20:56
India has evacuated around 2,000 of its citizens from Ukraine after the conflict began and efforts are on to facilitate the exit of the remaining stranded Indians through various border transit points to the neighbouring countries, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Sunday. At...
20:24
India's position on the crisis in Ukraine has been consistent and it has every reason to believe that it should be in touch with all parties concerned, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Sunday. Referring to India's stand on the UN Security Council resolution on Friday,...
20:06
Former India cricketer Vinod Kambli was arrested for ramming his car into the gate of his residential society in Bandra in Mumbai on Sunday afternoon, a police official said. He said Kambli, who also allegedly argued with the complex's watchman and some...
19:44
Ukraine president's office says Ukrainian envoys will meet with Russian diplomats at Belarus border as Russian troops draw closer to Kyiv.The talks are expected to take place in the Gomel region at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, Belta news agency reported.According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry...
19:40
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of distracting the country when it needs action. Our country needs action. PM only provides distraction, Gandhi said on Twitter. Gandhi has been criticizing Modi for distracting people from issues of...
19:33
IndiGo will operate two flights to Budapest to bring back Indians who are stranded in Ukraine, according to an official. The flights will be operated on Monday and Tuesday from Delhi. They will first fly to Istanbul and then to Budapest in Hungary. In the return leg, the flights...
19:09
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has delayed a planned diplomatic reception next week at Windsor Castle on the advice of the Foreign Office, Buckingham Palace said on Sunday.The 95-year-old monarch, who has previously cancelled her virtual engagements as she recovers from COVID-19, was due to host...
19:07
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a high-level meeting on the Ukraine crisis this evening.
19:03
Amid the hijab controversy in Karnataka, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said there is no ban on wearing the headscarf in the country, and people need to understand that constitutional rights and duties are equally important. Speaking to...
18:25
Maharashtra Minister Vijay Wadettiwar on Sunday said some 1,200 students from the state are stranded in Ukraine, which has been invaded by Russia, of which just 300 have been able to contact their parents. In a press release issued in Chandrapur, Wadettiwar,...
18:21
In the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said India favours world peace. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role is being appreciated on the matter. India is peace-lover. India has never attacked any country and never grabbed land of other...
17:46
As Air India ferries hundreds of Indians stranded in Ukraine, the cost of operating a two-way evacuation flight will be more than Rs 1.10 crore and the amount will go up depending on the duration of the flights. The airline is operating the services with wide-body Boeing 787 plane, better...
17:10
A court has vacated the stay on Lock Upp, Kangana Ranaut's talk show, Subhash K Jha reports.The show has lined up 16 contestants including stand up comic Munawar Faruqui, model Poonam Pandey, wrestler Babita Phogat, actress Nisha Rawal and television actor Karanvir...
17:06
The United States has waived in-person interview requirements for many visa applicants, including students and workers, at its diplomatic missions in India through December 31 this year, a senior American diplomat has told Indian community leaders.These applicants eligible for the waiver are...
16:55
Ukraine has lodged a complaint against Russia at the International Court of Justice in the Hague to get it to halt its invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday.Ukraine has submitted its application against Russia to the ICJ. Russia must be held accountable for manipulating the notion of...
16:48
Over 46 per cent polling was recorded till 3 pm on Sunday in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls for 61 seats spread across 12 districts. Polling has been peaceful so far barring in Pratapgarh's Kunda assembly seat where SP candidate Gulshan Yadav's convoy was allegedly attacked...
16:33
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's nephew Mubashir Azad joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday and said he was influenced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's developmental works at the ground level. Mubashir Azad, the son of Ghulam Nabi Azad's youngest brother Liaqat Ali, also...
16:30
Calling the current administration dumb, former United States President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would have never allowed the Ukraine situation to unravel like this.Recalling his term as a President at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, Trump said that the...
15:52
Several Indian students in Ukraine trudged 35km in freezing temperature to reach the border with Poland hoping for an escape from the ravaging war, but are now stuck there with little or no food and shelter. Sleeping in parks in temperature below minus 4 degrees, their food stocks dwindling...
15:19
The United Nation's nuclear watchdog has called on all parties to refrain from any actions that could threaten the safety and security of nuclear power plants in Ukraine amid an intensified Russian military offensive in its capital Kyiv and other areas. The International Atomic Energy...
15:17
Top Republican Senator John Cornyn has expressed disappointment over India abstaining from the vote on a UNSC resolution against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, alleging that New Delhi has avoided publicly denouncing Moscow while it tries to balance its strategic relationship with Russia.His...
15:05
About 35 per cent polling was recorded till 1 pm on Sunday in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls for 61 seats spread across 12 districts. Polling has been peaceful so far barring in Pratapgarh's Kunda assembly seat where SP candidate Gulshan Yadav's convoy was allegedly attacked...
