New Delhi’March 16 (PMI) In a dramatic turn of events, K Kavitha, Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader and daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, has decided not to appear before the Enforcement Directorate today. She sent BRS general secretary Soma Bharath Kumar to the ED office to inform them about her decision. …

16-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: After clashing with supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan outside his home for a second day Wednesday, police paused their efforts to arrest the ousted premier for failing to appear in court last week on graft charges. Police …

16-03-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MAHARASHTRA: Farmers in the western Indian state of Maharashtra have set out on a 200km (124-mile) march to Mumbai, demanding higher prices for onions. The protests have prompted the authorities to announce some financial relief for onion growers but farmers have rejected the proposal and …

16-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + BBC MELBOURNE/ QUEENSLAND/ TOWNSVILLE: Once again, another alleged state crime, deliberate negligence and committed human discrimination exposed when world media reported about a teenage boy’s solitary detention and almost half of the world population declared Australian authorities are more worse than anyone, …

16-03-2023 TEHRAN/ BEIJING: Naval forces from China, Iran and Russia countries at odds with the United States are staging joint drills in the Gulf of Oman this week, China’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. Other countries are also taking part in the “Security Bond-2023” exercises, the ministry said without giving details. …

16-03-2023 DAMASCUS: Twelve years ago, protesters dared to take to the streets of Syria to protest against the country’s government and its president, Bashar al-Assad. The protests quickly took on a revolutionary nature, demanding the “fall of the regime”, but, after a violent response from the government, the uprising transformed …

16-03-2023 Bureau Report SYDNEY: A climate protestor jailed in a case that sparked uproar in Australia has had her sentence overturned on appeal. Deanna “Violet” Coco was given a 15 month prison term for blocking a lane of traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge last April. Advocates had argued the …

16-03-2023 PARIS: Portuguese tourist Fabio Figueirado wanted to admire beautiful buildings on a romantic getaway in Paris, but instead he and his partner have found themselves navigating pavements piled high with garbage. “I’ve never seen a city with so much trash on the street,” said the 25-year-old, near a mound …

16-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies DUBAI/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Emirati authorities on Wednesday of arbitrarily detaining for over 15 months as many as 2,700 Afghan evacuees who have not qualified for resettlement elsewhere. Many of the Afghans in Emirates Humanitarian City are …

16-03-2023 COLOMBO: Thousands of workers at hospitals, schools and railways across Sri Lanka have gone on strike to protest against high costs of living, including increased taxes imposed as a precondition for an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout, amid the country’s worst financial crisis in decades. Schools on Wednesday cancelled …