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HC UPHOLDS HIJAB BAN IN CLASSROOM, SAYS PRACTICE NOT CENTRAL TO ISLAM

16 Mar 2022

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday held that prescription of uniform is a reasonable restriction which students could not object to and dismissed various petitions challenging a ban on hijab in education institutions, even as a plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the Karnataka High Court...

RUSSIAN TROOPS TRYING TO ENTER KYIV; OVER 2,500 MARIUPOL RESIDENTS KILLED

15 Mar 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov has asserted that Russia may seize large Ukrainian cities. As of 14 March, Russian troops have seized only one Ukrainian regional capital—Kherson—but they are also trying to enter Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv and Mariupol, reported Ukrainian media outlets. Over 2,500...

Russia asked China for military aid for Ukraine war, says US

15 Mar 2022

Russia has asked China for military assistance including drones, to support its invasion of Ukraine, amid the ongoing military operations, a top US official cited by CNN broadcaster said. However, Liu Pengyu, the Chinese embassy spokesperson in Washington, said he was unaware of any suggestions that China might be willing...

INDIA WILL NOT LET QUAD’S FOCUS ON INDO-PACIFIC TO BE DILUTED

15 Mar 2022

With US President Joe Biden’s closest aide and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan holding talks with China’s Yang Jiechi in Rome about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, India has started fine-tuning its strategy to ensure that the Quad’s Indo-Pacific focus does not get diluted or shifted to other global issues. While...

PM CHAIRS CCS MEETING TO REVIEW SECURITY SITUATION

14 Mar 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting to review India’s security preparedness and the prevailing global scenario amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The meeting was attended by a number of Cabinet ministers, including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Finance Minister Nirmala...

‘35 KILLED IN RUSSIAN AIR STRIKE ON UKRAINE’S MILITARY BASE’

14 Mar 2022

At least 35 people were killed and more than 100 others injured in a Russian air strike on a military base near Lviv in western Ukraine, around 30 km from the border with Poland. The military base was believed to have been engaged in training Ukrainian forces with the help...

IT’S STATUS QUO AS CONGRESS REAFFIRMS FAITH IN SONIA GANDHI

14 Mar 2022

The chanting of “hamara neta kaisa ho, Rahul Gandhi jaisa ho (How should be our leader? He should be like Rahul Gandhi)” sounded loud and clear outside the meeting venue of the Congress Working Committee held on Sunday at Congress headquarters in New Delhi. The meeting was chaired by interim...

ISLAMIC STATE MEMBER FROM KERALA KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN

12 Mar 2022

A 23-year-old engineering student from Kerala, who joined Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) in 2018, died fighting in Afghanistan, according to the latest issue of Voice of Khurasan, the ISKP’s publication. The latest issue of the magazine identified the Indian national as Najeeb Al Hindi and described him as a 23-year-old...

A DAY AFTER ELECTION VICTORY IN 4 STATES, PM HOLDS ROADSHOW IN GUJARAT

12 Mar 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow in Ahmedabad on Friday, a day after the Bharatiya Janata Party convincingly won four state Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. The roadshow—some dubbed it as a victory march—holds importance as Gujarat is scheduled to go for Assembly elections later...

INDIA ACCIDENTALLY FIRED MISSILE INTO PAKISTAN; DEEPLY SORRY

12 Mar 2022

India on Friday said that a missile was accidentally fired from a military base and expressed regret that it landed in Pakistan on 9 March. The Pakistan Army had held a press conference on Thursday saying that an Indian projectile had entered the Pakistani airspace and caused some damage to...

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