Sheikh Hasina thanks PM Modi for evacuating 9 Bangladeshis from war-hit Ukraine
Mar 09, 2022, at 06:29 pm
Dhaka/New Delhi/IBNS: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for evacuating nine citizens of her country from the war-hit country Ukraine, media reports said.
All Indian students stranded in Sumy moved out, says MEA
Mar 09, 2022, at 01:39 am
New Delhi/Kyiv/UNI: All Indian students stranded in Sumy were on Tuesday moved out of the eastern Ukrainian city and are en-route to the central city of Poltava, the MEA said.
UNSC: India voices deep concern that safe corridor for Indians in Sumy did not materialise
Mar 08, 2022, at 03:15 pm
United Nations/New Delhi: India at the UN Security Council voiced deep concern that despite its repeated urgings to both Russia and Ukraine, the safe corridor for Indian students stranded in Sumy did not materialise.
Mar 07, 2022, at 07:38 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and sought his continued support in the ongoing efforts to evacuate Indian nationals from Sumy, where a ceasefire had been announced by Russia earlier in the day.
A team of 30 Indian officials is guiding Operation Ganga from a small Budapest hotel: Report
Mar 07, 2022, at 05:00 am
Young Indian Foreign Services (IFS) officers are spearheading 'Operation Ganga' from a control room set up in a small hotel in Budapest, Hungary to evacuate stranded Indians from war-torn Ukraine.
Ukraine War: UK PM sets six-point plan to defeat Putin
Mar 07, 2022, at 02:34 am
London/UNI: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has released a six-point plan on how the international community should resolve the Ukraine-Russia conflict as President Vladimir Putin must be defeated.
Ukraine War: Injured student Harjot Singh being repatriated to India tomorrow
Mar 07, 2022, at 01:46 am
New Delhi/Kyiv/UNI: Indian student Harjot Singh, who was hospitalised in Kyiv with bullet injuries sustained in a firing attack on his way out of Ukraine, is being repatriated to Delhi tomorrow, said Puneet Singh Chandhok, president Indian World Forum.
Embassy in Kyiv asks all Indians remaining in Ukraine to register themselves urgently
Mar 07, 2022, at 01:17 am
Kyiv/New Delhi/UNI: With more than 20,000 Indians, including mostly students, having left Ukraine, the Indian Embassy in Kyiv on Sunday asked all Indian nationals remaining in the war-hit country to urgently provide their details to the mission.
183 students return to India from Ukraine today, more coming: Minister
Mar 06, 2022, at 06:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: As the concerns about evacuating remaining Indian students stranded in war-torn Ukraine are growing given the challenge amid escalated tension, Union Minister Bhupender Yadav on Sunday received 183 Indian students evacuated from the crisis-stricken country.
India appeals for ceasefire in Sumy to bring out stranded students
Mar 06, 2022, at 03:15 am
New Delhi/UNI: India on Saturday appealed to Russia and Ukraine to allow a local ceasefire in Sumy to bring out hundreds of Indian students stranded there, even as a large group of students decided against going ahead with their threatened move towards Mariupol, and are back in the underground shelters.
3000 Indians airlifted on Saturday: govt
Mar 06, 2022, at 02:32 am
New Delhi/UNI: At least 3000 Indians have been airlifted on Saturday by 15 special flights under 'Operation Ganga' to rescue Indian citizens from war-torn Ukraine's neighbouring countries, the Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement.
India in talks with Red Cross for bringing out students from Sumy
Mar 05, 2022, at 07:02 pm
Kyiv/New Delhi/UNI: The Indian Embassy in Ukraine said they have evacuated the vast majority of Indian students from Kharkiv city and are exploring all possible ways to evacuate Indians from Sumy, for which they are holding talks with all parties, including the Red Cross.
1000 Indians still stranded in war-torn Ukraine, trying to arrange buses for evacuation: Centre
Mar 05, 2022, at 05:14 am
New Delhi/IBNS: At least 1000 Indians are still stranded in conflict-hit areas of eastern Ukraine, the government said on Friday adding that they are arranging buses to evacuate them, which is proving to be the biggest challenge right now.
10,800 Indians brought back by special flights from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries: Centre
Mar 04, 2022, at 11:56 pm
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday announced 10,800 Indians were brought back by special flights from war-hit Ukraine’s neighbouring countries.
