23:57
As many as 182 Indian nationals, who were stranded in Ukraine, have started their journey to Mumbai from Bucharest, Romania, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in a tweet. Details soon.
23:51
Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal is heading towards a landslide victory in the three-tire panchayat polls leaving opposition BJP and Congress far behind as counting on Monday revealed the Naveen Patnaik-led party had expanded its strong grip on the coastal state. ...
22:53
Volodymyr Zelenskyy (middle)/Twitter @ua_parliament
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed an application for membership of his country in the European Union, informed the Ukrainian Parliament on Monday. Taking to Twitter, the official account of the Parliament of Ukraine stated: President @ZelenskyyUa has signed application for the...
22:42
A sessions court in Mumbai on Monday denied bail to an accused in the Bulli Bai app case. The Bulli Bai app had made public the details of several Muslim women in a bid malign them, allowing users to participate in their 'auction'. ...
22:28
The US in response to Russia's military operations against Ukraine announced additional measures against Moscow's financial system. The US department of the treasury's office of foreign assets control has prohibited any US person from conducting any transaction involving the Central Bank of...
22:08
Mumbai on Monday reported 73 COVID-19 cases, taking its tally to 10,56,472, while the death toll remained unchanged at 16,691, a civic official said. He said 66 of the 73 cases recorded during the day were asymptomatic. The...
21:30
Pic: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
Russia's nuclear triad was put on high alert on Monday amid negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow in the Gomel region of Belarus. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President Vladimir Putin on Monday that the country's nuclear deterrence forces have begun combat duty with...
21:07
At least 11 people were killed and a dozen others were injured in Russian shelling on Ukraine's Kharkiv city on Monday, the regional governor said. The Russian enemy is bombing residential areas, Oleg Sinegubov, wrote on the Telegram messaging app, saying. As a result of the...
20:56
The Maharashtra government on Monday appointed Manu Kumar Shrivastava as the new chief secretary. Shrivastava's appointment as the new CS was announced on the official Twitter handle of the state government. He took charge from Debashish Chakrabarty who superannuated on Monday.
20:41
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening chaired a second high-level meeting on the Ukraine crisis after it was decided in an earlier meeting to send four Union ministers to the neighbouring countries of the war-hit nation to coordinate efforts to evacuate Indian students stranded...
20:25
Rajya Sabha MP and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's descendant Chhatrapati Sambhajiraje on Monday ended his indefinite fast for Maratha reservation and other demands on the third day of the protest following an assurance from the Maharashtra government. He sat on the 'fast unto death' at Azad...
20:00
Ukraine is helping the stranded Indians and extending assistance in their evacuation notwithstanding the 'very difficult' ground situation, but assurance on their safety can only be given by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian envoy Igor Polikha said on Monday. Polikha said he...
19:37
The Delhi high court Monday ordered that no stray animals like monkeys and dogs can be fed within the high court premises. In a circular issued by its administrative branch, the high court strictly...
19:03
Students return on the 6th evacuation flight
The Indian embassy in Romania tweets: It has been brought to our notice that some people are charging money to transfer Indian students from Romanian border to Bucharest. Please note that all services provided by embassy are free, including transport to Bucharest. Please do not pay money to...
18:42
Zmiinyi island
Ukrainian defenders of Zmiinyi Island in Black Sea, presumed dead in a Russian bombardment, are alive and held captive, according to the Ukrainian navy. The 13 border guards became celebrated when they told a Russian warship to go f*ck yourself' after being ordered to surrender. Ukraine lost...
18:33
Image: People fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine head towards the Shehyni border crossing. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
18:31
The US Department of State suspends operations at US Embassy in Minsk, Belarus and authorizes the voluntary' departure of non-emergency staff and family in Moscow. Image: Click to enlarge map. It will give you an idea of the countries bordering Ukraine. India is organising evacuations from...
18:20
People take cover as an air-raid siren sounds in Kyiv. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
MEA briefing on the evacuation of Indians from Ukraine's borders: -- Evacuation efforts are on. Situation on the ground continues to be complex and fluid, some of them are quite concerning, but we've been able to accelerate our evacuation process. About 8000 Indian nationals have left...
18:11
The sixth evacuation flight from Hungary's capital Budapest carrying 240 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine landed at the Delhi airport. Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi welcomed the Indian nationals at the airport.
18:05
A hotelier on Monday became the 18th witness to turn hostile in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Six people were killed and over 100 injured on September 29, 2008 after an explosive device strapped on a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Nashik's Malegaon town, located about 200...
