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Breaking News LIVE: Russia Says To Evacuate Diplomats From Ukraine Soon Russia has announced the evacuation of diplomats and embassy staff in Ukraine, as reported by AFP News Agency.
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Breaking News LIVE: Russia's Parliament Approves President Putin To Use Military Outside Country The upper house of Russia's parliament approved the use of the Russian Armed Forces outside the country on Tuesday evening, as reported by news agency AFP.
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Breaking News LIVE: Putin Asks Lawmakers To Approve Army's Use Outside Russia In a letter to the Russian upper house of parliament, President Vladimir Putin sought permission to use military force outside the country.
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Breaking News LIVE: White House Welcomes Nord Stream 2 Halt, Will Announce 'Own Measures' Against Russia US on Tuesday heaped its praise on Germany for shutting down the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline after Russia sent troops into eastern Ukraine.
"[Joe Biden] made clear that if Russia invaded Ukraine, we would act with Germany to ensure Nord Stream 2 does not move forward," Psaki tweeted. "We have been in close consultations with Germany overnight and welcome their announcement."
She added: "We will be following up with our own measures today."
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Breaking News LIVE: Madhya Pradesh Govt Lifts All Restrictions Imposed Due To COVID-19 Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday lifted all the restrictions imposed due to Covid in the state. The MP govt said that it expects the people will follow social distancing norms and wear face mask.
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Breaking News LIVE: EU Proposes Sanctions Targeting Russian Banks, Access to markets, Says Statement European Union foreign ministers will consider a package of sanctions against Russia - to target those involved in the illegal decision - to target banks financing the Russian military - to target the ability of Russia to access the EU's financial markets.
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Breaking News LIVE: UK's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss Summons Russian ambassador As Ukraine Crisis Escalates The Foreign Office of UK has summoned the Russian ambassador for a meeting on Tuesday amid the crisis in Ukraine, news agency AFP reported.
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Breaking News LIVE: 'Confident' EU Will Agree 'Robust And Massive' Sanctions Against Russia, Says Olaf Scholz = liveblogState.currentOffset ? 'uk-card uk-card-default uk-card-body uk-padding-small _box_shadow hidden' : 'uk-card uk-card-default uk-card-body uk-padding-small _box_shadow'">
Breaking News LIVE: Free Entry For Tourists For 3 Days At Taj Mahal For Shah Jahan’s Urs Commemoration Tourists visiting the Taj Mahal will get free entry from February 27 to March 1 on the occasion of 367 ‘Urs’ of the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, as reported by news agency PTI.
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Breaking News LIVE: Ukraine President Zelensky Says Will Consider Breaking Off Relations With Russia The president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, "Will Consider Breaking Off Relations With Russia", as reported by AFP
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Breaking News LIVE: Kremlin Trying To Revive The USSR, Says Ukraine Defence Minister Ukrainian defence minister Oleksii Reznikov on Tuesday hit out at Russian government and said, "Kremlin is trying to revive the USSR", according to the latest development tweeted by news agency AFP.
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Breaking News LIVE: PM Modi Expresses Grief Over Himachal Mishap, Announces Ex Gratia Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced Rs two lakh each as relief to the next of kin of those who lost their lives in an explosion at a factory in Himachal Pradesh.
At least seven people were killed and 12 others sustained burn injuries in the explosion in the factory in Una district where firecrackers were being made, a senior district official said.
"Rs two lakh each from Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) would be given to the next of kin of those who lost their lives in the tragic factory mishap in Himachal Pradesh. Rs. 50,000 would be given to the injured," the prime minister said on Twitter.
Modi also condoled the loss of lives in the explosion.
"I express my deepest condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives in this accident," he said on Twitter.
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Breaking News LIVE: India To Send 50,000 Metric Tonnes Of Wheat To Afghanistan Via Pakistan Today India will send 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan overland through Pakistan today. The consignment will be flagged off by Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla.
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Breaking News LIVE: Karnataka Assembly Adjourned Till March 4 Amid Congress' Protest Over Saffron Flag Remark Karnataka Assembly Session adjourned till 4th March amid Congress MLAs' protest over state's minister KS Eshwarappa's 'saffron flag at the Red Fort' remark
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Breaking News LIVE: After Air India, 4 More Flights To Be Operated Between Kyiv & Delhi In view of the continued high level of tensions in Ukraine, additional flights are being organised. Four flights from Kyiv to Delhi to operate on Feb 25, Feb 27 and March 6, 2022: Embassy of India in Ukraine
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Breaking News LIVE: Karnataka MLA Accuses Congress Of Bajrang Dal Activist Murder Congress is behind the murder of Harsha. He was killed because of DK Shivakumar, BK Hariprasad & other Congress leaders. I urge Home minister to hand over the case to NIA. I will give the compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the family: MP Renukacharya, BJP MLA from Honnali, Karnataka
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Breaking News LIVE: India Reports 13K Fresh Covid-19 Cases, 235 Deaths In Last 24 Hrs India reports 13,405 fresh COVID19 cases, 34,226 recoveries, and 235 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Active case: 1,81,075 (0.42%)
Daily positivity rate: 1.24%
Total recoveries: 4,21,58,510
Death toll: 5,12,344
Total vaccination: 1,75,83,27,441
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Breaking News LIVE: US To Impose 'New Sanctions' On Russia Today The United States will impose 'new sanctions' on Russia today amid the escalating tension at the Ukraine-Russia border. The US has already displaced all its diplomats from Ukraine to Poland due to security reasons.
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Breaking News LIVE: Well Being Of Indians Priority To Us, Says India At UNSC We call for restraint on all sides.We're convinced that this issue can only be resolved through diplomatic dialogue.We need to give space to recent initiatives undertaken by parties which seek to diffuse tensions: India's Permanent Rep to UN ,TS Tirumurti,at UNSC meet on Ukraine
India further said that safety & security of civilians is essential. More than 20,000 Indian students & nationals live & study in different parts of Ukraine, incuding in its border areas. The well-being of Indians is of priority to us
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Breaking News LIVE: There Will Be Severe Response If Russia Invades Ukraine, Says US At UNSC Tomorrow,US will take further measures to hold Russia accountable for clear violation of international law. We and our partners are clear that there will be swift & severe response were Russia to further invade Ukraine. In this moment no one can stand on the sidelines: US at UNSC
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Breaking News LIVE: UN Security Council Holds Emergency Meet On Ukraine UN Security Council holds an emergency meeting on Ukraine. India will also make a statement over the situation.