* Security concerns to trade via Chabahar: India and Taliban hold first top-level talks

* NDA’s JD(U), Opp raise questions on joint polls as JPC meets

* 2036 Olympic bid takes pan-India route: Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Pune 

* Pannun plot: In US jail, Gupta says no visit from embassy in seven months 

* Region in flux and 5 reasons behind Delhi’s decision to engage Kabul

* Six killed, dozens injured in stampede over Tirupati tokens

* India hands over defence equipment and stores to the Maldives

* Ahead of Maha Kumbh, race against time as tent city rises along Ganga 

* As Justice Yadav digs in heels, CJI asks Allahabad HC for a fresh report

* Zeenat secured, now West Bengal and Odisha step on the tiger’s tale