Moscow says more Mariupol fighters in Ukraine surrender; Kyiv silent on their fate

Moscow, 18/5: Russia said on Wednesday nearly 700 more Ukrainian fighters had surrendered in Mariupol, but Kyiv was silent about their fate, while a pro-Russian separatist leader said commanders were still holed up in tunnels beneath the giant Azovstal steelworks.     More than a day after Kyiv announced it had ordered its garrison in…

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Jolt to Bengal govt at Calcutta HC on WBSSC recruitment scam, Partha Chatterjee summoned by CBI

Kolkata, 18/5: The West Bengal government on Wednesday received two jolts — one after the other at the Calcutta High Court, pertaining to the recruitment irregularities in the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC).     On the one hand, a division bench of Justice Subrata Talukdar and Justice Ananda Kumar Mukherjee upheld the earlier…

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Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal resigns

New Delhi, 18/5: Anil Baijal, who shared a rocky relationship with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has resigned as Delhi Lieutenant Governor citing personal reasons after having served a long tenure of five years and four months.     Sources said 75-year-old Baijal, a former Union Home Secretary who was linked to influential right-wing think-tank Vivekananda…

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Amid Ukraine war, India halts KA-31 helicopter deal with Russia

Moscow, 18/5:  The Russia-Ukraine conflict has cast a shadow over India’s plan to procure KA-31 helicopters from the former Soviet Union nation for deployment on the Indian Navy’s new indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.     Though New Delhi was in discussion with Moscow for procuring 10 KA-31 Airborne Early Warning helicopters developed by Kamov…

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Shah directs security forces to launch anti-terror ops pro-actively in Jammu and Kashmir

New Delhi, 17/5: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday directed security forces to conduct coordinated counter-terrorism operations pro-actively in Jammu and Kashmir.   He also said that to fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a prosperous and peaceful Jammu and Kashmir, the security forces should ensure zero cross-border infiltration to wipe out terrorism…

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