14:50
A fourth evacuation flight carrying 198 Indians from Romanian capital Bucharest left for India on Sunday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said. Following the closure of Ukranian airspace, India is facilitating evacuation of stranded Indians from Ukraine through its land border...
14:21
The government is working tirelessly to bring back all Indians stuck in Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. Addressing an election rally in Basti in Uttar Pradesh, Modi pointed to the turmoil prevailing in the world and pitched for strengthening the country by making...
14:17
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his country is ready for peace talks with Russia but not in Belarus.Speaking in a video message, Zelenskyy named Warsaw, Bratislava, Istanbul, Budapest or Baku as alternative venues. He said other locations are also possible but made clear that...
13:25
Actor Shruti Haasan on Sunday said she is on the mend after testing positive for the novel coronavirus. The 36-year-old actor took to Instagram to share her health update with fans and followers.Hi everyone! A quick not so fun update. Despite all safety measures I have tested positive for...
12:54
Russian troops have entered Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv and fighting is underway in the streets, Ukrainian authorities said. Russian troops approached Kharkiv, which is located about 20 kilometers south of the border with Russia, shortly after Moscow launched its invasion of...
12:15
China's new Long March-8 rocket placed 22 satellites in space on Sunday, setting a domestic record for the most spacecraft launched by a single rocket.The rocket blasted off at 11:06 a.m. (Beijing Time) at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern Hainan Province before sending the...
12:13
Over 21 per cent polling was witnessed in the first four hours of voting in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls for 61 seats spread across 12 districts on Sunday. As many as 692 candidates are in the fray in this round including Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya,...
11:30
Over 3000 protesters have been detained in Russia over the last three days for participating in anti-war protests, a monitoring group has claimed.For the last three days, at least 3093 people have been arrested for anti-war protests from all over Russia, tweeted 'OVD-Info Monitor', a group...
10:55
Major power outage has been reported in parts of Mumbai on Sunday morning.Due to tripping of MSEB 220kv Transmission line on Mulund-Trombay the power supply to most of the parts Mumbai has affected, ANI reported quoting Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport PRO.Local train services have...
10:46
Multiple tweets were posted from Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda's account on the Ukraine crisis and also on crypto currency issues on Sunday, in another case of hacking of a prominent public figure's Twitter account. BJP sources said Nadaa's account was compromised...
10:29
Australia will supply weapons to Ukraine through NATO allies in Europe, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday, days after Canberra said it would only provide Kiev with non-lethal assistance. We are already providing significant support in terms of non-lethal aid but I've just spoken...
10:16
A medical student from Haryana who is pursuing her MBBS course in Ukraine refused to leave the war-hit country despite she could have returned to India during the evacuation. The reason for her staying back in Ukraine risking her life is that the owner of the house where she is staying has...
09:56
With 10,273 people testing positive for coronavirus in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,29,16,117, while the active cases dipped to 1,11,472, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,13,724 with 243 fresh fatalities, the...
09:42
Voting for 108 municipalities across West Bengal has begun from 7 am on Sunday. The polling will be held till 5 pm, informed the West Bengal State Election Commission. About 95 lakh (95,59,790) voters are slated to exercise their franchise to elect ward representatives and mayors that...
09:25
American online video sharing and social media platform YouTube on Saturday (local time) blocked Russian state media outlet RT from Ukraine and also suspended its ability to monetize content globally, local media reported. Notably, YouTube restricted RT and several other Russian channels as...
09:17
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Two large explosions were heard in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Sunday morning. Two large explosions lit up the night sky to the southwest of Kyiv with one detonation that appeared to be approximately 20 km, or about 12 miles, from the city centre, according to CNN. It further reported...
08:59
The discussions on the sale of 30 Predator armed drones by the US to India, the first to a non-NATO ally, at an estimated cost of $3 billion are at an advanced stage, multiple sources have confirmed. The major defence deal was announced under the previous Trump administration during the...
08:42
Air India's second evacuation flight from Romanian capital Bucharest carrying 250 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine landed at the Delhi airport in the early hours of Sunday, government officials said. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia welcomed the evacuees at the...
08:29
The United States and its allies on Saturday (local time) announced to remove Russian banks from the SWIFT messaging system in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. We commit to ensuring that selected Russian banks are removed from the SWIFT messaging system. This will ensure that these...
07:57
North Korea test-fired an unidentified projectile on Sunday, the South Korean Yonhap news agency reports. The projectile was fired eastwards and its launch was announced by the South Korean joint chiefs of staff, Yonhap said, without providing any further details. Japan's coast guard...
07:49
A special evacuation flight of Air India carrying 250 Indians landed at the Delhi airport in the early hours of Sunday. Air India's AI-1942 has been operated as a special charter flight from Bucharest to Delhi airport. Aircraft pilot-in-command Captain Achint Bhardwaj spoke exclusively...
07:44
Voting for the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls began on Sunday morning, with state deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya among 692 candidates, who are contesting on 61 seats spread across 12 districts. The voting started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. Around...
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