Hyderabad, July 29 (PMI): A coordination meeting was held on Wednesday under the supervision of Sri Tafseer Iqbal, IPS, Additional Commissioner of Police, Law & Order, South Range, and Sri Kiran Khare, IPS, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Charminar Zone, regarding the upcoming Bonalu festivities and Ghatam Procession. The meeting was …

21-07-2026 HOUSTON: Wildfire smoke blanketed the eastern ​US from the Great Lakes to Washington, DC on Friday, floodwaters tore through Texas’s Hill Country for a third day and new fires erupted in the Pacific Northwest overnight, with 68 large ‌blazes now burning in 15 states. Millions of Americans faced hazardous …

21-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: What if launching a satellite was as easy as calling a cab? That’s the vision behind an Indian private rocket company that achieved its first orbital launch on Saturday. Skyroot Aerospace, which recently became India’s first space tech unicorn after reaching $1.1bn valuation, launched Vikram-1 …

21-07-2026 WASHINGTON: The White House has defended the Argentinian football team’s right to free speech after they controversially waved a banner in support of their country’s territorial claim to the Falkland Islands while celebrating their World Cup win against England. Argentina face potential disciplinary action from FIFA over the incident …

21-07-2026 KYIV: “My operation is scheduled for tomorrow,” says the disfigured soldier, still recovering from his terrible injuries. “I hope when I wake up after the anaesthetic, Fedorov will be back at the Ministry of Defence,” the unnamed soldier says in a video posted on Telegram. “Otherwise, everything I was …

21-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Police have forcibly removed a prominent activist from a protest site in New Delhi and taken him to hospital, saying his health was deteriorating from a hunger strike over alleged corruption in India’s exam system. Sonam Wangchuk, 59, was removed on Saturday from the protest …

21-07-2026 TEHRAN: Iran’s Health Ministry says US attacks on the country since July 6 have killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 500. Iran’s national water company says some 10,000 people across 20 villages are without water after overnight US attacks. Iran’s army says it has hit US …

21-07-2026 MOSCOW: Eight people have been killed and 62 injured after Ukrainian drones struck two warehouses belonging to Russia’s biggest online retailer, Wildberries, according to Russian officials. Seven deaths and 25 injuries occurred at a warehouse in the city of Tambov, roughly 295 miles (475km) south-east of Moscow. One death …

Civil Supplies Department urges beneficiaries to complete e-KYC immediately; names of those failing to verify by July 31 may be removed from ration cards Hyderabad, July 20 (PMI): The Telangana Civil Supplies Department has directed all ration card holders in the state to complete the mandatory e-KYC (electronic Know Your Customer) …

Hyderabad, July 20 (PMI): The management of the historic Chilkur Balaji Temple will organise the traditional Varuna Japam, a Vedic ritual performed to invoke timely and abundant monsoon rains, at Osmansagar (Gandipet Lake) on Tuesday, July 21, from 8:30 am to 11:00 am. The sacred ceremony will take place at …