Russia will carry out a cease-fire on Tuesday at 10am Moscow time and open humanitarian corridors to evacuate citizens from strife-torn cities of Ukraine – Kiev, Chernigov, Sumy and Mariupol, said Moscow’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia. The evacuation plan would be subject to Ukraine’s approval, he said. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered the 13th day on Tuesday. Nebenzia took the floor at the end of a UN Security Council meeting on the humanitarian crisis in the east European nation on Monday to make the announcement. “This proposal doesn’t have any demands about the citizens being sent necessarily to Russia, into Russian territory,” he said. His statement came after the United Nations said it needs a safe passage to deliver humanitarian aid to conflict zones in Ukraine, a senior official with the organisation told the Security Council.
The BJP is set to retain power in Uttar Pradesh and, in a big surprise, the Aam Aadmi Party is set to form the government in Punjab, according to predictions made by exit polls that were released on Monday after Assembly elections in five states came to an end. Goa, Uttarakhand, and Manipur joined UP and Punjab in holding elections over the past two months. The BJP is fighting to retain four states, with the Congress looking to hold on to Punjab. Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party will be the main opposition in each case. There is good news for the BJP in Uttarakhand, while Goa will see an extraordinarily tight race, according to most of the exit polls. The Trinamool Congress, which has allied with local outfit MGP, has not made much of a dent in this election.
The Delhi high court has dismissed a plea of former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay challenging the transfer of his application in the disciplinary proceedings against him from Kolkata to New Delhi by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). A bench of chief justice DN Patel and justice Jyoti Singh said that while the petitioner has the option to approach the bench from wherever he was ordinarily residing at the time of filing the application, however, the chairman of the tribunal has the administrative powers to transfer the matter to another bench, albeit for sound reasons. It said that there is “no infirmity in the exercise of the administrative power, either on the procedural aspects or on the merits”.
The latest round of assembly elections that ended with the final phase of voting in Uttar Pradesh on Monday saw a voter turnout of 67.8%, barely 1 percentage point lower than the 68.78% in the same states in 2017, according to the Election Commission data accessed by Hindustan Times. The data also showed that the proportion of women voters who turned out to vote (70.42%) was higher than that of the men (68.78%). Elections in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand came to a close on Monday. The number does not include data from UP’s seventh phase of polling on Monday. An EC official said that even though the percentage turnout of voters was lower, the number of people who have cast the vote is far greater. “Nearly 11 million voters have been added to the rolls for this round of elections, in absolute numbers, more people have cast the vote than last time,” the official said.
Karnataka police have invoked provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against the 10 people accused in the murder case of 26-year-old Bajrang Dal activist Harsha Jingade, two senior officers familiar with the probe said on Monday. “We have put UAPA on them,” said the first official, requesting anonymity. Harsha was fatally stabbed on the night of February 20 in Bharti Nagar locality of Shivamogga, about 300 km from Bengaluru. The murder had sparked off communal tension in the district. The second official cited above said that the murder was committed in a way to instil fear in society, which warrants the stringent sections of the law. The disclosure comes at a time when there has been pressure on investigating authorities and the Basavaraj Bommai-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government to hand over the case to the National Investigation Authorities (NIA).
That’s all from us for now. We will be back with the evening news bulletin.
