16-01-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MANILA: The Philippines has finalized a deal to acquire a shore-based anti-ship missile system from India for nearly $375m to beef up its navy, the Southeast Asian nation’s defence minister said. The Philippines is in the late stages of a five-year, P300 billion ($5.85bn) project …

16-01-2022 TEHRAN/ BEIJING: A 25-year comprehensive cooperation agreement signed between Iran and China last year has now entered the implementation stage, according to Iran’s foreign minister. Hossein Amirabdollahian, in his first visit to China as foreign minister, announced the news late Friday after a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang …

16-01-2022 LONDON: Calls are growing for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign after more revelations came to light about regular parties organized at Downing Street that broke COVID-19 lockdown rules, with Labour party leader Keir Starmer saying Johnson was “unable to lead”. The UK prime minister witnessed weekly “wine-time …

Hyderabad;15 jan(PMI) Commissioner’s Task Force, South Zone Team, Hyderabad along with Asif nagar Police apprehended two persons by name Mohd Salman @ Don and Mohd Hussain who cheating innocent car owners in the name of rent. Total seized Three four-wheeler Vehicle’s. Total Worth of Rs. 40 Lakhs. Details of accused:- 1. …

Whether, it is freezing glacial heights of the world’s highest battlefield, dense mountainous jungles, or the scorching heat of the deserts, they are ones who protect the nation with their unwavering will, with unbridled ability to give their lives for the motherland, and confident that in return the nation will …

Hyderabad: In order to clear extra rush during Sankranti festival, the railways will run more special trains to various destinations. The (no 82727) Kakinada Town-Secunderabad Suvidha Special will leave Kakinada town at 9 pm; it will depart from Secunderabad at 8:55 am the next day. The date of journey is …

Hyderabad: Telangana PCC chief A Revanth Reddy on Friday slammed Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, alleging that he had ignored his promise of providing fertilisers to State farmers free of cost. Taking to his twitter account, he said that KCR had promised farmers on April 13,2017 that he would supply …

Hyderabad: The rise in daily Omicron variant Covid-19 infections in Telangana has continued with health authorities on Saturday reporting 1963 positive cases out of which 1075 were from areas under GHMC. The health authorities have also reported two Covid-19 fatalities on Saturday, taking the overall number of deaths in TS to …

New Delhi: India registered 2,68,833 new Covid infections in a day taking the tally to 3,68,50,962, which includes 6,041 Omicron variant cases, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Saturday With 402 more deaths, the number of people who have succumbed to the viral disease has risen to 4,85,752. The …

15-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies TEHRAN/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ PARIS: A recent meeting in Iran between the Taliban and the only opposition group left in Afghanistan produced no concrete results, a prominent opposition figure told AFP in an interview. Ali Maisam Nazary, the foreign relations chief for …