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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...
Sharad Yadav merges his party with RJD
Former Union minister and socialist leader Sharad Yadav merged his party Loktantrik Janata Dal with Rashtriya Janata Dal on Sunday, pitching for unity in opposition ranks to take on the BJP. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav welcomed the veteran leader, who had fought some of the keenest Lok Sabha poll...
AAP is new threat to Cong in Gujarat
At a Congress workshop in Gujarat last month, Rahul Gandhi delivered a pep talk: ‘Yes, we can do it’, he said. His speech was also inspired by the results of the previous Gujarat assembly elections when the Congress surprisingly gave the BJP a chase. But, this time around, a...
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...
Abhishek Banerjee, wife to appear before ED in Delhi
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife will be reaching Delhi on Sunday for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal, sources told News18. Banerjee, nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the national...
Mann clears 25,000 govt jobs in first decision
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday, in the first decision of his first Cabinet meeting, threw open 25,000 jobs in various state government departments, including 10,000 in Police Department. The decision to fill the 25,000 vacancies in various departments was taken in a Cabinet meeting chaired by...
Pramod Sawant seen set to continue as Goa CM
Caretaker Chief Minister Pramod Sawant will head the new BJP-led coalition government in Goa, two BJP MLAs said on Friday, putting an end to the speculation over the leadership following the prolonged delay in formation of a government in Goa after the February 14 polls. The government would be...
Modi promises full cooperation to Lanka in forex crisis
Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured Colombo of full cooperation in all economic and social matters, including backing at international forums, to further intensify the close bilateral ties. Speaking to reporters after he returned from India, where he clinched...
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...
Shivpal blames ‘cunning’ BJP for SP alliance loss
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (PSP) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav on Friday claimed that the Samajwadi Party-led alliance lost the recent Uttar Pradesh assembly elections because of the dishonesty and cunningness of the BJP. He said the alliance has the backing of the people and it will face the challenges...
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...
G-23 to meet again after Rahul reaches out to ‘rebel’ camp
The group of 23 leaders of the Congress are set to meet again on Thursday evening, making it the second meeting in the past 24 hours. This came after Rahul Gandhi reached out to the party’s “rebel” group through one of the members, former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda....
