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Decision to retain CMs entirely Modi’s

His personal defeat in the elections overlooked, Pushkar Singh Dhami was anointed Uttarakhand Chief Minister on Monday while Pramod Sawant got the job in Goa despite colleague Vishwajit Rane’s ambitions, completing BJP’s bet on retaining all four Chief Ministers. It hinted at a “big picture” decision by Prime Minister...

Mar 22 · >

Azad receives Padma award, rejects criticism

Congress’s Ghulam Nabi Azad, who received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today, said, “It feels good when the country or the government recognises someone’s work”. “I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases...

Mar 22 · >

First fuel price revision after December 1

The retail price of petrol and diesel increased by 80 paise each in Delhi from 6 am on Monday, marking the first revision since December 1 2021. On Tuesday, a litre of petrol rose to ₹ 96.21 at the Rajdhani Service Station in Delhi, while diesel rates increased to...

Mar 22 · >

Ukraine rejects Russian ultimatum to surrender

Ukraine has rejected an ultimatum to surrender the besieged port city of Mariupol to Russian forces, its deputy prime minister told Ukrainian media today. “There can be no talk of surrendering weapons. We have already informed the Russian side of this,” Iryna Vereshchuk told Ukrainska Pravda newspaper. Mariupol, a...

Mar 21 · >

Australia says Quad members accept India’s Ukraine stand

Australia on Sunday said the Quad member countries have accepted India’s position on the Russian attack on Ukraine and that no country would be unhappy as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been using his contacts to call for an end to the conflict. Separately, diplomatic sources said India’s position...

Mar 21 · >

Millions forced indoors by Chinese lock down

China on Sunday imposed stay-at-home orders on millions more people in the country’s northeast as it battles its biggest COVID-19 outbreak in two years. The country has largely kept Covid at bay since it brought to heel its initial outbreak in 2020 using targeted lockdowns, mass testing and travel...

Mar 21 · >

Twist In Manipur CM pick with RSS nominee entry

A third contender backed by the BJP’s ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for the Chief Minister’s seat has emerged in Manipur. The RSS-backed leader, Speaker in the previous assembly Yumnam Khemchand Singh, was called to Delhi by the BJP leadership yesterday, as also caretaker Chief Minister N Biren Singh...

Mar 20 · >

Rahul’s jibe at Modi govt on World Happiness ranking

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday in an apparent jibe at the Centre over the country’s ranking in the latest World Happiness Report, said India would soon top hate and anger charts. Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi shared the report and said, “Hunger Rank: 10, Freedom Rank: 119, Happiness...

Mar 20 · >

Saudi Aramco oil facility attacked by Houthis

Huthi rebels launched multiple attacks into southern Saudi Arabia Saturday, including one on a facility run by oil company Aramco in Jizan, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the rebels in Yemen said in a statement. Quoted by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the coalition said that four drones had been...

Mar 20 · >

Nitish concedes ground in tiff with BJP’s Speaker

Four days after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar lost his temper in the assembly and accused the Speaker of “openly violating” the constitution over a run-in with some police officers, the BJP leader appeared to have scored the last laugh. The junior partner in the alliance with the BJP,...

Mar 19 · >
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