PM Modi to hold high level meeting on Russia-Ukraine crisis today. The Indian embassy in Ukraine, meanwhile, on Sunday said intense fighting was underway in Kharkiv, Sum and Kyiv and urged Indians in these cities and wherever curfew has been applied to not venture towards railway stations until such curbs are lifted and considerable civilian […]
Indian cricketers Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant today attended a brief practice session, at IS Bindra PCA Stadium, Mohali, ahead of the India-Sri Lanka test match, scheduled to start from March 4, here. Both the players had landed in Chandigarh on Saturday. Cricketers R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Jayant Yadav, Hanuma Vihari, Mohammed Shami, Shubham Gill […]
Indian students stranded in crisis-stricken Ukraine are advised to carry the national flag on their vehicles for safety, said Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Saturday. Speaking to ANI, the Union Minister said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the Ministers and heads of the countries surrounding Ukraine. So if Indian travelling on buses, cars […]
A special Air India flight landed in Romania on Saturday morning amid India’s efforts to bring back citizens stuck in Ukraine via alternative routes. The flight – AI-1943 – left from Mumbai at 3:25 am. The flight is expected to return to Mumbai at 4 pm on Saturday. Union Minister Piyush Goyal will be at […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, and urged the latter to resolve differences between the country and the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) through “honest and sincere dialogue”. Modi also apprised Putin about India’s concerns regarding the safety of its students and citizens stranded in Ukraine, and conveyed that […]
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 […]
The key benchmark indices started trade with deep cuts after Russia ordered military operations in Ukraine and reports emerged of blasts in some major Ukrainian cities. The BSE Sensex fell 1320 points to 55, 911, while the NSE Nifty50 was at 16,695, down 370 points. Oil prices soared and topped the $100 a barrel mark […]
The strike of the power union in UT, Chandigarh has been withdrawn and the power supply has been normalised in most of the areas. The Power Union gathered at Sector 17 have been dispersed and have resumed their duties. A strike by employees of the electricity department in Chandigarh was withdrawn on Wednesday evening, in […]
Banks have recovered ₹18,000 crore from fugitives Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Mehra told the Justice AM Khanwilkar-led bench the value of cases registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Mallya, Modi, and Choksi is now ₹67,000 crore. “The Enforcement […]
In a late-night crackdown against leaders of the UT Powermen Union, Chandigarh Police arrested many of them for violation of the ESMA order. The UT had asked the protesters to report to work by 9.30pm failing which strict action would be initiated against them. Meanwhile, the UT Administration has called in a Military Engineer Services […]