

The Taliban on Saturday termed the US airstrike as a clear attack on Afghan territory and said the Americans should have informed the Taliban before carrying out the strike, a Taliban spokesman told Reuters. In a ‘retaliatory’ attack of the Kabul airport blasts, the US conducted an airstrike early onRead More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India is evacuating its citizens from war-torn Afghanistan and will continue to do so despite several obstacles. ‘Today, anywhere in the world, if any Indian is in trouble, then India stands up to help with all its might. Be it the challenges ofRead More

Queen Elizabeth II will attend the United Nations climate change conference in Scotland in November, organizers said Friday. British official Alok Sharma, president of the COP26 conference, said he is ‘absolutely delighted’ the queen will be at the event, which is due to be held in Glasgow Nov. 1-12. DetailsRead More

PTI, Amid the ongoing tussle in the ruling Congress in Punjab, opposition parties, including the AAP and SAD, on Friday asked the Amarinder Singh-led government to prove its majority in the Assembly. A delegation of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs led by Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema met theRead More