13-12-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ NEW YORK: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal Twitter account has been “very briefly compromised,” the prime minister’s office has said. A swiftly deleted tweet from his main @narendramodi handle declared India had adopted Bitcoin as legal tender and was distributing the cryptocurrency …

13-12-2021 KENTUCKY/ WASHINGTON: A desperate search for survivors is under way in parts of six US states devastated by powerful tornadoes that have left at least 83 people dead. Dozens more people are missing and entire towns were destroyed by about 30 tornadoes on Friday. President Biden has declared a …

13-12-2021 DUBAI/ JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will travel to the United Arab Emirates to meet the Gulf state’s de facto ruler, in the first-ever visit to the UAE by an Israeli prime minister. Bennett will depart for the high-level public visit on Sunday and will meet Crown Prince …

12-12-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: International donors have agreed to transfer $280m (£210) from a frozen fund to UN food and health services in Afghanistan, the World Bank says. The country faces a deep humanitarian and economic crisis made worse by the removal of financial support after …

11-12-2021 SANA’A/ RIYADH/ TEHRAN: A Saudi spy drone was shot down by Yemeni forces over oil-producing province of Ma’rib, a spokesman said on Friday. It is an area where Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from the Popular Committees, are advancing on Saudi-backed forces. The spokesman for Yemeni Armed …

12-12-2021 GENEVA/ TEHRAN: Talks are continuing in Vienna to restore Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, but a final agreement still appears elusive as Iran and the West have varying views on the path forward. After a week-long pause, representatives of Iran, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, France and …

12-12-2021 NEW YORK/ KENTUCKY: US President Joe Biden has pledged support to states affected by a swarm of devastating tornadoes that demolished homes, levelled businesses and left at least 100 people feared dead. Describing the tornadoes as likely “one of the largest” storm outbreaks in history, Biden on Saturday approved …

12-12-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Gunmen from the Pakistani Taliban armed group have killed one police officer guarding a polio vaccination team in northwest Pakistan, in the first attack since the end of a one-month ceasefire with the government. Mohammad Khurasani, spokesman for the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan …

Hyderabad ;Dec;11(PMI)Police Malkajgiri and Nacharam along with CCS Police effected the arrest of two interstate automobile offenders who involved in committing theft of cars in Rachakonda and Cyberabad Police Commissionerates along with their other team members. Facts of the case in brief: The accused mentioned above along with 6 others …

Hyderabad;(PMI)The Hon’ble High Court of Telangana and Legal Service Authority have ordered the Legal Services Functionaries to convene National Lok Adalat. As per the schedule National LOK ADALATH programme is organised on 11-12-2021 by the Hon’ble Metropolitan Sessions Judge,Ranga Reddy and the Hon’ble District and Sessions Judge Nalgonda, in this …