Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest at Yogi Adityanath’s swearing-in as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in Lucknow. Home Minister Amit Shah and the BJP Chief JP Nadda will also attend the mega event.

Several Bollywood stars, including Akshay Kumar, Kangana Ranaut and Boney Kapoor and The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri and the actor in the movie Anupam Kher have also received invitation to attend the grand swearing-in ceremony at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow at 4 pm on March 25.

Yogi Adityanath back as UP Chief Minister, elected legislature party leader ahead of his swearing-in ceremony tomorrow

Yogi Adityanath will be back as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the BJP decided in its legislature meeting in Lucknow today. Central party observers Home Minister Amit Shah and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das were present in the meeting. The BJP has elected Yogi Adityanath as the leader of the legislature party ahead of his swearing-in ceremony tomorrow.

Asaduddin Owaisi slams Mamata Banerjee over Birbhum violence, says govt is using Muslims as foot soldiers

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over the Birbhum violence in which eight people were burnt alive on Tuesday. Whatever happened in Birbhum shows that govt is using Muslims as their foot soldiers. Two groups of the same political party creating violence where several people, including children, are killed is condemnable. State govt failed to control violence in Bengal, he told the ANI.

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Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann demands Rs 50,000 crore package per year for 2 years from Centre, says state’s financial condition is in doldrums

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. In the meeting, he said that they need the support of the Center to maintain national security. He also said that the financial condition of Punjab is in the doldrums. He demanded Rs 50,000 crore package per year for 2 years to improve the state’s financial situation.

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan meets PM Modi, seeks approval from Centre for Silverline Project

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. In the meeting, he was seeking clearance from the union government for the Silverline semi-high speed rail project. According to reports, this project is worth around Rs 63,000 crore and there were indications that Prime Minister was non-committal about the Central government issuing final clearance for this project.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visits Birbhum where 8 were burnt alive, says don’t want excuses, want arrests

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited Birbhum where 8 people were burnt alive. She said that she doesn’t want excuses, want those responsible to be arrested.

BJP issues whip to its Lok Sabha members to be present in House today

BJP on March 24 issued a whip to all its Lok Sabha MPs to be present in the house today. It is expected that the Lok Sabha will take up discussion and voting on demands for grants for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Ports, Ministry of Fisheries, Shipping and Waterways, Dairying and Animal Husbandry for 2022-23.

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad says politics is either for earning money or fame today

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad recently said that politics today has changed and nowadays people enter into politics for earning money or for fame. He said this while addressing a lecture commemorating the 99th Birth Anniversary of Former Union Railway Minister Late Lalit Narayan Mishra.

Ukraine President Zelenskyy calls for global rallies to stand in support of Ukraine

In today’s latest political updates, Ukraine President Zelenskyy has called for global rallies to stand in support of Ukraine. He said in a statement that from this day and after that, show your standing. Come from your offices, your homes, your schools and universities. Come in the name of peace. Come with Ukrainian symbols to support Ukraine, to support freedom, to support life. Notably, the Ukraine-Russia war has marked one month now.

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan meets PM Modi in Delhi to seek approval from Centre for Silverline Project

Birbhum violence: Mamata Banerjee meets victim’s families, promises compensation of Rs 2 lakh, jobs, speedy justice

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With Russia inching closer to its invasion in Ukraine, the latter’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Saturday urged the governments of several countries including India, China and Nigeria to appeal to the Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the ongoing war in Ukraine and demanded fresh round of sanctions on Russia.

He called on those countries that share special relations with Russia and urges them to appeal to Putin that this war is against the interest of all.

Kuleba also accused Russia of violating ceasefire agreements and appealed to the former to stop the fire and allow civilians and foreign students to evacuate from the conflict-ridden country. He also claimed Russia of winning the sympathy from countries with foreign nationals in Ukraine by manipulating the issue of foreign students, and that will all be safely evacuated.

Kuleba further said that Ukraine has been a welcoming home for thousands of students from other continents, including Africa and Asia for 30 years.

