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New Delhi, February 24Moving India and South Africa away from Russia is like moving an aircraft carrier and not flipping a light switch, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the one-year anniversary of the conflict in Ukraine. In the latest vote at UNGA on Thursday night, both South…

Washington, February 24 The US announced a new round of sanctions on Russian firms, banks, manufacturers and people Friday, aiming them at entities that helped Russia evade sanctions earlier in the year-old war against Ukraine. Russia’s metals and mining sector is among those targeted in one of the US…

IANS New Delhi, February 24 All hell broke loose after MCD Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Friday stalled the recounting of votes for electing the members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) following objections raised by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). It was free for…

IANS New Delhi, February 24 All hell broke loose after MCD Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Friday stalled the recounting of votes for electing the members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) following objections raised by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). It was free for…

Washington, February 24 In a much-needed relief for foreign students looking to study in the US, the Biden administration has announced they can now apply for a visa up to a year before their academic term begins. The State Department, however, said that international students will not be allowed to…

Chandigarh, February 24 It’s not always like a person would choose another homo sapiens to enjoy warmth of friendship. There are plenty of heartfelt examples where humans develop special relationships with animals and enjoy their company. A video as testimony is making the rounds on Twitter, where a stork…

Vibha Sharma Chandigarh, February 24 Aiming at a Congress-led anti-BJP coalition for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh says that raising voice against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies would be the basic requirement for any such arrangement. “We know our role. A strong and empowered…

Chandigarh, February 24 A day after supporters of Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh stormed a police station, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav on Friday said the demonstrators had used the holy Guru Granth Sahib as a shield and attacked police personnel in a cowardly manner, leaving six of them injured. Despite…

Chandigarh, February 24 The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing cases of sacrilege and police firing in 2015, on Friday filed a charge sheet in a court in Punjab’s Faridkot indicting Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Badal and former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini as masterminds. The charge sheet also blamed…

Mumbai, February 24 Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday met Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray at the latter’s residence in Bandra here. Kejriwal was accompanied by his colleague and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Rajya Sabha MPs Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha during…

Melbourne, February 24 The Honorary Consulate of India in Australia’s Brisbane city was targeted by Khalistani supporters who raised the Khalistan flag at the office, the latest in a series of radical activities against the Indian community in the country, according to a media report on Friday. The incident…

Shubhadeep Choudhury Raipur, February 24 The Congress steering committee on Friday authorised party president Mallikarjun Kharge to nominate members of the Congress Working Committee. Briefing reporters after the meeting of the steering committee, Jairam Ramesh, AICC general secretary (communications), said the decision to go in for the nomination mode instead…

Gaurav Kanthwal Mohali, February 23 The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has rescheduled the English examination for Class XII, which was to be held at 2pm on Friday. The school board said the decision had been taken due to administrative reasons and the new date would be intimated soon. The…

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, February 24 Frenzied crowds cheered Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Meghalaya on Friday as he launched a political offensive against the Congress on the eve of the state elections saying voters wanted a government that put “people first rather than family”. Addressing a gathering in Shillong…

Amritsar, February 24 A court in Punjab’s Ajnala on Friday ordered the release of radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s aide Lovepreet Singh in a kidnapping case, a day after supporters of the leader stormed a police station here demanding his release. Inspector General of Police, Amitsar, Border Range, Monish Chawla, told…