Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday the nation’s military had halted Russian forces’ bid to capture capital Kyiv and oust him. Zelensky further urged Russians to plead with their leader Vladimir Putin to stop the invasion. Russian forces captured the southeastern Ukrainian city of Melitopol on Saturday, reports Reuters citing local news agency, as […]
Indian Air Force will not deploy its aircraft for multi-nation exercise in UK amid escalating Russia-Ukraine conflict. The Indian Air Force (IAF) was to participate in a three-week multilateral air exercise at Waddington in the UK from March 6 with a fleet of five Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA).The IAF had said that ‘Cobra Warrior […]
India abstained on a US-sponsored UN Security Council resolution that condemned Russia’s “aggression” against Ukraine and demanded “immediate, complete and unconditional” withdrawal of Russian forces from the neighbouring country. The UN Security Council voted on the draft resolution sponsored by the US and Albania and supported by several other nations including Poland, Italy, Germany, Estonia, […]
Life comes up with strange challenges to break your spirit but those are the real heroes who refused to get bogged down and take the obstacles on their chin.Cricketer Vishnu Solanki’s world came crashing down as he lost his new born daughter just after birth. The utterly painful incident broke him down but he managed […]
The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday set up camp offices in Lviv and Chernivtsi towns in western Ukraine to facilitate transit of Indians to Hungary, Romania and Poland, people familiar with the development said. It is learnt that the camp office in Lviv would be able to coordinate the evacuation of Indians to Poland […]
Karandeep Kochhar carrying forward his rich vein of form from last season, lifted the title on a dramatic final day at the Gujarat Open Golf Championship 2022 presented by Gujarat Tourism held at the Kalhaar Blues & Greens Golf Club in Ahmedabad. Chandigarh-based Karandeep (64-75-69-70), who was overnight tied fourth and two off the lead, […]
In the ongoing investigation of the power disruptions in the city due to the three day strike of Powermen from 22nd February, 2022 till 24th February, 2022, the Chandigarh Administration has constituted a Committee headed by Sh. Yashpal Garg, IAS, Secretary Health along with Medical Superintendent, GMSH-16, Medical Superintendent GMCH-32 and Gurpreet Singh XEN (Electrical) […]
Air India is planning to operate two flights to Romanian capital Bucharest on Friday to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine due to a Russian military offensive, senior government officials said. Indian nationals who have reached the Ukraine-Romania border by road will be taken to Bucharest by officials of the Indian government so that they can […]
Russia’s civil aviation authority has banned UK flights to and over Russia in retaliation to the British ban on Aeroflot flights. Rosaviatsiya said all flights by the UK carriers to Russia as well as transit flights are banned starting Friday.It said the measure was taken in response to the “unfriendly decisions” by the British authorities […]
India has again suggested that dialogue and diplomacy are the best way forward to defuse the Ukraine crisis during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s telephonic conversations with his Russian and American counterparts late on Thursday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made similar observations during his telephonic conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin a few hours […]