Indian Sub-continent

Ambedkarnagar (UP), Feb 28 (PTI) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday claimed the BJP is hatching a conspiracy to end reservation and hence, is selling government organisations to the private sector.

Addressing an election meeting in the Jalalpur assembly constituency, Yadav said his party will win all the seats of Ambedkarnagar as well as of neighbouring Azamgarh district in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

"The BJP is hatching a conspiracy to end reservation, and hence it is selling government organisations to the private sector," he said.

Kolkata, Feb 28 (PTI) Exporters on Monday said they will face more difficulties for their shipments to Russia with a decision to exclude selected Russian banks from the global financial system SWIFT as the move would hamper direct payments for goods shipped out to the CIS country.

The US along with its key allies, including the European Union and the UK, have decided to disconnect key sanctioned Russian banks from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

New Delhi, Feb 28 (PTI) India on Monday decided to send relief supplies to Ukraine to deal with the humanitarian situation along its bordering areas arising out of tens of thousands of people attempting to flee the Russian invasion.

After a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that reviewed the efforts to bring back Indians from Ukraine, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the relief supplies will be sent on Tuesday.

Kanpur: Have you noticed the bull that entered the crowded road at the time of school break?

The school's gate open just on the road connected with the highway in Jajmau here.

As the students and parents were standing at the mouth of gate there was enough crowd.

It was so much disturbing that the  parents waiting at the gate were causing problem to other parents looking for their wards.

Lucknow, Feb 28 (PTI) What's in a name? For three candidates in this Uttar Pradesh assembly election, being called Akhilesh Yadav might have helped them a bit in their fight.

Besides the Samajwadi Party (SP) president, the Congress nominee from Bikapur, an independent from Gunnaur and the SP candidate from Mubarakpur also have the name Akhilesh Yadav.

Gwalior, Feb 28 (PTI) A 33-year-old Dalit Right to Information (RTI) activist was allegedly beaten up and forced to drink urine by seven people after he sought information related to a village panchayat in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district, police said on Monday.

After initial treatment in a hospital here, the severely injured victim, Shashikant Jatav, was shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, for further treatment, an official said.

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of distracting the country when it needs action.

"Our country needs action. PM only provides distraction," Gandhi said on Twitter.

Gandhi has been criticizing Modi for distracting people from issues of unemployment, the economy, and price rise.

Kolkata, Feb 27 (PTI) BJP on Sunday night urged West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to intervene to get the State Election Commission to order fresh elections in 107 municipal bodies policed by central forces.

A BJP delegation consisting of General Secretary Agnimtra Paul and Sisir Bajoria made the request to Dhankhar Sunday night after meeting the State Election Commission.

Kolkata/Jalpaiguri, Feb 28 (PTI) The 12-hour state-wide bandh call by BJP over "widespread rigging and violence" during civic elections in West Bengal evoked a mixed response on Monday.

Transportation was normal and most of the commercial establishments remained open in South Bengal even as BJP workers staged blockades of railway tracks and roads in some areas.

New Delhi, Feb 28 (PTI) The Indian embassy in Ukraine on Monday advised all Indian students stranded in Kyiv to reach the railway station in the Ukrainian capital for their onward journey to the western parts of the war-torn country

It said the weekend curfew in Kyiv has been lifted and they can go to the railway station to get out of the city.