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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...
High crude prices may spur fuel blending
With the price of Brent crude surging past $113 per barrel on Wednesday amid concerns over supply disruptions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and a steep hike in domestic fuel prices looking imminent, the Centre’s ambitious ethanol blending programme (EBP) may get a shot in the arm. The country...
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....
BJP says it does not accept Bengal civic poll results
The BJP, decimated in the just-concluded civic poll in West Bengal by the ruling TMC, Wednesday said that it does not accept the result claiming that it does not reflect the true feelings of the people of the state and the election was a “farce”. State BJP president...
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...
Mamata to attend Akhilesh’s Varanasi rally tomorrow
West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is all set for her second trip to Uttar Pradesh. On March 2, she will visit the Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi and on March 3, she will join the rally organised by TMC’s ally and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief...
BJD sweeps Odisha civic polls, BJP snubbed
The ruling BJD continued its winning streak in the Odisha panchayat elections, pulverizing opponents by winning 743 of 829 seats declared so far, State Election Commission (SEC) said on Tuesday. Of the state’s total 852 Zilla Parishad seats, the commission has completed the counting of votes in 829 seats....
Priyanka slams SP, BSP for failure to fight BJP
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday claimed the SP and the BSP have an understanding with the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and have not raised their voices against it in the last five years, fearing probes by central agencies. Referring to the death of some people during anti-CAA...
TMC MP condemns Bengal civic poll violence
West Bengal is waiting for the election results on Wednesday of 107 municipalities that went for polls on February 27. However, the opposition parties have raised the issue of widespread violence and rigging during the election. Interestingly, a day before the result, veteran MP of Trinamool Congress Sougata Roy...
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...
Telangana CM in Delhi to meet Kejriwal, others
Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao. Intensifying his efforts to bring together like-minded parties for a anti-BJP front, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao reached Delhi on Monday night to meet leaders of various parties over next couple of days. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief left for the national...
Rahul releases Stalin’s autobiography ‘Ungalil Oruvan’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched the first volume of Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin’s autobiography Ungalil Oruvan (One Among You) in Chennai on Sunday. The first part of the autobiography contains his early life experiences. In it, he traces his school and college days, adolescence, early political contributions,...
Nadda accuses Akhilesh of harbouring terrorists
BJP president J P Nadda charged the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday with giving protection to terrorists and gangsters, and said Uttar Pradesh is witnessing the rule of law today and not of any family or individual. “Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, during his tenure as the (Uttar Pradesh)...
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...
Prashant Kishor begins work for Telangana’s TRS assembly poll
Political consultant and strategist Prashant Kishor appears to have started the ground work to prepare a strategy for Telangana’s ruling party TRS for the next year’s Assembly election. He, along with actor-politician Prakash Raj, visited the Mallanna Sagar reservoir in Siddipet district on Sunday. The visit comes amid speculations...