17:57
Sage advice from Union Minister and former Army Chief Gen VK Singh: No Indian will be left behind if he/she gets into trouble. In a war zone, there'll be restrictions, confusion and agitated border guards on both sides. If you don't have patience and don't follow the instructions...
17:42
Russia's Defense Minister has told President Putin that the nuclear triad is on 'standby alert duty' and has reinforced personnel. A nuclear triad is a three-pronged military force structure that consists of land-launched nuclear missiles, nuclear-missile-armed submarines, and...
17:36
Update: Embassy of India in Ukraine issues a new advisory to Indian nationals.Weekend curfew lifted in Kyiv. All students are advised to make their way to the railway station for onward journey to western parts. Ukraine Railways is putting special trains for evacuations. it reads.A large crowd...
17:12
Border crossing point in Medyka, Poland. Pic: @PolandMOI
Union Minister V K Singh said he is leaving for Poland Monday night to coordinate the evacuation of Indians from Ukraine amid a Russian military offensive. With the Ukrainian airspace being closed for civilian aircraft, India is evacuating its citizens through its neighbouring...
17:03
Violence marred the first phase of Manipur assembly elections to 38 constituencies on Monday even as 67.53 per cent of around 12.09 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 3 pm, election officials said. Naorem Ibochouba, a state police personnel deployed for poll duty in Tipaimukh...
17:00
The UN refugee agency said Monday that more than 500,000 people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded the country last week. UNHCR head Filippo Grandi gave the latest update in a tweet. The latest and still growing count had 281,000 people entering Poland, more than 84,500 in...
16:58
A painting by Maria Prymachenko
The Kyiv Independent, an English newspaper based out of the Ukraine capital tweets, Russian forces burn museum with paintings of Maria Prymachenko. A history museum in Ivankiv town, Kyiv Oblast, was destroyed by a Russian attack, according to Ustyna Stefanchuk, an art collector. The museum had...
16:43
The Indian equities markets benchmark Sensex closed 389 points higher in volatile trading on Monday, led by strong buying support in Tata Steel and Reliance Industries amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.The 30 stock S&P BSE Sensex closed 388.76 points or 0.70 per cent higher at...
16:34
Mumbai CP Sanjay Pandey
Sanjay Pandey has been appointed as new Mumbai Commissioner of Police; outgoing Mumbai CP Hemant Nagrale transferred: Maharashtra Govt.
16:31
Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Negotiations between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine to resolve the ongoing conflict between the two countries began in the Gomel region of Belarus on Monday.High-level delegations from both sides arrived at the venue on the banks of the Pripyat River to attempt a negotiated settlement in...
16:21
Pic: REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video message Monday that 16 Ukrainian children have been killed and another 45 have been injured in the Russian invasion. He hailed the sanctions that the West slapped on Russia, saying they have brought the Russian currency...
16:13
The Bombay High Court on Monday granted two more days to the Maharashtra government to issue fresh directives on whether people who have not taken the anti-COVID-19 vaccine or have taken only one dose would be allowed to travel in local trains. The state government had last week...
16:11
Students evacuated from Ukraine in Gandhinagar on Monday
Students, who returned to Bengaluru from war-torn Ukraine said their journey was hassle-free due to the efforts made by the Indian Embassy officials in Ukraine as well as Hungary and Slovakia. Mohammed Shoaib and Prathik Nagaraj, who are first-year students in the Uzhhorod National...
16:11
In India, the prime minister continues his rallies in poll-going Uttar Pradesh.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the people of the state have rejected the 'ghor parivaarvadis' (family-oriented leaders) from West to East and have shown that the vehicle of UP will not be stranded in...
15:50
Ukranians in Greece get emotional
Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Monday spoke to Chief Secretaries of states and briefed them about the Central government's efforts to bring back students from Ukraine.He has also requested the District Collectors to contact family members of students and to keep them informed of arrangements...
15:40
An Indian student at the Romanian border
Kremlin reacts to arms supplies to Ukraine: EU is acting in a hostile fashion towards us. Weapons supplies to Ukraine are dangerous and destabilizing.-- Air India Express joins Operation Ganga. IX 1201 Mumbai-Bucharest (flight) departed at 1:50 pm. Scheduled arrival in Bucharest at 6:15 pm local...
15:35
Residents make anti-tank obstacles to defend the city of Uzhhorod. REUTERS/Stringer
Ambassador of Poland to India, Adam Burakowski on the Ukraine war: More than 2 lakh people have crossed the border into Poland including Indian students. The border points are overcrowded but we are receiving everyone with a warm heart.There will be special flights for Indian students. Poland is...
