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Country’s youngest Mayor gets engaged to Kerala’s Youngest MLA

The country’s youngest Mayor, Arya Rajendran got engaged to Kerala’s youngest legislator, Sachin Dev on Sunday at the state headquarters of the ruling CPM, AKG Centre…reports Asian Lite News

The ring exchange of the couple was attended by senior leaders of the CPI-M and close friends and relatives.

While Arya is the state committee member of the Students Federation of India (SFI), Sachin Dev is its state secretary. Both Arya and Sachin had worked together in Balasangam and SFI and were friends. The couple had decided to get hitched in January 2022 which was big news in the state.

Presently Sachin is the Kozhikode district committee member of the CPI-M and state secretary of the SFI while Arya is the Chala area committee member of the CPI-M and state committee member of SFI. They will tie the knot next month.

Arya and Sachin are both from CPI-M families. While Arya belongs to Thiruvananthapuram, Sachin Dev hails from Balussery in Kozhikode district of Kerala and had won the Balussery assembly seat as a CPM candidate trouncing Kerala’s star comedian, Dharmajan Bologatti of the Congress.

CPI-M politburo member, M.A. Baby presented a book to the couple as a wedding gift.

EU urges constructive engagement in Afghan peace talks

EU will continue to encourage “a politically negotiated settlement through continued direct talks between the parties” said EU spokeperson …reports Asian Lite News

The European Union (EU) has called for “firm commitment and constructive engagement by all parties” in the peace talks in Afghanistan, after the US and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced the pullout of their troops from the country.

European Commission spokesperson Nabila Massrali told a press briefing on Thursday that the EU will continue to encourage “a politically negotiated settlement through continued direct talks between the parties”, reports Xinhua news agency.

The bloc has also called for an end to the violence in the country, “which remains unacceptably high”, the spokesperson added.

NATO allies on Wednesday agreed to pull out all of their armed forces from Afghanistan after the US announced that all American troops would leave the country by September 11.

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