India is an importer of agricultural products, mainly sunflower oil from Ukraine, the cost of which is expected to rise amid the ongoing war. In terms of global and Indian food security, Kuleba called the Indian government to put pressure on Russia to stop the war in Ukraine because if the war continues, it will get difficult for the latter to seed new harvests.

For India, the biggest worry remains the around more than 500 Indian students stranded in Sumy. During a virtual press conference, he said Ukraine has organized certain trains and established a hotline for foreign students to contact in order to help their evacuation from Kharkiv and Sumy.

Operation Ganga was initiated by India to evacuate its citizens from the war-ridden country who had migrated into neighbouring nations such as Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova.

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Russia’s military operation in Ukraine continues. Thousands of Ukrainians have been killed as a result of Russia’s bombardment and shelling in the country in an attempt to seize it. Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy had a meeting with his Russian counterpart Putin to discuss the Russian invasion.

The second round of talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations took place in Brest. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy said that direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin are the only way to end the war. He further stated that if Ukraine is taken over by Russian soldiers, the Baltic States may be next.

Zelenskyy addressed Putin and said that Ukrainians are not attacking Russia and they do not plan to attack it. He further asked Putin what does he want from Ukraine? Zelenskyy urges him to stop the invasion and leave their land.

Russia has earlier in the day attacked Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. And now, the Ukrainian state nuclear company stated that 3 Ukrainian troops have been killed and 2 have been wounded in a Russian attack.

Amid this, French President Macron has said that Putin should not attack the civilian infrastructure or the civilians, to which Putin replied that he isn’t interested in attacking civilians and that he is attacking the military locations only. He is fighting with the military. He said he has no enmity with Ukrainians and they won’t be attacked.

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In a 30-minute conversation held between Macron and his Russian counterpart, the former said that Putin wanted to seize control of the whole of Ukraine.

Recently, Russian and Ukrainian delegations met for the second round of talks in Brest on the Polish-Belarusian border on Thursday in which Kyiv and Moscow have reportedly agreed on creating humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians. A Russian negotiator confirmed the initiative and said it would be implemented soon.

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The war between Russia and Ukraine has reached its ninth day. Thousands of Ukrainians have been killed in the war after Russia started shelling in the capital city Kyiv and bombarding in other parts of the country. Russian troops have also captured Ukraine’s Kherson, a strategically important state. After entering the Ukrainian town of Energodar in tanks, Russian forces opened fire on the town, which is located near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.

Russia Ukraine War updates

3 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 2 wounded in Russian nuclear power plant attack

Russia has earlier in the day attacked Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. And now, the Ukrainian state nuclear company stated that 3 Ukrainian troops have been killed and 2 have been wounded in a Russian attack.

Antonov An-225, world’s largest aircraft destroyed at Ukraine airport

During the invasion, Russian soldiers destroyed the world’s largest airplane, the Antonov AN-225, which was stationed at Ukraine’s Gostomel airport. A visual of the same has now been shared by a news agency. Antonov An-225 was destroyed at Hostomel Airport in Ukraine, ending days of conflicting reports.

Australia freezes USD 33 million in Russian funds; also imposes sanctions against more than 250 Russians

According to Australia’s foreign minister, new sanctions imposed in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have frozen 45 million Australian dollars (USD 33 million) in an Australian financial institution. More than 350 Russian citizens, including President Vladimir Putin, have been sanctioned by Australia.

Russian troops seize Europe’s largest nuclear power plant site in Zaporizhzhia

The Russian military has reportedly taken control of Europe’s largest nuclear power station in Zaporizhzhia, according to a report. The news came just hours after a fire broke out at the plant site due to intensive Russian shelling.

UK PM Johnson calls for emergency UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine says Putin could threaten Europe’s safety

UK Prime Minister Johnson had a meeting with Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy over Putin’s reckless actions that could threaten the safety of all of Europe. UK is also seeking an emergency UN Security Council meeting to ensure the situation doesn’t deteriorate further in the country and would raise this issue with Russia and close partners quickly.

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Russia promises help to ramp up India’s evacuation process

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a word with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the safe evacuation of Indians stranded in Ukraine, the latter promised to send 130 buses to evacuate them from Ukraine’s battle-scarred Kharkiv and Sumy to its Belgorod region.

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