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Congress stares at tough days ahead
A few hours before the exit poll prediction that Congress could be on its way out in Punjab, a not-so-beaming Punjab Congress chief Navjot Sidhu arrived at the Congress headquarters to attend a membership drive meeting. This was for the first time after the February 20 polls that the...
With ‘hung assembly’ threat Goa CM to meet Modi
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and state BJP President Sadanand Tanawde are in Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, Goa BJP said. The meeting comes after exit poll results on Monday gave the Bharatiya Janata Party a slight edge in the state. Meanwhile, BJP leaders and...
Trinamool MLAs stop Governor from leaving without speech
The West Bengal assembly saw unruly scenes on the first day of the Budget session as BJP members protested in the well of the house over alleged post-poll violence in the recently held local body elections. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked the Governor to deliver his speech, but amid...
China says ready for Ukraine mediation
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Monday stressed that the friendship between Beijing and Moscow was still very strong, despite international condemnation of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, as he said China was open to helping mediate peace. Beijing has walked a tight diplomatic tightrope throughout the crisis, refusing to...
Oil price surges to highest since 2008
Oil prices soared to their highest since 2008 due to delays in the potential return of Iranian crude to global markets and as the United States and European allies consider banning imports of Russian oil. Talks to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers were mired in...
Rupee hits lifetime low at 76.9 per dollar
The Indian rupee hit a lifetime low in opening deals on Monday as a sharp surge in global crude oil prices threatened to push up imported inflation and widen the country’s trade and current account deficits. The partially convertible rupee was trading at 76.92/93 per dollar, after touching 76.96, its weakest level ever....
‘Dialogue stalemate’ between Mamata and Governor
The budget session of the West Bengal Assembly was set to start with Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar’s speech at 2pm. The governor will be welcomed by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with whom he has been embroiled in a war of words. Dhankhar met...
Goa Cong says 2017 mistake won’t be repeated
Ahead of the March 10 poll results, the Goa Congress is working on a strategy to ensure there is no repeat of 2017, where the grand old party won 17 seats, becoming the single largest party, but was unable to form the government. Goa has 40 constituencies, and the...
Ukraine says airport destroyed in Russian airstrike
A barrage of Russian missiles destroyed the airport in Vinnytsia in central Ukraine on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. ‼️ Urgent appeal by President @ZelenskyyUa: a missile strike on #Vinnytsia consisted of eight missiles; the airport is completely destroyed. The President called on the world to close the...
1,100 detained for protests across Russia over war
Over 1,100 people in cities across Russia have been detained at protests on Sunday against Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, a monitor said, more than a week after the assault began. OVD-Info, which monitors detentions at opposition protests, said that by around 2:20 pm Moscow time (1120 GMT) on...
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...
Telangana CM says new Opposition platform soon
After meeting Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren at Ranchi, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday reiterated that a new platform will be announced soon to fight for a qualitative change at national level as the nation was undeveloped in last seven decades. Addressing reporters after giving Rs 10...
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...
BJP lowering UP target for a mere win
Today Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is finishing his election campaign with a rally in Azamgarh’s Atraulia, a seat that the Bharatiya Janata Party has never won. By doing five public meetings on the last day of canvassing, CM Yogi will complete nearly 200 rallies and roadshows in...
