Hyderabad; July 8 ( PMI ): A social activist of the City, Azhar Maqsusi, who runs an NGO, Sani Welfare Foundation, that feeds 1,500 people in distress a day, has been granted the United Kingdom’s Commonwealth Points of Light Award. The award recognises “outstanding individual volunteers who are making a …

Hyderabad; July 8 ( PMI ): Heavy rain lashed Hyderabad on Wednesday night which went on till early morning on Thursday leaving several parts of the city waterlogged. Areas like Khairatabad, Balanagar, Saroornagar, and Uppal received heavy rains. The maximum rainfall of 118 mm has been received by Kapra followed …

Hyderabad; July 8 ( PMI ): In view of UPS up-gradation, all the websites related to the Telangana government will be closed for two days i.e. from 9 pm on Friday to 9 pm on Sunday. Online services will also be stopped for two days. The server up-gradation is being …

Hyderabad; July 8 ( PMI ): The High Court bench directed the Telangana government to take a decision as to whether the existing structures within the complex of Osmania General Hospital required to be razed and one fresh construction required to be undertaken or whether the Medical and Health department …

Hyderabad; July 8 ( PMI ): Telangana Telugu Desam President L Ramana would be joining Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He is slated to meet Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at Pragathi Bhavan today. Ramana would be having lunch with the chief minister and soon he would be joining the ruling party. …

Hyderabad; July 8 ( PMI ): Even as the Huzurabad by-election is yet to be announced, the TRS already swung into action with its “Operation Aakarsh”. One of the main aides of former minister Eatala Rajender, T Sammy Reddy, returned to TRS expressing confidence in the government. The pink party …

08-07-2021 BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: Chinese Foreign Minister and State Counselor Wang Yi promised Wednesday to stand firmly with Pakistan, despite changes in world politics, as per a report in The News.  Yi was addressing a conference titled “Pakistan-China At 70: A Unique Bilateral Partnership” arranged by the Pakistan-China Institute (PCI) in commemoration of …

08-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ ISLLAMABAD: Labour Member Parliament (MP) Naz Shah has made a blistering speech in the British Parliament stating that the emotional harm caused to billions of Muslims is unbearable when bigots and racists defame, slander, or abuse Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be …

08-07-2021 NEW DELHI: Indian scientists have discovered a new plant species in Antarctica. Polar biologists stumbled upon a species of moss during an expedition to the ice-covered continent in 2017. Identification is laborious, and it took the scientists five years to confirm that the species had been discovered for the …

New Delhi: G. Kishan Reddy took charge as Union Minister of Culture and Tourism in the Transport Bhawan here on Thursday amid the chanting of ‘mantras The outgoing Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel greeted and handed over charge of the ministry to the Secunderabad MP (BJP) from Telangana — G. Kishan …