Washington: The unprecedented package of financial sanctions imposed by the United States in coordination with his friends and allies will isolate Russia from the global financial system and shut down its access to cutting-edge technology, a key White House official said. Indian-American Daleep Singh, a top aide of US President Joe Biden, on Thursday said […]
Putin warns US, NATO of ‘consequences never seen’ if they interfere Kyiv: Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine’s government said Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border in a full-scale war that could […]
Brussels: World leaders Thursday reacted to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with raw outrage and vows of unprecedented sanctions that shrouded a sense of powerlessness to defend Ukraine militarily without running the risk of a wider war in Europe. NATO had already reinforced its eastern flank facing Russia and planned a virtual summit of its leaders […]
Moscow: Countries like Russia cannot be “locked up” behind the iron curtain, the Russian Presidential Spokesman asserted on Thursday, as the US-led West threatened to impose more biting sanctions against Moscow after President Vladimir Putin ordered a military offensive against Ukraine. US President Joe Biden has condemned Russia for its “unprovoked” and “unjustified” attack on […]
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin met Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Kremlin on Thursday in his first face-to-face talks since the start of a special military operation in eastern Ukraine and the two leaders are expected review the entire array of bilateral ties including energy cooperation besides exchanging views on major regional and […]
United Nations: India on Thursday called for an immediate de-escalation of tensions between Russia and Ukraine and cautioned that the situation is in danger of spiraling into a major crisis, just as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his decision to launch a ‘military operation’ in eastern Ukraine. The 15-nation UN Security Council held an emergency […]
THRISSUR: In the wake of the Russian offensive against Ukraine, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Thursday that India is making alternative arrangements for the safe evacuation of Indians stranded in the Eastern European nation as its airspace was closed. Amid concerns expressed by the near and dear ones of the […]
Srinagar: Authorities launched a rescue mission on Thursday to trace six persons who went missing a day ago while travelling from Anantnag to Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. A three-pronged rescue mission was launched to trace them, they said. “Rescue mission has been launched to search six missing persons at Margan Top,” […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has set a target to harness the region’s hydropower potential to make the Union territory power surplus in next five years. “In order to achieve this target, the administration has taken several path breaking reforms in the power sector which will change the dynamics of the power sector here,” […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 75 fresh coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking the infection count to 4,52,722, officials said. The death toll remained unchanged at 4,748 as no fatality due to the virus was reported in the past 24 hours, they said. Fifty-two of the fresh COVID-19 cases were from the Jammu division and 23 […]