21-06-2021 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah at the White House on Friday to discuss the US troop withdrawal amid a surge in fighting between Afghan forces and the …
Read More »Dozens dead as Tropical Storm lashes southeast America
21-06-2021 ALABAMA: Dozens of people have been killed as Tropical Depression Claudette swept across the southeastern US, causing flash flooding and spurring tornadoes that destroyed dozens of homes. Ten people, including nine children, were killed Saturday in a 15-vehicle crash about 35 miles (55 kilometers) south of Montgomery on Interstate …
Read More »KTR urges Center to Set-up Vaccine Testing Centre in City
Hyderabad, June 20 (PMI): Minister for Industries and IT, KT Rama Rao has requested the Center to establish a Vaccination Testing Centre in the city without any delay. Pointing out that the city has become the ‘vaccine capital’, KTR stated there is need for vaccine testing center here. If the …
Read More »CM KCR visits Siddipet inaugurates MLA camp office, police CP office
Hyderabad, June 20 (PMI): The Chief Minister of the State K Chandrasekhar Rao today visited his native Siddipet district and took part in several development programs. inaugurated the new Collectorate complex, Police Commissioner office, MLA camp office Siddipet on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, he said that they had created …
Read More »GLORIOUS VICTORY OF HUJJAT-UL-ISLAM AQAI SYED IBRAHIM RAEESI
Hyderabad Jun 20 (PMI): On the glorious victory as an Eight President of Islamic Republic of Iran President Moulana Ali Hyder Farishta and all the members of the Majma-e- Olama wo Khutaba of Hyderabad Deccan (Telangana State) on behalf of India cordially congratulate Hujjat-ul-Islam and Muslemeen Aqai Syed Ibrahim Raeesi …
Read More »Famous UAE activist Alaa dies in ‘London car crash’
20-06-2021 Bureau Report LONDON/ DUBAI: Alaa al-Siddiq, a prominent dissident Emirati rights activist and critic, has died in a ‘car crash’ in London. Alaa was the executive director of the United Kingdom-based ALQST, a non-profit organization that advocates for greater freedoms and human rights in the UAE and the wider …
Read More »World reacts to election of Iran’s new hardline president Raisi
20-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report WASHINGTON/ MOSCOW/ DUBAI/ BAGHDAD/ ISTANBUL/ JERUSALEM/ ISLAMABAD: Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s hardline judiciary chief, has won a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election, a vote that both propelled the supreme leader’s protege into Tehran’s highest civilian position and saw the lowest turnout …
Read More »WHO declares end to second Ebola outbreak in Guinea
20-06-2021 GENEVA/ CONAKRY: An Ebola outbreak which started in Guinea in February, infecting 16 people and killing 12, has been declared over, the West African country’s health ministry and the World Health Organization said. “I have the honour of declaring the end of Ebola” in Guinea, WHO official Alfred Ki-Zerbo …
Read More »Afghan President replaces security ministers amid Taliban advance
20-06-2021 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has replaced two top ministers charged with managing the country’s faltering security, as the Taliban presses on with their campaign to capture new territory in fierce battles with government forces. The shake-up of the defence and interior ministry portfolios comes as …
Read More »Brazil passes 500,000 COVID deaths, thousands blasted
20-06-2021 BRASILIA: Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Brazil to protest against President Jair Bolsonaro’s pandemic response as the country’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 500,000. Protesters across the country blasted the administration for the high death toll and called for the removal of the president. Brazil has …
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