Mar 04, 2022, at 09:51 pm
New Delhi: A special flight, which was carrying around 200 Indian nationals who were stranded in war-hit Ukraine, arrived in New Delhi from Romania on Thursday, media reports said.
PM Modi chairs high-level meeting on Ukraine situation
Mar 04, 2022, at 07:31 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired another high-level meeting to discuss the evacuation of the large number of Indians still stranded in Ukraine.
Indian student shot at in war-hit Ukraine, confirms Union Minister
Mar 04, 2022, at 04:28 pm
An Indian student was shot at and wounded while he was trying to escape the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the eighth day of Russia-Ukraine war, Union Minister VK Singh confirmed on Thursday.
India appeals to nationals in Kharkiv to fill up evacuation forms urgently
Mar 04, 2022, at 05:04 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The government on Thursday urgently appealed to Indian nationals in Ukraine's Kharkiv to fill up a form to expedite evacuation.
Govt wins 'national consensus' on situation in Ukraine
Mar 03, 2022, at 10:24 pm
New Delhi/UNI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday briefed members of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on the situation in Ukraine and said later that there was a "strong and unanimous message of support" to bring back all Indians from the war-hit country.
Can I direct Putin? CJI Ramana asks petitioner on Ukraine evacuation plea
Mar 03, 2022, at 07:06 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to pass any order on a matter pertaining to evacuation of Indians, especially students, stuck in Romania and other neighbouring nations of Ukraine, which is under attack by Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces.
No report of students taken hostage in war-hit Ukraine: MEA
Mar 03, 2022, at 04:46 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said they have no reports of Indians being held hostage in Ukraine after allegations by Russia that a group was being forced to stay in Kharkiv.
After Modi-Putin call, Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of taking Indian students hostage
Mar 03, 2022, at 07:24 am
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Russian President Vladimir Putin seeking safe passage for Indian students stranded in Ukraine, a Russian readout has claimed that Indian students have been "taken hostage by Ukrainian security forces" who are using them " as human shields" & preventing them "from leaving for Russian territory".
PM Modi speaks to Vladimir Putin, discusses safe evacuation of Indian nationals from Ukraine
Mar 03, 2022, at 06:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke on phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the situation in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, where over a thousand Indian students are still stranded.
India abstains from voting against Russia at UNGA for third time
Mar 03, 2022, at 05:18 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Wednesday abstained on a UN General Assembly resolution that strongly disapproved Russia's "aggression against Ukraine", the third abstention by New Delhi in less than a week.
Ukraine Crisis: Embassy directs Indian nationals to leave Kharkiv immediately
Mar 03, 2022, at 12:06 am
Kyiv: The Indian Embassy in Ukraine on Wednesday issued an "urgent" advisory and asked all Indian nationals in Ukraine to leave war-hit Kharkiv city immediately.
Operation Ganga: Six more flights depart for India with 1,377 Indians
Mar 02, 2022, at 03:34 pm
Kyiv/New Delhi: Six flights have departed for India in the last 24 hours, carrying back 1,377 more Indian nationals from war-hit Ukraine as part of Operation Ganga, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.
Indian embassy in Ukraine shuts down after attempts to evacuate citizens from Kyiv
Mar 02, 2022, at 06:35 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian embassy in Ukraine's capital Kyiv has shut down and the Ambassador and the staff are moving to the western part of the country, media reports quoting sources have said.
Indian student from Karnataka killed in Kharkiv on 6th day of Russia-Ukraine war
Mar 02, 2022, at 04:52 am
A 21-year-old Indian student from the southern state of Karnataka was killed during a shelling in Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, on the sixth day of the ongoing war between Moscow and Kyiv.
26 flights over next 3 days to evacuate stranded Indians from war-hit Ukraine: Centre
Mar 02, 2022, at 04:48 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India will operate 26 flights over the next three days to fly back Indian citizens who have moved from Ukraine to neighbouring countries, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla informed reporters on Tuesday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting on the country's evacuation efforts called 'Operation Ganga'.
Mar 01, 2022, at 10:49 pm
New Delhi: As many as 182 Indian citizens from Ukraine have been brought back to India, by the seventh evacuation flight as part of Government of India’s Operation Ganga, officials said on Tuesday.