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Modi holds another meeting on Ukraine evacuation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held another high-level meeting on Saturday evening to discuss the situation in war-hit Ukraine and India’s evacuation efforts to bring back its citizens, officials said. Since Sunday, PM Modi has chaired a number of such meetings, as his government works to bring back Indian students...
Centre says evacuation complete except for Sumy
All the Indians stranded in Ukraine’s Pisochyn and Kharkiv will be evacuated in the next few hours, said the government, adding, the “main focus” on is conflict-stricken Sumy now. Three buses have reached Pisochyn and will shortly be making their way to western Ukraine, carrying the stranded students from...
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...
Russia bombs civilian areas, Ukraine says 350 killed
Ukraine claims that 352 civilians, including 14 children, have been killed in Russia’s offensive that began last Thursday. Negotiation talks between the two nations are on after Russian President Vladimir Putin put out his condition. Russian artillery attacked several residential areas in Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv. At least...
India says talks only way forward to end invasion
India has said that it was deeply concerned over the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and reiterated its call for immediate cessation of violence and end to hostilities, saying all differences can only be bridged through honest, sincere and sustained dialogue. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S...
EU countries to provide fighter jets to Ukraine
As Russia finds itself increasingly isolated globally, it has raised the nuclear threat amid bitter criticism from the West. India, meanwhile, has abstained from another vote on Ukraine at the UN as evacuation efforts get challenging at the borders. While Ukraine mounts a spirited defence, slowing down the advance...
4 ministers for supervision of evacuation operations
Four Union Ministers will fly to Ukraine’s neighbouring countries to coordinate the evacuation of Indian students stranded in the middle of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, sources said today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting with top ministers and officials this morning on the Ukraine crisis and Indians...
Ukraine agrees to talk, chorus against Russia grows
Holding strong against the Russian invasion and retaining control over its major cities, Ukraine has started speaking to Russia on finding a way forward. The move comes as protests against Russia grow, both within its borders and beyond them. Ukraine agreed to the talks around the same time as...
US, allies rush arms to Ukraine as Russia broadens attack
Russia now has 50 per cent of its invasion force inside Ukraine, a US official said. Moscow ordered its troops to advance in Ukraine “from all directions” while the West responded late Saturday with sanctions that sought to cripple Russia’s banking sector. Ukraine said 198 civilians had been killed...
