The group was travelling in a largely Taliban-controlled area when the eight people were abducted from their vehicle, Baghlan police spokesperson Zabihullah Shuja said. Seven Indian engineers and an Afghan national working for a power plant project in northern Afghanistan’s Baghlan were kidnapped by a group of armed men on Sunday, officials said. The group was travelling in a largely...

A BJP MP has asked Aligarh Muslim University to explain why it displays a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, triggering a row days after a student sought permission to hold an RSS shakha on its premises. In a letter written to vice chancellor Tariq Mansoor on Monday, Aligarh MP Satish Gautam objected to the Pakistan founder’s picture on the walls...