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BJP returns in Manipur
Bucking anti-incumbency, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has retained power in Manipur for a second consecutive term while the Congress, the main opposition party, failed to reach double digits.. HT
600 students to be back to India on friday from Ukraine
Three evacuation flights carrying the last batches of Indian nationals from Ukraine including around 600 students are set to arrive in India on Friday morning, people familiar with the development said.. Deccan Herald
Mariupol siege continues
Russian forces continued their siege of the embattled city of Mariupol on Thursday, the day after a maternity hospital bombing that a Ukrainian official said killed three people, including a six-year-old child. “Bombs are falling in Mariupol all the time,” said Halyna Odnoroh, an activist who managed to leave the city but whose daughter remains inside it. “Buildings are falling to the ground as if they were made of matchsticks. We need help!”. Telegraph
TMC Leaders: Congress should merge with the TMC
After the BJP on Thursday won Assembly elections in four out of five states including Uttar Pradesh, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) once again targeted the Congress, saying that the party has “failed in taking on the BJP nationally”. TMC leaders added that the Congress should merge with the TMC and called upon its leaders to join hands under the leadership of its chairperson Mamata Banerjee, who is the “only one who can defeat BJP.” . Indian Express
BJP retained power in four of the five States
The BJP retained power in four of the five States that went to polls, while the Congress lost Punjab to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The AAP said it has emerged as the “natural, national” alternative to the BJP, even as the Congress declined to a new low. The BJP held on to power in Uttar Pradesh, where it won two-thirds of the seats, compared to three-fourths in 2017. Its vote share increased in U.P., Goa and Manipur. Hindu
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UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings on PSG president Al-Khelaifi
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi stormed the referee’s dressing room and broke equipment after his side were knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid, according to the referee’s report and verified by multiple reports including ESPN .
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