Gross misuse of govt machinery: Kharge writes to PM Modi questioning bureaucrats’ ‘yatra’ to showcase BJP regime’s achievements, Iraq sentences Saddam Hussein's daughter for promot ... Read more
Gross misuse of govt machinery: Kharge writes to PM Modi questioning bureaucrats’ ‘yatra’ to showcase BJP regime’s achievements, Iraq sentences Saddam Hussein's daughter for promoting political party, Virat Kohli hits 95 as India beats New Zealand by 4 wickets at Cricket World Cup to stay perfect and other top news bulletin here Read more
Top news of the day: Hamas releases two U.S. hostages as Israel readies Gaza invasion, Train Firing: GRP files 1,097-page chargesheet with 39 witnesses against RPF constable, US an ... Read more
Top news of the day: Hamas releases two U.S. hostages as Israel readies Gaza invasion, Train Firing: GRP files 1,097-page chargesheet with 39 witnesses against RPF constable, US and UK back Canada in dispute with India over diplomats, Warner blocked by 'bison' in World Cup escape, Filmmaker Umesh Shukla said Akshay Kumar initially hesitated to play Lord Krishna in the 2012 film Oh My God! Read more
Top News of The Day: No violation of Vienna Convention in asking Canada to withdraw diplomats: India's counter, Mahua Moitra's lawyer recuses from defamation case after Delhi HC ra ... Read more
Top News of The Day: No violation of Vienna Convention in asking Canada to withdraw diplomats: India's counter, Mahua Moitra's lawyer recuses from defamation case after Delhi HC rap on Dehadrai 'coercion' bid, Expect overall delays in visa': Canada tells India after cutting down staff, Italian PM Georgia Meloni announces separation from long-time journalist partner, RRTS launch Updates: ‘New form of railways filling me with joy’, says PM Modi Read more
Tops news of the day: UK PM Rishi Sunak's 'stand with you against terrorism' remark as he reaches Israel, IDF says 203 people believed held hostage; troops still finding Hamas infi ... Read more
Tops news of the day: UK PM Rishi Sunak's 'stand with you against terrorism' remark as he reaches Israel, IDF says 203 people believed held hostage; troops still finding Hamas infiltrators, Google announces manufacturing of Pixel smartphones in India, No longer welcome’, Harvard & Columbia students lose job offers over Palestine support letter, Karnataka HC dismisses DCM DK Shivakumar's plea to quash disproportionate assets case filed by CBI Read more
PMO forced Hiranandani to sign it: Mahua Moitra on businessman's affidavit, Biden makes the case for wartime aid to Israel and Ukraine in primetime address, Pandya sent for scans a ... Read more
PMO forced Hiranandani to sign it: Mahua Moitra on businessman's affidavit, Biden makes the case for wartime aid to Israel and Ukraine in primetime address, Pandya sent for scans after hurting ankle against Bangladesh and other top news bulletin here Read more
Top News of the day: Israel-Hamas war: Egypt agrees to open Gaza crossing for up to 20 aid trucks, says Biden, "Has Got Down To A Rot": Supreme Court Notice To Company Tribunal Mem ... Read more
Top News of the day: Israel-Hamas war: Egypt agrees to open Gaza crossing for up to 20 aid trucks, says Biden, "Has Got Down To A Rot": Supreme Court Notice To Company Tribunal Members, Pawar should condemn terrorism, not think of vote-bank politics: Fadnavis, ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: New Zealand climb to top of table after massive victory over Afghanistan Netflix raises prices and adds subscribers Read more
Cabinet approves 4% increase in dearness allowance for central govt employees, Delhi Court convicts four in Journalist Soumya Vishwanathan murder case, Putin says strike on Gaza h ... Read more
Cabinet approves 4% increase in dearness allowance for central govt employees, Delhi Court convicts four in Journalist Soumya Vishwanathan murder case, Putin says strike on Gaza hospital is terrible and other top news bulletin here. Read more
NSA Ajit Doval offers help to Central Asian states to fight terror, takes a dig at Pakistan , Biden ‘outraged’ by Gaza hospital blast killing 500; Israel, Hamas trade charges, Same ... Read more
NSA Ajit Doval offers help to Central Asian states to fight terror, takes a dig at Pakistan , Biden ‘outraged’ by Gaza hospital blast killing 500; Israel, Hamas trade charges, Same-sex marriage verdict: Why the Supreme Court’s minority order raised hopes and other top news bulletin here Read more
Top news of the day: SC to deliver on Tuesday verdict on pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex, Biden to Visit Israel, Jordan in Bid to Keep War From Escalating, Russia's Put ... Read more
Top news of the day: SC to deliver on Tuesday verdict on pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex, Biden to Visit Israel, Jordan in Bid to Keep War From Escalating, Russia's Putin arrives in China to meet 'dear friend' Xi Jinping, Zampa helps steer Australia past Sri Lanka at storm-hit World Cup, Indian actors from Punjab visit Kartapur Sahib in Pakistan, perform religious rituals. Read more
SC denies plea to terminate 26-week pregnancy, Surendra Koli, sentenced to death for Nithari horror, acquitted by Allahabad High Court, Hamas says Gaza water still cut off and oth ... Read more
SC denies plea to terminate 26-week pregnancy, Surendra Koli, sentenced to death for Nithari horror, acquitted by Allahabad High Court, Hamas says Gaza water still cut off and other top news bulletin here. Read more
