Hyderabad: In view of the ‘Sunday-Funday’ to be organised at Tank Bund on Sunday, there will be certain traffic restrictions in the surroundings between 5pm to 10 pm, the city traffic police said. – Traffic restrictions at Liberty Junction. * Ambedkar Statue. *Iqbal Minar. *Himayathnagar. *Dr. BR Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat. *Karbala …

Kothagudem’Feb’18’2023- Police seized ganja worth Rs.15 lakh and arrested two persons at Paloncha in the district on Saturday. Paloncha town SIs, K Naresh and G Praveen Kumar and staff who conducted vehicle checks at Navabharat area stopped and checked a car. They caught two persons along with ganja weighing 75.4 kg in the car. The accused …

By Syed Hussain Ali Sajjad Hyderabad Feb 18:  The procession of Safar-e-Imam Hussaina.s (Juloos-e- Amari)  is commemorated from the evening of 27th Rajjab-ul-Muraijib where two processions are taken out one on 27th Rajjab-ul-Muraijib and second on 28th Rajjab-ul-Muraijib. Safar-e-Imam Hussaina.s (Juloos-e- Amari) is the journey of Imam Hussain from Madina-e-Munawwara towards Karbala which …

18-02-2023 TEHRAN: Iran has seen its most widespread anti-government protests in weeks, after small crowds marched overnight in Tehran and a number of other cities. Videos showed people chanting “Woman, life, freedom” and “Death to Khamenei” – a reference to the Supreme Leader. It followed calls to mark the 40th …

18-02-2023 WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s prime minister says he expects there to be more deaths from a violent storm which killed eight people and cut off hundreds of communities. More than 4,500 people have yet to be contacted after Cyclone Gabrielle hit on Monday, causing significant flooding and landslides across the …

18-02-2023 BEIJING: China has declared a “decisive victory” over the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming the world’s lowest death rate, although experts have questioned Beijing’s data as the coronavirus surged across the country after largely being kept at bay for three years. The world’s most populated nation abruptly ended its zero-COVID policy …

18-02-2023 BEIJING/ MANILA: China has had an unusually busy and bizarre week. On Monday, as the saga over the alleged spy balloon dragged into its 11th day, a fresh spat erupted between Beijing and Manila. This one was over lasers. The Philippines accused China of using a “military grade” laser …

18-02-2023 WASHINGTON: Joe Biden, 80, remains healthy and “fit for duty”, the White House physician has said after the physical examination of the US president whose health has been in focus amid his expected run for a second term. “The president remains fit for duty and fully executes all of …

18-02-2023 DAMASCUS: In his first speech since the devastating earthquakes last week, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has thanked other Arab nations for aid and rescue efforts after years of broken relations. The giant quakes hit Turkey and Syria on February 6, killing nearly 44,000 people and injuring thousands more. “Amid …

18-02-2023 TAIPEI CITY: Taiwan says it has found the remnants of what appears to be a crashed Chinese weather balloon. Taiwan’s military said it had spotted an unidentified object drifting above Dongyin – a Taiwanese-controlled island off China’s coast – at 11:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Thursday. It later …