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1. India asks its nationals to leave Afghanistan on a 'special flight' from Mazar-i-Sharif - the country's fourth largest city - amid intense fighting with the Taliban. 'A special flight is leaving from Mazar-e-Sharif to New Delhi. Any Indian nationals in and around Mazar-e-Sharif are requested to leave for India in the special flight scheduled to depart late today evening,' the Indian consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif tweets. 2. Political parties must make criminal records of their poll candidates public within 48 hours of their selection, the Supreme Court says, in a big step towards decriminalising politics. In a move to stop state governments from misusing their powers, the court also says criminal cases against MLAs or MPs cannot be withdrawn without approval from High Courts. 3. The Supreme Court tells petitioners seeking a probe into the Pegasus scandal that they should 'have faith in the system' and not take part in 'parallel debates on social media'. The court also postpones further hearing to Monday, after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the government, seeks more time to read and respond to the petitions. 4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi says it was unfortunate that people had to wait decades for basics like hospitals, roads and electricity, indirectly targeting the previous governments as he launches the second phase of the Ujjwala cooking gas scheme. 5. BJP member Ashwini Upadhyay and five others arrested over violent anti-Muslim slogans raised at a protest held at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Sunday. Ashwini Upadhyay, believed to be one of the organisers of the protest, was questioned till late last night along with other accused. 6. Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, during an exclusive chat with NDTV, says that he can't let success to go to his head and wants to focus on his game going forward. He adds that he is close to breaching the 90m-mark in javelin throw and vows to reach the milestone soon. 7. Nine parties including the BJP and Congress held guilty of contempt and eight of them fined by the Supreme Court for not making public criminal records of their candidates. Parties 'refuse to wake up from deep slumber', the judges say.
