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BJP confident of retaining power in 4 states
Top BJP leaders on Saturday exuded confidence that the party will retain power in four states and make impressive gains in Punjab. Addressing a joint press conference in Delhi ahead of the final phase of voting in Uttar Pradesh, BJP president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah...
US Olympic basketball champ held in Russia on drug charge
US basketball authorities said Saturday that an American star basketball player being held in Moscow on narcotics charges is two-time Olympic champion Brittney Griner. The arrest came as tensions between Moscow and the West have soared over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Russian Federal Customs Service said in a...
Ukraine missile downs Russian helicopter
An incredible video of a Russian Mi-24 helicopter being shot down by the Ukrainian forces using a surface-to-air missile was posted by the Ukraine government on Saturday in the latest sign of Moscow’s mounting losses in the war. According to reports, Russia has been facing greater than expected...
Russia announces temporary ceasefire
Russia has announced a temporary ceasefire to allow citizens to leave embattled zones of Mariupol and Volnovakha. The temporary ceasefire began at 07:00 GMT and has been confirmed by Ukrainian authorities. The temporary ceasefire and humanitarian corridors was announced by the Russian defence ministry, which said it had been...
Pakistan retained on global terror financing watchdog list
The global terror financing watchdog FATF or Financial Action Task Force has retained Pakistan on its terrorism financing “grey list” and asked Islamabad to address at the earliest the remaining deficiencies in its financial system, according to a media report today. Pakistan has been on the grey list of...
Modi calls for ‘return to dialogue, diplomacy’ on Ukraine
Prime Minister Narendra Modi “emphasised the need to return to a path of dialogue and diplomacy” for a way forward in the Ukraine crisis at a virtual meeting of the Quad leaders today, a statement from his office said. In his remarks, PM Modi also reiterated the importance of...
Govt denies Russian claim of students being taken hostage
The Indian government today denied reports of Indian students being held as “hostages” in Ukraine, stating that it was in constant touch with Indian nationals in the war-torn country. “We have not received reports of any hostage situation regarding any student. We have requested support of the Ukrainian authorities...
Girl students get safe passage as PM speaks to Putin
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin today and discussed the situation in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, where over a thousand Indian students are stranded. Kharkiv is virtually under Russian control and the girl students have already been sent on their way to Ukraine’s...
6,000 Russians killed, claims Ukraine President
A week after launching its invasion of Ukraine, Russia said its forces took control the first sizable city today, seizing Kherson, in the south, as fighting raged around the country and Western nations tightened an economic noose around Russia. Russian military claims to have taken control of Ukraine’s Kherson....
Center says no citizens left in Kyiv
India has evacuated 1,377 citizens from war-torn Ukraine in the past 24 hours, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said today. “Six flights have now departed for India in the last 24 hours, including the first flights from Poland. Carried back 1377 more Indian nationals from Ukraine,” Mr Jaishankar said...
