This is India's third Test match win at Lord's having won earlier in 1986 and 2014 series and they now have six points in the World Test Championship.

The BJP fears a sense of sanity diluting the communal poison when the crucial Uttar Pradesh elections are not far away, a state which it is desperate to win any which way.

President Ashraf Ghani's close aides also left the war-torn country after insurgents marched into capital Kabul.

Media quoted sources close to the Taliban as saying that it has been agreed that Ghani will resign after a political agreement and hand the power to a transitional government.

On India's 75th Independence Day, members of South Asia Solidarity, an Indian diaspora organisation, dropped a huge banner reading ‘Resign Modi’, asking for the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, from London’s iconic Westminster Bridge.

Unexpected as it was, the US decision to completely pull out its troops from Afghanistan may not have been as surprising as the speed at which the Afghan armed forces that it created and trained have capitulated to the Taliban in one major city after another.

Afghanistan crisis Latest Updates: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in order to prevent looting and chaos in Kabul, their forces will enter some parts of the city and occupy outposts that have been evacuated by security forces.

"He announces new schemes but these are never implemented or seen on the ground," said Mallikarjun Kharge.

The country's top judge said that laws passed now suffer from a lack of clarity, which is creating a lot of litigation and inconvenience.

India had already issued an advisory to Indian nationals to leave the country last week.