Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday urged citizens to refuel their cars as the Narendra Modi-led central government would raise petrol prices soon after Assembly elections in five states come to an end. Taking to Twitter, the Congress MP wrote, “Quickly get your petrol tanks full. The ‘Election’ offer of the Modi government is going […]
Ravindra Jadeja paid a fitting tribute to one of his earliest mentors Shane Warne with a majestic 175 not out as India took complete command of the opening Test against Sri Lanka with a mammoth first innings total of 574/8 declared on the second day here. Jadeja or the Indian team management didn’t feel that […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held another high-level meeting on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion that entered its second week on Saturday and the evacuation of Indians from the war-hit east European nation. Among those present at the meeting were external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his cabinet colleague Piyush Goyal, besides foreign […]
The Government is hoping for a local ceasefire to extricate about 700 Indian students trapped in the Ukrainian city of Sumy while there is no Indian left in Kharkiv City, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi. In the city of Pesochin, evacuation is going on and the Government expects all students […]
Chitkara University has secured approval and received research funding for its project that will estimate the presence of human-made chemicals in rivers and ground/drinking water in Himachal Pradesh. The grant, which is worth Rs. 47 lakh, was sanctioned under the Core Research Grant Scheme (CRG), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and […]
Russia resumes offensive in Ukraine after day-long ceasefire in two cities. 1.37 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion: UN data. Blinken visits Ukraine border as refugees spill into Poland, reports AFP. Zelenskiy asks for aircraft during call with US senators. Amid Ukraine war, Sweden’s Gotland anxious over conflict with Russia, reports AFP. ‘Countries […]
The Indian and Sri Lankan cricketers wore black armbands and observed a minute’s silence before the start of second day’s play in the ongoing opening Test to honour the memory of Australian legends Shane Warne and Rodney Marsh, both of whom passed away within hours of each other on Friday. The cricket world was left […]
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Saturday announced that late spin legend Shane Warne would receive a state funeral, while the cricket board decided to rename a stand at the MCG in his honour as the country mourned the loss of one of its greatest sportspersons. Warne, one of the all-time greats of the game, […]
Three IAF aircraft carrying 629 Indians from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries landed at the Hindon air base here on Saturday morning, the air force said. India has been evacuating its citizens from war-torn Ukraine’s neighbouring countries such as Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland as the Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24 due to the […]
Three youth from Punjab were killed in a car accident near Sarnia in Ontario, Canada. The deceased have been identified as Gurinderpal Lidhar (31), Mono Town, Ontario, Sunny Khurana (24), Brentford, and Kiranpreet Singh Gill (22) of Barry Town.All three belonged to Faridkot in Punjab.According to the reports, a van collided with a trailer on […]