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BJP banks on Modi enigma for clean sweep in Varanasi
The eight assembly seats in Varanasi are a prestige issue for the BJP, as it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency. The PM is expected to spend four days in Varanasi in the next one week, including Sunday when he will interact with 20,000 BJP booth volunteers in the...
Rupee trade with Russia planned to soften sanctions
India is exploring ways to set up a rupee payment mechanism for trade with Russia to soften the blow on New Delhi of Western sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, government and banking sources said. Indian officials are concerned that vital supplies of fertilizer from Russia...
Plane bringing Indians to land in Mumbai
An Air India flight from Romania, bringing Indians evacuated from Ukraine due to the Russian invasion, will land in Mumbai at 4 pm. Union Minister Piyush Goyal will receive the evacuees at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. Indian nationals who have reached the Ukraine-Romania border by road are...
India abstains from UN vote to condemn Russian ‘aggression’
Russia, as expected, vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Friday that “deplores in the strongest terms” the country’s “aggression” against Ukraine and demanded the immediate withdrawal of its troops. Eleven of the council’s 15 members voted for the motion, which was co-written by the United States and Albania....
US dismisses Russian offer of talks with Ukraine
The United States on Friday dismissed Russia’s offer of talks with Ukraine, and called on Moscow to show its commitment to diplomacy by withdrawing troops from the country. After invading Ukraine, “now we see Moscow suggesting diplomacy take place at the barrel of a gun. This is not real...
Russia curbs Facebook, company says punished for fact-checking
Facebook’s parent company Meta said Friday that Russia will hit its services with restrictions after the social media giant defied authorities’ order to stop fact-checkers and content warning labels on its platforms. Social media networks have become one of the fronts in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with misleading information...
US To consult India on Ukraine crisis, says Biden
President Joe Biden on Thursday said that the United States will have consultations with India on the crisis in Ukraine following a military operation from Russia. In a televised address on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said his move to launch a military operation in Ukraine came in response...
Ukraine fights for survival as Russia presses forward
At least 137 Ukranians died as the former soviet state was attacked by Russia by land, sea and air in the biggest attack on a European state since the second World War. The US has said that President Vladimir Putin has grander ambitions than Ukraine. The invasion of Ukraine...
NSE ex-COO Subramanian arrested by CBI
Former National Stock Exchange group operating officer Anand Subramanian was arrested this morning by the CBI in connection with the ongoing probe into alleged irregularities in the stock market manipulation case. The CBI had questioned Subramanian earlier this week about his role at the exchange. He was appointed as...
Over 60% candidates in phase 5 polls have criminal cases
The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) in its analysis report for candidates contesting the sixth phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh, has found that out of 670 candidates in 57 constituencies, 182 candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Nearly 151 candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves....
3 US ex-cops found guilty in George Floyd killing
A jury found three former Minneapolis police officers guilty on Thursday of violating the civil rights of George Floyd, the African-American man whose May 2020 murder sparked nationwide protests. Tou Thao, 36; J. Alexander Kueng, 28; and Thomas Lane, 38; were convicted after a month-long federal trial in Saint...
Ukraine envoy pleads for Indian intervention
Ukraine envoy Igor Polikha today “pleaded” for India’s intervention in the conflict with Russia that started this morning, saying a “strong voice” of India might make Russian President Vladimir Putin “think”. While the envoy heaped praise on PM Modi and the country’s position as a “strong global leader”. There...
Russia-Ukraine war drags Sensex 2,000 points lower
Indian benchmark indices entered correction territory as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced military operations in Eastern Ukraine on Thursday. The Nifty 50 and Sensex have now fallen more than 10 per cent from their recent highs after the brief recovery seen in January. Both the benchmark indices were at...
India activating alternative Ukraine evacuation routes
India is looking for alternative routes to evacuate its citizens living in conflict-hit Ukraine after the east European nation closed its airspace following a Russian invasion. An Air India flight going to Ukraine turned back for Delhi this morning. Flight trackers on the internet show no commercial aircraft in...
Modi’s jibe at ‘dynasts’ jumping queues
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said at a rally in Uttar Pradesh that his mother, 100, never jumped the queue for her Covid vaccination, though “dynasts would do it”. “Both me and my mother got the vaccine. She is 100 years old but did not jump the queue for...
US responds to Pak PM’s Russia trip
The United States reacted to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Moscow by saying that it is the responsibility of every “responsible” country to voice objection to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. The US has informed Pakistan about its position on the situation in Ukraine, the US State Department...
Satellite pics show new Russian deployments along Ukraine
Russia has heightened military activity near the border with Ukraine, deploying military convoys, artillery, and armoured personnel, many of them within 10 miles (approximately 16 kilometres) of the border, high-resolution satellite images show. The images released Maxar Technologies, which has been tracking the buildup of Russian forces for weeks,...
ED arrests Nawab Malik for Dawood money-laundering links
NCP leader and Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik was on Wednesday arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case linked to the activities of the Mumbai underworld & fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides. ED sources told CNN-News18 that Malik was not cooperating with...
