29-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ ISLAMABAD: LONDON: Scottish nationalists picked Pakistani origin Humza Yousaf to be the country’s next leader on Monday after a bitterly fought contest that exposed deep divisions in his party over policy and a stalled independence campaign. The 37-year-old practicing Muslim succeeds Nicola Sturgeon as …

29-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: A US congressman has called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “to reverse this decision” regarding Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification as a member of parliament terming the act as a “deep betrayal” of democracy. Gandhi’s recent disqualification cost him his …

29-03-2023 BERLIN: Airports and bus and train stations across Germany were at a standstill on Monday, causing disruption for millions at the start of the working week during one of the largest walkouts in decades as Europe’s biggest economy reels from inflation. The 24-hour “warning” strikes called by the Verdi …

29-03-2023 WASHINGTON: As the speculations of his arrests took hold, former US president Donald Trump’s lawyer Joseph Tacopina has said that Trump issued threatening remarks and incendiary statements on mere speculations. Trump started a countrywide hysteria last week as he announced on his own Social media platform Truth Social that …

29-03-2023 PARIS: The European Union approved on Monday a deal that will lead to the phaseout of sales of new fossil fuel cars by 2035, with a final green light by energy ministers due on Tuesday. The 27-nation bloc joins more than a dozen other nations which have set deadlines …

HYDERABAD’ March’ 28 ‘2023- Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K T Rama Rao on Tuesday launched ‘Lakes Development Programme’ at Khajaguda Lake. The programme was aimed at rejuvenating and developing 50 water bodies in and around Hyderabad. Speaking at the event, KTR said that the periphery of the lakes …

Hyderabad ‘March 28 (PMI): In order to provide some more time to the taxpayers, the date for linking PAN and Aadhaar has been extended to June 30, 2023, whereby persons can intimate their Aadhaar to the prescribed authority for Aadhaar-PAN linking without facing repercussions. Notification to this effect is being …

28-03-2023 NASHVILLE: At least six people including three children have been killed in a Nashville school shooting by its former graduate student Audrey hale. It is “heartbreaking and family’s worst nightmare”, said US president Joe Biden on shooting, the incident of gun violence deadliest in nearly a year. Police have …

28-03-2023 MEXICO CITY/ HOUSTON: Dozens of people were killed and injured after a fire started in an immigration detention facility in northern Mexico near the US border. The blaze occurred late Monday at a facility in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. Images from the scene showed …

28-03-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Leaders of India’s main opposition party Congress are holding nationwide protests against the disqualification of their leader Rahul Gandhi from parliament. Gandhi was removed as an MP last week after he was sentenced to two years in prison in a defamation case. He was convicted …