15:13
Dr Igor Polikha, Ambassador of Ukraine to India.
The number of Ukrainian refugees has exceeded 4 lakh. If the war is not stopped, the number can reach up to 7 million. there are very long queues on the border. Lakhs of Ukrainians are standing in queues, trying to cross the border. I'm having the same information which the Indian officials...
15:06
Indian students from Ukraine return to Delhi
Health Ministry revises international travel advisory and provides various exemptions for Indians being evacuated from Ukraine. Mandatory pre-boarding negative RTPCR test and vaccination certificate exempted for Indians, uploading documents before departure on Air-Suvidha Portal...
15:03
Update: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says allies are stepping up support to Ukraine with air defence missiles, anti-tank weapons, as well as humanitarian and financial aid. Thousands of anti-tank weapons, hundreds of air-defence missiles and thousands of small arms and ammunition...
14:52
Vladimir Putin anticipated Russia's invasion of Ukraine by writing screeds about the essential one-ness of Russians and Ukrainians, united as they were, in his view, by a common origin in the medieval principalities of Kievan Rus. Putin insisted that Ukraine had no real tradition of...
14:48
The fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India may start around June 22 and peak from mid to late August, a modelling study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur suggests. The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study, recently posted on the preprint repository MedRxiv,...
14:47
UN Human Rights office has confirmed at least 376 civilian casualties in Ukraine.Dr Igor Polikha, Ambassador of Ukraine to India, says, We're suffering a lot of civilian casualties. According to official information of our Ministry, already 16 children were killed from bombings, shellings and so...
14:28
File pic
The sixth flight carrying 240 stranded Indian nationals has departed from Hungary's Budapest for Delhi under Operation Ganga, informed External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday. Sixth Operation Ganga flight from Budapest has taken off with 240 Indian nationals for Delhi. Evacuation efforts...
14:25
The Centre has appointed Madhabi Puri Buch as the chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India for a period of three years. Buch was a former whole time member, SEBI.
14:22
-- Airbnb CEO says Airbnb and airbnb.org are working with its hosts to house up to 100,000 refugees fleeing from Ukraine, for free. -- Dr Igor Polikha, Ambassador of Ukraine to India: We're suffering a lot of civilian casualties. According to official information of our Ministry, already 16...
13:52
Union Min Romania and Moldova, Kiren Rijiju will go to Sloisters Hardeep Singh Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and Gen (Retd) VK Singh will be going to neighboring countries of Ukraine as Special Envoys of India. Scindia will look after Romania and Moldova, Kiren Rijiju will go to...
13:42
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Sunday said the main concern for India is ensuring the safety of its nationals stuck in areas witnessing intense fighting including in Kyiv that has around 2,000 Indians.India has already evacuated over 2,000 of its citizens from Ukraine and more than...
13:36
What's in a name? For three candidates in this Uttar Pradesh assembly election, being called Akhilesh Yadav might have helped them a bit in their fight. Besides the Samajwadi Party (SP) president, the Congress nominee from Bikapur, an independent from Gunnaur and the SP candidate from...
13:31
As the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to evolve, Ukrainians rallied in front of the White House in Washington DC, on Sunday to support their native country. Draped in Ukraine's blue and yellow coloured flag and waving the country's national banner, protesters carried signs condemning...
13:28
There's an election going on in Manipur, one of the four states, to go in for polls. A voter turnout of 27.34 per cent was recorded till 11 am for the first phase of Manipur elections, the Election Commission of India informed on Monday.Kangpokpi district reported the highest voter turnout...
13:21
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus tweets:'In Belarus, everything is ready to host Russia-Ukraine negotiations. Waiting for delegations to arrive.'
12:57
SpiceJet will operate a special evacuation flight to Budapest, Hungary to evacuate Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine and bring them home.
12:52
Cars line up on the road to Poland
Embassy of India in Kyiv, Ukraine, advisory: Weekend curfew has been lifted in Kyiv. All students are advised to make their way to the railway station for onward journey to the western parts. Ukraine Railways has organised special trains for evacuations. The line of vehicles at the...
12:46
Indian students stuck in Ukraine being taken to Budomierz (Poland), away from Shehyni (Ukraine), on buses. Government Sources on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be sending four Union Ministers to neighbouring countries of Ukraine to coordinate evacuations of stranded Indians...
