Bihar-Nov 7(Omer Aziz Spl Correspodent PMI)In Bihar, the third and final phase of assembly elections passed off peacefully amidst tight security arrangements. Voter turnout of 57.91 per cent was recorded in the third and final phase of Assembly Elections in Bihar for which polling was held today. Maximum 62.55 percent voting …
Read More »Biden beats Trump to win White House
07-11-2020 WASHINGTON: Joe Biden is now projected to have 284 Electoral College votes, the Associated Press (AP) news agency said on Saturday, above the threshold needed to clinch the hard-fought United States presidential election. The president-elect was projected to have surpassed the 270 electoral vote-thresholds after the AP called Pennsylvania in …
Read More »CHEATED IN THE NAME OF FAKE CUSTOMER CARE
Hyderabad Nov 7 (PMI): A case is registered with Cr. No: 1046/2020 and entrusted to Sri. K. Srinivas, Inspector of Police for investigation as a woman employee lodge a complaint on 6th November 2020 in which she stated that on 06th November 2020 she ordered an Inverter from amazon.com. To …
Read More »Major overhauling of Islamic personal laws in UAE
07-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country’s Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restrictions, and criminalizing so-called “honor killings”. The government said the legal reforms were part of efforts to improve legislation …
Read More »America removes ETIM from terror list
07-11-2020 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The United States of America (USA) said that it had removed from its list of terror groups a shadowy faction regularly blamed by China to justify its harsh crackdown in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang region. In a notice in the Federal Register, which publishes new US laws and …
Read More »Former Afghan TV presenter killed in Kabul explosion
07-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A former Afghan television presenter and two other civilians were killed in a bomb explosion in Kabul on Saturday in the latest violence to rock the city. Yama Siawash died when a bomb attached to his vehicle exploded near his residence …
Read More »Biden predicts victory as he leads over Trump
07-11-2020 WILMINGTON/ WASHINGTON: Democrat Joe Biden said he was going to win the U.S. presidency as his lead grew over President Donald Trump in battleground states, although television networks held off from declaring him the victor as officials continued to count votes. “The numbers tell us … it’s a clear …
Read More »1st Melbourne man charged under FIL linked with China
07-11-2020 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: A Melbourne man has become the first person to be charged with preparing for Foreign Interference Laws (FIL) passed by the Federal Parliament in 2018. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) charged 65-year-old Di Sanh Duong after executing a number of search warrants in the greater Melbourne area …
Read More »Jacinda Ardern reappointed as New Zealand’s PM
06-11-2020 Bureau Report WELLINGTON/ CANBERRA: Jacinda Ardern has been formally appointed as the Prime Minister of New Zealand on Friday, returning to the office for a second term after securing a landslide victory in the country’s general election last month. Ardern and her ministers were sworn in by Governor-General Dame …
Read More »American democracy at stake with delayed election results
06-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON: With his re-election chances fading as more votes are counted in a handful of battleground states, US President Donald Trump launched an extraordinary assault on the country’s democratic process from the White House on Thursday, falsely claiming the election was being “stolen” from …
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