Author: Dorina Bhattacharjee

The Indian embassy in Kyiv on Thursday said in its advisory for Indians living in Ukraine to stay calm and safe, wherever they are shortly, post Russia launched a military offensive against Ukraine.   “Please maintain calm and remain safe wherever you are, be it in your homes, hostels, accommodations, or in transit.” It further stated for that all the citizens traveling to Kyiv to return to their cities temporarily. The advisory was updated for the Indian citizens living in Ukraine.   In the meantime, the governmental sources said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that it is ”closely monitoring” the…

Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, authorized troops to carry out a special military operation in the Donbass region of Ukraine on early Thursday. Zelenskyy, the Ukraine president, declared martial law in the country. For days now, the Russia-Ukraine borders have seen large deployments of Russian military columns. Tensions had climbed after Putin recognized two separatist regions in Ukraine as independent and ordered the deployment of what he called peacekeepers. Hours later after the attack, a massive explosion was heard near Kyiv’s main airport. Meanwhile, India evacuated 182 more nationals on a special flight from crisis-hit Ukraine. The Indian embassy issued a special advisory for…

Phase 4 of the UP assembly election began at 7 a.m. on Wednesday (23rd February). The polls will continue till 6 p.m. 23% of voter’s turnout has been recorded till 11 a.m. The election is being conducted in 9 districts with 59 assembly seats. The seats include the capital of the state Lucknow along with Raebareli (the bastion of Sonia Gandhi), Lakhimpur Kheri, Unnao, Pilibhit, Sitapur, Hardoi, Banda, Fatehpur. The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in 2019 had bagged 51 seats out of the 59 seats, whereas 2 seats had gone to Congress, 2 to Bahujan Samaj Party, 4 to Samajwadi…

On Monday, Union Minister of home Amit Shah accused the Congress and the Samajwadi Party of weakening India’s fight against terrorism. He says that UP under the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party was the hotbed for terrorism, and for the mafias, the state was known as the center of riots. While addressing a rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit, Sitapur, and Barabanki for campaigning of UP assembly election on the last day for the fourth phase, Shah hit out at the Samajwadi Party chief. He said that The SP wears spectacles which helps him see a particular religion from…

BJP Yuva Morcha leader found dead in his room. The man, identified as Krishna Jadav, was the district general secretary in Hathras of the Yuva Morcha of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).  The event took place on Sunday in the Sikandrau assembly of the Hathras district, on the day of the third phase of the assembly polls.  Jadav was shot dead on the second floor of his residence. A pistol and empty cartilage were recovered from Jadav’s room.   The Superintendent of Police, Hathras, Vineet Jaiswal, said in an interview with a news portal said that the police have received information…

Polling for the third phase of the Uttar Pradesh election has begun. 35.88% voters’ turnout has been recorded till 1 pm. in the third phase of the UP-assembly election.   627 candidates are contesting for 59 seats in 16 districts with 2.15 crore eligible voters. The Samajwadi Party president and the former CM of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Jadav, is contesting in this phase. The SP president is contesting from the kharhal assembly seat for the first time.  The BJP Union Minister, SP Singh Baghel, is contesting against the former CM from that seat. The SP president commented that SP Singh…

On Thursday, the BJP member of parliament from Karnataka’s Bangalore South posted a video on his Twitter account. In the video, the MP, Tejasvi Surya, shows the smooth expressway of the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in the morning.  He captioned the video as Yogi Ji’s expressway. He wrote, “Lucknow to Kannauj in Yogi Ji’s #ExpresswayPradesh #UPYogiHaiYogi.”  In response, the former CM of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav, re-twitted the MP’s tweet and wrote, “We made it.”  “One had heard of darkness under a lamp. Looking at the ignorance of BJP leaders, I can say that ‘Surya’ means darkness under the sun. The Agra-Lucknow expressway…

On Wednesday, the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, addressed a rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur. He covered all 9 assembly segments of Sitapur that will go for polls in the fourth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly election.  The PM said that the Bhartiya Janta Party in Uttar Pradesh means control over “Dangaraj, Mafiaraj, Gundaraj,” and the people’s enthusiasm shows that BJP will retain power and their (people’s) support will be present in the remaining five phases of the election as well.   In his speech, he targeted the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party for their work during…

On Wednesday, the Chief-Minster of Punjab and Congress leader Chiranjit Singh Channi visited the Ravidas Temple in Varanasi. On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sant Guru Ravidas.  According to a news portal, Channi visited the temple around 5 in the morning after landing in Varanasi and left for Punjab after 2 hours by Air. The Punjab Assembly Election was scheduled for polls on the 14th of February. However, political parties like Aam Admi Party, BJP, Congress requested the polls panels to change the dates. The followers of Guru Ravidas would not be able to vote two days before…

A video of a BJP member of legislative (MLA) from Uttar Pradesh goes viral on social media where he has seen sighting outrageous comments on the Muslim community.   In the video, the MLA, Raghvendra Singh, is heard saying that if he gets re-elected, the Muslims will have to cast aside their skull cap (Islamic Cap) and put Tilak on the forehead.  “If I become MLA again, like Gol-topis (skull caps) have vanished, next time the miyan log (term used derogatorily for Muslims) will wear the tilak,” Singh had said.  He further said that in that so many Hindus are contesting…