New Delhi/United Nations: Ahead of the crucial vote on a draft resolution at the UN Security Council (UNSC) seeking to condemn the Russian attack on Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. Blinken stressed the importance of a...
Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that Moscow is ready for talks at ‘any moment’ with Ukraine. However, talks will happen once the Ukrainian military respond positively to President Vladimir Putin’s call, end their resistance and lay down their arms. Sergey Lavrov...
New Delhi: Russian operatives are now in Kiev, Ukraine officials have confirmed in a tweet, BBC reported. Ukraine's Defence Ministry said "the enemy" were in the district of Obolon, about 9km (5.5miles) north of Kiev's parliament in the city centre, the report said. They've encouraged...
New Delhi: The Ukrainian president says Kiev has been left to fend for itself as NATO is "afraid" to give it any guarantees, RT reported. "I asked them -- are you with us?" Volodymyr Zelensky said. "They answered that they are with us, but they...
New Delhi: NATO and the US have made it clear that no troops will be sent, leaving Ukraine's military -- far inferior to Russia -- to hold off the assault alone. Few expect it to emerge victorious from what is almost certain to be a...
Tokyo: The Ukrainian ambassador to Japan is urging China to join international efforts to stop the Russian “massacre” in his country amid Beijing's lack of criticism of Moscow's actions. “We would very much welcome that China exercises its connection with Russia and talks to Putin...
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensnkyy has urged Moscow to end hostilities, adding that Russian airborne troops have been checked outside Kyiv. “It wasn't Ukraine that chose the path of war, but Ukraine is offering to go back to the path of peace,” he said Thursday....
New Delhi: Ukrainian soldiers are abandoning their positions in the face of a Russian offensive, Moscow has asserted. In a statement issued Thursday, Russia defense officials said that "intelligence shows that units of the Ukrainian army and servicemen are leaving their posts en masse, laying...
Moscow: The Russian military says it has knocked out Ukraine's air defence assets and airbases. The Russian Defence Ministry said the Russian strikes have “suppressed air defence means of the Ukrainian military,” adding that the infrastructure of Ukraine's military bases has been incapacitated.” It denied...
Kiev: Shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised a "special military operation" in the conflict-hit Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, a series of explosions hit Ukraine's largest airport Boryspil and several military objects in eastern and southern regions of the country Thursday, according to Interfax-Ukraine...
The Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Shatrujeet Kapur’s remark on 22 October that Indian and Chinese forces are...
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By Aakar Patel Next week, on 3 November, America will have its midterm election. It is so called because it...
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By Dilip Cherian Five extensions in three months, including those of Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan and Home Secretary Govind Mohan,...
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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s second visit to India has ruffled quite a few feathers in New Delhi....
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