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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is working to resume prisoner exchanges with Russia that could bring home 1,200 Ukrainian prisoners, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, a day after his national security chief announced progress in negotiations.“We are … counting on the resumption of POW exchanges,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. “Many meetings, negotiations and calls are currently taking place to ensure this.”Rustem Umerov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, said Saturday he held consultations mediated by Turkey and the United Arab Emirates on resuming exchanges. He said the parties agreed to activate prisoner exchange agreements brokered in Istanbul to…

A doctor from Pathankot has been detained by a central investigation agency in connection with the 10th November Delhi blast near the Red Fort that killed 13 people. The doctor, identified as Dr Rayees Ahmad Bhat, is a 45-year-old surgeon working with a private hospital in Pathankot. He was taken into custody on Friday, 14th November afternoon and moved to an undisclosed location for questioning. Dr Bhat had earlier worked at Al-Falah University in Faridabad, which has come under the scanner after several of its former and current staff members were linked to the case. The university has been described…

HALVALA, Finland (AP) — A ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before the spring and European allies need to keep up support despite a corruption scandal which has engulfed Kyiv, President Alexander Stubb of Finland told The Associated Press. Europe, meanwhile will require ‘’sisu’’ – a Finnish word meaning endurance, resilience and grit — to get through the winter months, he said, as Russia continues its hybrid attacks and information war across the continent.Stubb also needs that quality as one of the key European interlocutors between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. As the leader of one of…

The Karnataka Cabinet has approved the official 2026 holiday calendar, covering national, state and religious festivals across all communities.The Karnataka government has released the official list of public holidays for 2026, outlining the days on which government offices, banks, and most educational institutions across the state will remain closed. The calendar includes a comprehensive mix of national holidays, state observances, and religious festivals celebrated by different communities in the state.National holidays included•    Republic Day – 26 January•    Independence Day – 15 August•    Gandhi Jayanti – 2 OctoberThese days will be marked by government ceremonies, flag hoisting events,…

New Delhi: A day after the RJD’s crushing defeat in the Bihar assembly polls, Lalu Prasad’s daughter Rohini Acharya, who donated her kidney to her father a few years ago, announced on social media that she is “quitting politics and disowning my family”. Significantly, she alleged that her brother Tejashwi Yadav’s close aide, Sanjay Yadav, had asked her to take the step.Sanjay, a Rajya Sabha member and Tejashwi’s key political adviser, has been in the spotlight since the start of the election season and after the RJD’s drubbing, criticism against him has only intensified. Previously, Lalu’s eldest daughter and elder son had…

A shocking incident took place on Saturday (15th November) night in Ferozepur when the son of a senior RSS leader was shot dead in the middle of a busy market area. The victim has been identified as Naveen Arora, son of Punjab RSS leader Baldev Raj Arora. For generations, Naveen’s family has been associated with the RSS. His grandfather, Deenanath Arora, was a leader of the Hindu organisation during the pre-independence era. Naveen ran a shop in the Mochi Bazaar area and lived in the local Sadhu Chand Chowk. According to police, he was heading home after closing his shop…

PatnaNovember 16, 2025 08:05 AM IST First published on: Nov 16, 2025 at 08:05 AM IST As Bihar now moves towards the government formation process, the focus has also shifted to what the Nitish Kumar government’s priority areas may be. As he called on investors to put their money in the state, PM Narendra Modi on Friday outlined what may be the agenda of the next administration. * Employment: 1 crore jobs At all of his 84 public meetings during the election, CM Nitish Kumar brought up his government’s promise of creating 1 crore jobs in the next five years.…

As the NDA returns to power with an impressive 202 MLAs in Bihar’s 243-member Lower House, the newly elected 18th Assembly is older and richer than its predecessor. Not only are there more women this time, but the number of MLAs facing criminal cases has also dropped, shows an analysis of candidates’ election affidavits and data compiled by the Association of Democratic Reforms. to power, their representation in the new Assembly has only risen by 3 MLAs, to 29 from 26 in the previous House, despite record-setting numbers of women turning out to vote. The number of women MLAs in…

While the NDA has registered a resounding victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, the JD(U)’s performance has been singular. Reduced to just 43 seats in the 2020 polls as compared to the ally BJP’s 74, the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led party has this time nearly doubled its tally with 85 seats, coming close to the BJP’s 89. In an interview with The Indian Express, the JD(U)’s national working president Sanjay Jha speaks on his party’s strong show and Nitish’s role in the NDA’s win, among other issues. Excerpts: The credibility of the leader is very important. The work that Nitish Kumar ji…

The NDA’s landslide win in Bihar was, above all, about Nitish Kumar and Biharis’ “sahanubhuti (sympathy)” for their leader and what many said “shraddha (respect)” for his stewardship over the last two decades.Many CMs have been in power for longer than Nitish, but such a pro-incumbency wave has not been seen in recent years. Those who heard the ground chatter in Bihar realised there was no anger against the CM this time. If anything, there was an element of sympathy for him now that he is growing old, with many saying that whatever he had done was for Bihar —…