12:39
Ukranians make Molotov cocktails. REUTERS/Serhii Hudak
Russian troops are drawing closer to Kyiv on Monday. Street fighting has broken out in Kharkiv. Strategic ports in the south were coming under pressure from attackers. Ukrainian defenders put up stiff resistance that appeared to slow the invasion. Ukraine is also releasing...
12:26
The sixth Operation Ganga flight takes off from Budapest (Hungary) with 240 Indian nationals on board. This flight will land in Delhi.
12:06
An armed local resident carries a cat in a carrier and a fish in an aquarium, which he took out of an apartment building damaged by recent shelling in Kyiv. REUTERS/Stringer
12:02
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Chennai on the Ukraine war: As regards the bearing that the crisis will have on our immediate imports and exports to Ukraine, we're rightly worried about what comes from there. But I'm more worried about what will happen to our exporters, particularly farmer...
11:55
One of the evacuation flights from Ukraine
Air India's fifth evacuation flight came from Romanian capital Bucharest to Delhi on Monday morning with 249 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine amid the Russian military offensive, officials said. India began evacuation of its citizens from Romania and Hungary neighbouring...
11:48
The Ukranian president with his family. Pic: @BenjaminRamm
During his inaugural address in 2019, the Ukraninan president is believed to have told lawmakers: I do not want my picture in your offices: the President is not an icon, an idol or a portrait. Hang your kids' photos instead, and look at them each time you are making a decision.In India, however...
11:15
Testing for Covid has also fallen drastically
With 8,013 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, India on Monday witnessed a drop in the daily cases, the Union Ministry of Health informed.India's active COVID caseload, as per the Ministry's press release, is presently at 1,02,601, constituting 0.24 per cent of the country's total...
11:13
Update: For the second time in as many days, India abstained on a UN Security Council resolution to convene a rare emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on Russia's aggression against Ukraine, even as New Delhi asserted that there is no other choice but to return to the path of...
11:10
The ruble sank nearly 26% against the U.S. dollar early Monday after Western nations moved to block Russian banks from the SWIFT global payment system. The ruble was trading at a record low 105.27 per dollar, down from about $84 per dollar late Friday. Over the weekend, Japan joined the moves...
11:08
VK Singh is among 4 ministers headed to the Ukraine border
Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and Gen (Retd) VK Singh to travel to neighbouring countries of Ukraine to coordinate the evacuation mission and help students, say government sources.A fifth flight carrying 249 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine...
11:08
The DGCA extends the suspension of services of scheduled international commercial passenger services to/from India till further orders. This restriction shall not apply to international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by DGCA & flights under bubble arrangement....
10:55
The headmistress of a private school whose class 10 student had allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the top floor of his apartment block in Faridabad has been arrested, police said on Sunday.The headmistress was arrested on Saturday for allegedly abetting the suicide by the student who had...
10:31
Equity benchmark Sensex crashed about 870 points to slip below the 55,000-level in opening deals on Monday in line with weakening global sentiments amid the worsening Russia-Ukraine crisis.The 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 869.33 points or 1.56 per cent lower at 54,989.19 in early trade and the...
10:18
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced on Sunday that the EU would shut its airspace to Russian airlines in response to its 'special military operation' in Ukraine since early Thursday.'We are shutting down the EU airspace for Russians,' Von der Leyen said in a statement on...
09:45
India's daily COVID-19 cases drop below 10,000. The country reports 8,013 fresh COVID-19 cases, 16,765 recoveries and 119 deaths in last 24 hours.Active case: 1,02,601 (0.24 per cent)Daily positivity rate: 1.11 per centTotal recoveries: 4,23,07,686Death toll: 5,13,843Total vaccination:...
09:40
Belarus is set to renounce its non-nuclear and neutral status, allowing Russia to place nuclear weapons on its territory, following a referendum held on Sunday.The head of the Belarusian Central Election Commission (CEC), Igor Karpenko, said more than 65 per cent of Belarusian citizens have voted...
08:58
The country's largest carrier IndiGo will operate flights to Budapest and Bucharest to bring back Indians who are stranded in Ukraine, according to an airline official.For now, the airline has decided to operate one flight each to Budapest (Hungary) and Bucharest (Romania).The flights will be...
08:49
A Ukrainian delegation that is expected to hold talks with Russia is headed to Belarus via Poland and the meeting is expected to start on Monday morning, a source close to the organisers of the talks told Sputnik.The talks will be held on Monday morning due to the fact that, fearing for their...
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