India brings back another batch of 229 from violence-hit Sudan

New Delhi (PTI): India brought home another batch of 229 people on Sunday under its mission to evacuate stranded Indians from violence-hit Sudan.

The fresh batch of evacuees arrived in Bengaluru, a day after 365 people returned from the African country to Delhi.

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One more flight brings back 229 passengers to Bengaluru,” External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar wrote on Twitter on Sunday.

The total number of Indians who have been brought back home from Sudan now stands at 1,954, according to official data.

The Indians were brought back from the

Remote villages of Assam get electricity for 1st time

Karbi Anglong

(ANI): It was a bright moment in their life when they had, for the first time, their houses lit up with an electric bulb. These are the members of the 2,600 households in the remote villages of Bokajan assembly constituency in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, who got their electricity connection

I thank colleagues of AIR who record MKB with great patience. I am also thankful to translators, who translate MKB into different regional languages. Grateful to Doordarshan, MyGov, electronic media and of course, the people of India, for success of ‘Mann Ki Baat’. NARENDRA MODI, Prime Minister

TN airports on alert after seizure of exotic animals

evacuees returned to New Delhi in a commercial plane earlier last week on Wednesday.

The second batch of 246 Indian evacuees hadarrived in Mumbai in a C17 Globemaster aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) last week on Thursday.

India, Russia mull over to accept RuPay and Mir cards

after 75 years of the Independence. Residents of the Rongteke area, Tokbi, Rongpi, Timung, Samjel, Mukhang, Muljang, Dakiram Tokbi, Bule Thang Kuki, Molnom, Hengmul were delighted when the first bulb lit in their locality. They felt very happy when the administration was able to provide electricity.

Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah where India has set up a transit camp for the evacuees.

The first batch of 360

Under “Operation Kaveri”, India has been taking its citizens in buses from the conflict zones of Khartoum and other troubled areas to Port Sudan from where they are being taken to Jeddah in the IAF’s heavy-lift transport aircraft and the Indian Navy’s ships.

Chennai: The authorities at international airports in Tamil Nadu are on alert after seizure of exotic animals including 22 snakes and a chameleon from a woman passenger who arrived from Kuala Lumpur. The officials have deployed special squads at all four airports and extra vigil is in place after the seizure of the exotic animals at the Chennai airport. Green Cornsnakes, Mexican black kingsnakes, green anacondas and chameleons were also seized.

New Delhi (PTI): India and Russia will explore the possibility of accepting RuPay and Mir cards in each other's country for hassle-free payments amid sanctions imposed by the West on Moscow.

In the recent high level Internal Governmental Commission meeting on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGCTEC), it was discussed and agreed to explore the opportunity of allowing acceptance of these cards, sources said on Sunday.

The mutual acceptance of RuPay (India) and Mir cards (Russia)

Salman opens on receiving death threats

New Delhi (Agencies):

Actor Salman Khan has opened up on receiving death threats, his security and shared his experience on how he is dealing with it. In a new interview, which was held in Dubai, Salman said that there was no fear of threats and he was totally safe in the UAE. He added that there is a problem in India. He also added that he is doing whatever he has been asked to do and is being ‘very careful’.

Salman was provided with Y-category security by the Mumbai Police amid death threats. The

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Maharashtra govt assigned security escorts to the actor after he received a threat letter from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. At a show, Salman said, “Security is better than insecurity. Yes, security is there. Now it is not possible to ride a bicycle on the road and go alone anywhere. And more than that, now I have this problem that when I am in traffic, then there is so much security, vehicles creating inconvenience to other people. They also give me a look. And my poor fans.”