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- Foreign minister S Jaishankar said the US asked India to buy Russian oil to help stabilize the world markets
- He also said Europe has long sold weapons used against India
- Three killed in fire at Delhi residential building
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Skip next section Three killed in fire at Delhi residential building06/12/2026June 12, 2026
Three killed in fire at Delhi residential building
Three people were killed and two others were left in critical condition after a fire broke out in a multi-story residential building in southeast Delhi early on Friday, officials said.
Those killed in the fire in the Tughlakabad area include a 22-year-old man and two women, media reports said.
The fire was reported at around 2:30 am in a five-story building. Eight residents were rescued and taken to nearby hospitals.
Preliminary investigations suggest the blaze started due to an electrical short circuit in the ground-floor parking area, which set some parked vehicles on fire, the reports said.
Earlier this month, a fire at a hotel in Delhi’s in Malviya Nagar killed 21 people.
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Jaishankar rejects Europe’s criticism of India’s Russian oil imports
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said India’s policy on Russian oil is based on “cost and availability” while also calling out the US’ shifting stance on buying Russian hydrocarbons.
Speaking at the Kultaranta Talks hosted in Helsinki by Finland President Alexander Stubb, Jaishankar was asked whether India was “too willing to buy oil from Russia” amid the Ukraine conflict.
He said India was pushed toward Russian oil because Europe was buying oil from the Middle East, traditionally one of India’s key supply routes.
“So, circumstances pushed us in a certain direction,” he said.
Jaishankar also accused the United States of hypocrisy on Russian oil, saying that “the US specifically asked India to buy Russian oil to help stabilize the world markets.”
“After first imposing tariffs on us last year for buying Russian oil, the US then lifted its sanctions on Russian oil. Let’s not pretend there is some great principle involved here,” he said.
“If it is …do it when it suits us and don’t do it when it doesn’t …we’re all adults in the room. We know what the game is,” he said, adding that that moralizing over the issue served little purpose.
Comparing India’s oil imports with Europe’s arms exports, Jaishankar argued that European criticism of New Delhi reflected a contradiction.
The Indian foreign minister then pointed to what he described as European “moral ambiguity,” saying: “Europeans sell weapons which are used to attack India. Not now, for many years. We Indians have never done anything to endanger Europe.”
It was unclear what weapons sales or “attacks” Jaishankar was referring to.
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Shakeel Sobhan | Wesley Rahn Editor
Hello! This is Shakeel from DW’s New Delhi studio, bringing you the top news from across India.
It has been a pleasant morning in Delhi today after last night’s rains, and more showers are on the way, a welcome respite from the intense heat of the past few days.
Speaking of heat, Foreign Minister Jaishankar turned up the temperature by calling out Europe criticizing India’s purchases of Russian oil.
In other news, petrol and diesel for industrial and commercial use will now have to be procured from bulk sale points rather than petrol pumps, the government has mandated.
Meanwhile, another fire incident in New Delhi has claimed the lives of three people.
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