25-06-2021 MIAMI: At least one person has died and dozens are missing after the collapse of a 12-storey residential building north of Miami, Florida, officials say. The number of people who have been located now stands at 102, while 99 are still unaccounted for, according to Miami-Dade Mayor Danielle Levine-Cava. …

25-06-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies MOSCOW/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Russian Defence Sergey Shoygu has warned of a civil war in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of foreign troops. Speaking at the ninth Moscow Conference on International Security, Shoygu stressed upon the key role of Islamabad and Tehran to keep the Afghan groups …

25-06-2021 OTTAWA: Cowessess First Nation announced the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan; Canada and Indigenous leaders say they will find more at other sites. Chief Cadmus Delorme of the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan said they had …

25-06-2021 MINNEAPOLIS- MINNESOTA (USA): Thirteen months to the day after George Floyd was murdered on the streets of south Minneapolis, Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer who put his knee to Floyd’s neck for nine and a half minutes, will be sentenced for the second-degree murder conviction he received on …

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told a group of leaders from Jammu and Kashmir that assembly elections there will be held after the completion of the ongoing delimitation exercise, People’s Conference leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig said after a crucial meeting to chalk out the future course of action …

Hyderabad 24 June;;Around 97 lakh people were vaccinated in the state so far, said Telangana state public medical and health director Dr G Srinivas Rao. “As many as 83 lakh people were given the first dose of vaccine and a total of 2.2 crore people should be vaccinated in the …

Hyderabad’24 June; The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) centre in Hyderabad predicted heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours in various parts of Telangana. According to the weather department, a trough is formed about 3.1 kilometre to 5.8 kilometre from the sea level from South-West Uttar Pradesh to South Chhattisgarh covering Jharkhand …

Hyderabad 34 June;;A 40-year-old woman died and four others suffered injuries in a hit-and-run case involving a high-end car on Wednesdaynight at Hussainialam. Driver of the car travelling from Shalibanda to Haribowli lost control over the vehicle due to overspeeding and hit multiple vehicles and Salamma seeking alms near a …

24-06-2021 Bureau Report DHAKA/ KARACHI: A prominent Muslim Bangladeshi cleric with a huge online following has issued a fatwa against people using Facebook’s “haha” emoji to mock people. Ahmadullah, who uses one name, has more than three million followers on Facebook and YouTube. He regularly appears on television shows to …

24-06-2021 SIMFEROPOL/ MOSCOW/ LONDON: More than 20 Russian aircraft and two coastguard ships have shadowed a British warship sailing near Crimea. Moscow’s defence ministry said that HMS Defender entered Russian territorial waters near Crimea while a patrol ship fired warning shots and a jet dropped bombs in its path. Britain’s …