A trooper of the Border Security Force fatally shot four of his colleagues at a camp here, officials said on Sunday. The fratricide was reported at the camp of the 114 Battalion (Bn) at the BSF Khasa headquarters, which is located close to the Attari-Wagah border.An official statement on the incident is still awaited. Sources, […]
US Secretary of State Blinken hears harrowing tales from refugees fleeing Ukraine. Ukrainian refugees near 1.5 million The number of Ukrainian refugees was expected to reach 1.5 million on Sunday as Russia continued its attack 11 days after invading Ukraine and Kyiv pressed for further Western action, including more sanctions and weapons. Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims […]
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 […]
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 […]
Australia cricket legend and the greatest leg-spinner of all-time, Shane Warne, has died, aged 52.Warne’s management released a brief statement in the early hours of Saturday (AEDT), that he passed away in Koh Samui, Thailand, of a suspected heart attack.“Shane was found unresponsive in his villa and despite the best efforts of medical staff, he […]
“We demand that they stop the heavy weapons fire,” Andriy Tuz, spokesperson for the plant in Enerhodar, said in a video posted on Telegram. “There is a real threat of nuclear danger in the biggest atomic energy station in Europe.” The plant accounts for about one quarter of Ukraine’s power generation. Ukraine says Russian forces […]
India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the opening Test of the two-match series here on Friday. It’s Virat Kohli’s 100th Test, while Rohit will start his journey as Test captain with this match.Hanuma Vihari and Shreyas Iyer replaced Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane in the playing […]
Ukraine President Zelenskyy has asked his Russian counterpart Putin to “sit down” for negotiation amid the ongoing war between both the countries. “I don’t bite,” Zelenskyy said further. A video released by Zelensky’s office Thursday showed the informally dressed Ukrainian delegation walking into the meeting room where they shook hands with Russian delegates in suits and […]
Talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations will begin in Belarus at about 1400 GMT (7.30 PM IST) and Kyiv plans to discuss setting up humanitarian corridors before moving on to other issues, Ukrainian negotiator Davyd Arakhamia said on Facebook. Earlier, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Western politicians of considering nuclear war, one week after […]