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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...
Sasikala’s bid to revive AIADMK raises hope
Since her return from prison ahead of the state elections last year, VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dhinakaran have been making manoeuvres; some direct, some subtle, and many obviously tactless to grab the reins of power of the AIADMK. In recent months, Sasikala has released audios of phone...
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...
IT firms’ work from home ends
Work from home began for most employees when the first Covid-19 lockdown was announced. Now, almost after two years when there is a visible decline in the number of Covid-19 cases, several IT firms are gearing up to call their staff back to offices. However, in a slight respite to...
MVA Govt to explore options to restore OBC quota
The Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to explore legal options to restore the political quota of OBCs after the Supreme Court refused to accept the interim report of the State Backward Classes Commission for the 27 per cent reservation to the community in local body elections. During its meeting...
AIADMK meet seeks reinduction of Sasikala
During the AIADMK Theni district executives meet, it is said that a resolution has been passed urging party coordinator O Panneerselvam to take steps to re-induct the expelled leader VK Sasikala and TTV Dhinakaran back into the party. The AIADMK executive council meeting was held on March 2 at...
Mamata campaigns for Akhilesh Yadav in Varanasi
Mamata Banerjee blasted at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh as she addressed a gathering in support of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Varanasi on Thursday. The West Bengal CM alleged that she had to face the “destructive mentality” of BJP workers on Wednesday on her way to...
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...
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...
