UTTARAKHAND, GOA GO TO POLLS TODAY; PHASE 2 IN U.P. The stage is set for single-phase elections in Uttarakhand and Goa and the second phase polling in UP toda.. In the high-stakes battle, the Congress, reduced to power in Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan on its ow
WEST ISSUES STERN WARNINGS AS RUSSIAN MILITARY DRILLS STOKE TENSIONS Russia and Belarus have started 10 days of joint military drills amid ongoing fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. France called the drills - believed to be Russia's biggest deployment to Belaru
COMELEC DIVISION JUNKS DISQUALIFICATION SUITS VS MARCOS MANILA — A division of the Commission on Elections dismissed the disqualification petitions against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., clearing the former senator of two more suits blocking his
COVID RULES EASED FOR INTL ARRIVALS Travellers arriving in India won't have to undergo a mandatory seven-day home quarantine or an RT-PCR test on the eighth day from February 14, according to revised guidelines for international arrivals issued on Thursday.
BIDEN SAYS EUROPEAN PIPELINE WILL END IF RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE U.S. President Joe Biden said a crucial European gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, will not go forward if Russia invades Ukraine, as high-level diplomatic efforts took place Monday to try to prevent an invasion, with
DUTERTE IGNORES SENATE PROBE REPORT ON PHARMALLY MANILA — President Duterte has brushed aside the recommendations of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee on the government’s allegedly overpriced COVID-19 supply contracts, but maintained that his administration would
IN RAJYA SABHA TOO, MODI SLAMS CONGRESS Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched another blistering attack on the Congress Tuesday as he accused the opposition party of destabilising state governments, corruption, putting a family’s interests over everyone else’s an
UKRAINE CRISIS: DIPLOMATIC TALKS HELD IN RUSSIA, US TO DIFFUSE STANDOFF International efforts to defuse the standoff over Ukraine intensified Monday, with French President Emmanuel Macron holding talks in Moscow and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washington to coordinate p
‘NAG-IIMPAKE NA AKO’: DUTERTE SAYS READY TO LEAVE PRESIDENCY MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte said he is ready to leave his post and turn over his responsibilities to his successor. "Nag-iimpake na nga ako eh. 'Yung iba ipinadala ko na, 'yung mad
PM MODI SINGLES OUT CONGRESS IN LOK SABHA SPEECH Replying in Lok Sabha to the debate on Motion of Thanks to President Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress.
