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Kejriwal dares BJP to hold Delhi MCD polls and win
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday dared the BJP to “get the civic polls in the city held on time” and win it, saying his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will quit politics if so happens. The BJP is now getting municipal corporation elections in the city cancelled, he...
NATO may provide N-threat protection equipment to Ukraine
NATO leaders are set to agree new troop deployments for eastern allies and more support to Ukraine in response to Russia’s war on its neighbour, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday. Leaders from the US-led military alliance meet Thursday in Brussels for an emergency summit as the West grapples...
Centre seeks report on Bengal political violence
The Centre has sought a report on the alleged political violence in Bengal’s Birbhum in which eight people died. The BJP is also sending a fact-finding team to probe the biggest instance of violence since Mamata Banerjee’s mega victory last year. A mob allegedly threw bombs in Bogtui village...
63 Indian cities in 100 most polluted places on earth: Report
India’s air pollution worsened in 2021, according to the World Air Quality Report released by IQAir, a Swiss firm. This ends a three-year trend of improving air quality. The average air pollution, measured in the lethal and microscopic PM2.5 pollutant, is 58.1 micrograms per cubic meter, which is...
Akhilesh Yadav quits as MP to become MLA
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav quit as Lok Sabha MP today after winning from his family stronghold Karhal in the recent Uttar Pradesh election. The Samajwadi chief’s move signals that he wants to cement his position as the BJP and Yogi Adityanath’s main challenger in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh Yadav...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
China says photo of Its troops at Russian border is fake news
China has dismissed as fake news rumours about sending troops to Russia, including a “cropped” picture showing a fully-loaded Chinese military truck convoy at the border with Russia, according to a media report on Friday. A photo circulating on Twitter is a cropped version of a picture first published...
Sonia Gandhi meets Azad amid continued tension
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday met party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, a day after the core group of its ‘G-23’ dissidents, held a third round of discussions following the massive election drubbing. The dissidents have held a series of meetings since Wednesday, upset with the stance of the...
US says Putin may make N-threats if war drags
President Vladimir Putin can be expected to brandish threats to use nuclear weapons against the West if stiff Ukrainian resistance to Russia’s invasion continues, draining conventional manpower and equipment, according to a new assessment by the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency. “Protracted occupation of parts of Ukrainian territory threatens to...
