India began firming up contingency plans including activating alternative air routes to evacuate its citizens from Ukraine with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) holding a series of high-level meetings to put into operation, sources said. Alternative evacuation routes are being activated to bring back the Indians, especially the students after the Ukrainian airspace was […]
As Russia launched an offensive against Ukraine, Opposition leaders, mostly from the Congress, on Thursday attacked the government for not making arrangements in time to bring 20,000 Indians in Ukraine back and accused it of “turning away its face” on its nationals in this difficult time.Some of the Congress leaders also demanded that India should […]
A head constable of the Faridabad police was allegedly killed by her husband who later ended his life by hanging himself, officials said on Wednesday. The woman has been identified as Saroj and was posted at the women police station at Faridabad’s NIT, they said.The man has been identified as Dharmender (38) who worked as […]
After a court here remanded Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in the ED custody following his arrest in a money-laundering probe on Wednesday, he was brought to the central agency’s office in south Mumbai, where he will have to spend the night, an official said. A special court remanded the state Minority Affairs Minister to the […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking cancellation of offline physical board examinations for Classes 10 and 12 conducted by various state boards, CBSE, NIOS and ICSE, saying “Such petitions give false hopes to Students.” A Bench led by Justice AM Khanwilkar said the petition was “ill-advised” and “premature” as the authorities were […]
Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik was today arrested after questioning 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. The 62-year-old Minister was taken to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office this morning for questioning. ED officials reached this […]
Congress general secretary Harish Rawat has posted a video on social media that purportedly shows one person at an Army centre ticking and signing several postal ballot papers. Sharing the video on his Twitter handle and Facebook on Tuesday, Rawat said, “Sharing a short video for everyone’s information. It shows how one man at an […]
Farmers’ organisation Rashtriya Kisan Manch on Wednesday announced its support to the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. In a letter written to the SP president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday, Shekhar Dixit, the national president of the Manch, said his organisation has decided to extend full support to the SP.Dixit in the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged people to visit border villages to impart a degree of “vibrancy” to sparsely populated regions along the country’s frontiers. Addressing a webinar on the impact of Budget on rural development, the prime minister also called for convergence of efforts to ensure 100 per cent implementation of the announcements […]