02-04-2021 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: President of Iran Hassan Rouhani reminded the US that any further delay in honoring the 2015 nuclear deal will be to its own detriment. In remarks after inaugurating a number of national industrial projects via videoconference on Thursday, President Rouhani said it is now up to the …

01-04-2021 RIYADH. BAGHDAD: Iraq will never become a launch-pad for attacks on Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi pledged on Wednesday during a long-awaited visit to the kingdom aimed at forging closer economic and security ties. In January, explosive-laden drones crashed into the main royal palace in Riyadh, with American …

01-04-2021 By Syed Jaffer Abbas Jafri (SJA Jafri) ABUJA/ MAPUTO/ ADDIS ABABA/ KARACHI: Anti-Shia Terrorist Organizations, Groups and Networks particularly al-Qaeda, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan (TTA), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), Jihad Against …

Apr;01-2021 In the poll-bound states of Assam and West Bengal, polling for the Second Phase of Assembly Elections is progressing smoothly. The average voter turnout was registered at 48.26 per cent in Assam while it was 58.15 per cent in West Bengal at 01.30 P.M. The people were seen standing in …

Apr 1-2021 New Dehli(PMI)Government has extended the last date for linking of Aadhaar number with PAN upto 30th June this year in view of the difficulties arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The deadline to link PAN with Aadhaar had ended yesterday.  Earlier, the Centre had extended the deadline to …

01-04-2021 WASHINGTON: To beat China and modernize America’s crumbling transport network, US President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled a “once-in-a-generation” $2 trillion infrastructure plan. The first phase of Biden’s “Build Back Better” program, which he set out in a speech in Pittsburgh, details massive investment spread over eight years. Putting infrastructure …

01-04-2021 VICTORIA: A court in Hong Kong has found seven prominent pro-democracy politicians and campaigners guilty of unauthorized assembly over their role in a peaceful protest that was one of the biggest rallies in the Chinese-controlled city in 2019. Those convicted on Thursday include media tycoon Jimmy Lai, as well …

01-04-2021 ADDIS ABABA: The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL also known as ISIS/ Daesh/ al-Qaeda/ Taliban) killed at least 30 more Shia civilians in an attack on a village in the Ethiopian region of Oromia, witnesses said on Wednesday, the latest outbreak of ethnic violence to challenge the …

Voting for second phase of Assembly elections in Assam and West Bengal tomorrow. All necessary arrangements have been in the two states for the polling tomorrow. In West Bengal, 30 seats spread over four districts will go to polls in this phase. Polling will be held on 9 seats each in …

March 31;2021-Eight States, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh have reported a surge in the COVID-19 daily new cases. 84.73 per cent of the new cases are reported from these eight states. More than fifty three thousand new cases have been reported in the country …