11-02-2022 LONDON: London’s police chief announced her resignation Thursday after a string of scandals rocked the British capital’s force, including racism, sexism and a serving officer murdering a young woman. Cressida Dick, who became the first woman to head London’s Metropolitan Police in 2017, said she had “no choice but …

11-02-2022 DUBAI/ RIYADH/ SANA’A: Dozens of people suffered injuries caused by shrapnel from a drone intercepted by air defences at Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport on Thursday, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi movement said. In a statement carried by Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya TV, the coalition later warned people in …

11-02-2022 NEW YORK: Price rises in the US accelerated by more than expected last month, pushing annual inflation up to 7.5% – the highest rate since 1982. Food and energy costs helped to drive the increases, which left few spending categories untouched. The rising prices are squeezing household finances as …

Varanasi: Amid the ongoing hijab controversy in the country, RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Thursday condemned the “hidden vote bank politics”, and “misuse” of Muskan Khan, a girl whose video of being heckled by a group of miscreants went viral and cautioned the Muslim girls to be aware of the …

Hyderabad, Feb.10 (PMI): Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar today held a coordination meeting with the officials of various Heads of the department at BRKR Bhavan in connection with the arrangements to be made for the President’s visit to Muchintal on February 13.       The Chief Secretary directed the officials to work in coordination to make the …

10-02-2022 OTTAWA: Two of the world’s biggest carmakers, Ford and Toyota, say production is being disrupted by trucker protests in Canada. Plants have been forced to shut because car parts are being held up at two US border points blocked by truckers protesting against a vaccine mandate. Canada’s Transport Minister, …

10-02-2022 MOSCOW/ MINSK: Russia and Belarus have started 10 days of joint military drills amid ongoing fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Belarus is a close ally of Russia and has a long border with Ukraine. France called the drills – believed to be Russia’s biggest deployment to Belarus …

10-02-2022 TRIPOLI: Gunmen have attacked Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah’s convoy in the capital, Tripoli, according to sources, hours before the eastern-based parliament is due to convene to elect a new prime minister. The attack took place early on Thursday as the interim leader was returning home, the sources told …

10-02-2022 By SJA Jafri + BBC CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: As Press Media of India (PMI) and Messenger have been flashing that thousands of anti-religious activists, so-called liberal and secular characters, modern and ultra-modern ‘burgers’, different types of fake Christian and Jewish sects, anti-Islamic especially anti-Shia elements, Daesh/ ISIS/ ISIL, Taliban and …

10-02-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s conglomerate Adani Group founder and Chairman Gautam Adani has surpassed Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries Ltd to become the richest person in Asia, The News reported, citing the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index stats. Gautam Adani is now one of the top 10 wealthiest people …