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Officials said that a team from the Indian Embassy is stationed in Poltava, a city in central Ukraine, through which they hope to coordinate the safe passage of the students in Sumy to the western border. The students have been told to be ready to leave at short notice, they said.
Adya Shankaracharya Udyan is open to the public from 6 am to 11 am and 4 pm to 9 pm. It provides the residents with a peaceful place to relax and the children plenty of fun with its amenities.
In a video on Saturday, the students said they will be proceeding towards the Russian border on foot as they are no longer willing to wait for the Indian government to safely escort them.
Dr Priyanka Aher said the students stuck in Sumy – estimated to be over 800 – are vulnerable as, in the absence of water supply, they have been stepping out to collect ice for basic needs.
Back in Mumbai, a group of students who escaped from Kyiv and Kharkiv on March 1 and took a flight from Hungary, said they saw rockets flying over their heads and explosions from their apartment windows. They appealed to the government to rescue thousands of hundreds still stuck in eastern Ukraine.
The remarks by Russian National Defence Control Centre head Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed the safe evacuation of Indians.
As several students thanked the Indian government for their help, many said the toughest part of their journey was at the Ukrainian border where they had to spend at least two days after walking eight to 10 kilometres with heavy luggage in severe cold and snowfall.
Pal, who reached Mumbai along with 182 students on Tuesday morning, told the Indian Express, “I went through hell in those five days. I heard blasts, firing and saw people bleeding and running. I will not wish anything like this to even an enemy.”
As many as 182 Indians were repatriated from Ukraine and reached Mumbai on Tuesday in the seventh evacuation flight under the central government’s Operation Ganga mission.
Walking out of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, they were greeted by families and friends who had waited hours. Suddenly, the war in Ukraine seemed distant. Yet most worried for colleagues and friends still trying to get to safety — and a passage home.
The FIR stated that Saumitra humiliated Sonule in front of the entire staff during a function organised at the institute. After Sonule expressed disappointment over the instance, he was further put down by Saumitra, the FIR added.
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From 9.30 am, several places in south Mumbai started witnessing major snarls. The entire stretch from Worli Milk Dairy to Babulnath Temple, the full northbound stretch of Marine Drive, and the entire stretch of Teen Batti-Walkeshwar remained congested for over two hours.
The incident came to light when the police registered an FIR on the complaint given by a 13-year-old girl’s mother that the hospital had carried out abortion of the girl when she was five months pregnant.
In solidarity and support, a candlelight march has been organised on Sunday evening from St Francis Xavier's Church in Vile Parle where she was buried and Carol’s residence seeking justice for her.
The incident took place around 5.30 pm when the group led by Anil Wagh and his nephew Mayur Mhaske was climbing down the Thumbs up peak, a name given to the approximately 120-feet-tall peak because of its shape of a thumb.
The accused, Lokesh Kadam, 47, is a resident of Panvel and a native of Pune. Kadam, according to the police, has served in the Indian Army in the past.
The bail was granted to Yashkumar Parashar (22), a law student, on multiple conditions including a 15-day mandatory behavioural counselling by a qualified professional.