02-05-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic yet with 3,689 deaths in the last 24 hours and one more state going into lockdown as the nation’s creaky healthcare system is unable to cope with the massive caseload. Sunday was the fourth straight day India …

02-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report ASHWAUBENON (WISCONSIN)/ KARACHI: “Target Killing of Muslims (non-Christians) principally Shias and White Terrorism against non-Whitish mainly Asians and Blackish are not only continued across America but also rising very fast while neither any Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) especially police nor Biden …

02-05-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s election officials started counting votes in five states as COVID-19 cases continue to overwhelm the country’s healthcare system. New cases hit a record daily high of 401,993 on Saturday, the highest total in the world. More than 3,700 people also died a record in …

02-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: The UK High Court of Justice has ordered the British government to provide Halal food to a Pakistani family at the time of sehri and iftar during their 10-day mandatory quarantine, a decision that will be applicable to thousands of …

02-05-2021 ISTANBUL/ BRUSSELS/ LONDON/ MADRID: Turkish police have arrested more than 200 people for holding unauthorized protests on May Day, which has seen rallies across the world despite the continued spread of COVID-19. The protesters in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, were caught breaching restrictions imposed to curb a third wave …

01-05-2021 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghan authorities on Saturday increased the security in Kabul as the country is expecting a reaction from the Taliban over Joe Biden’s failure to meet the May 1 troop withdrawal deadline agreed by his predecessor in 2020. An increased military presence and security at checkpoints …

Hyderabad, May 1 (PMI): Telangana Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart YS Jagan Mohan Reddy today extended greetings to the workers on the occasion of May Day. In separate statements they extended greetings to the working class and vowed to continue schemes for their welfare. The two …

01-05-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ GIJRAT: A fire in a COVID-19 hospital ward in western India killed 18 patients as the country grappling with the world’s worst outbreak stepped up a vaccination drive for all adults even though some states say they do not have enough jabs. India on Saturday …

01-05-2021 BUENOS AIRES: Football icon Diego Maradona received inadequate medical care and was left to his fate for a “prolonged, agonizing period” before his death last year, an expert medical panel has concluded. The 60-year-old Argentinian succumbed to a heart attack on November 25, just weeks after undergoing brain surgery on a blood …

01-05-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: The United States will restrict travel from India starting from May 4, the White House said on Friday, citing a devastating rise in COVID-19 cases in the country and the emergence of potentially dangerous variants of the coronavirus. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said …