24-05-2024 THE HAGUE: The top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah but stopped short of ordering a cease-fire for the enclave. While Israel is unlikely to comply with the order, it will ratchet up the pressure …

Hyderabad, May 24 (PMI): Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari held a meeting with senior officials and reviewed the arrangements to be made for the State Formation Day on June 2. With the ECI giving permission to the government to hold the Telangana State Formation Day, Chief Secretary instructed the officials to make …

Hyderabad, May 24 (PMI): Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj has issued orders to grant a special casual leave to all State and Central government employees who exercise their right of franchise in the Warangal-Nalgonda-Khammam Graduate MLC byelection on May 27. The CEO instructed the district officials to make appropriate arrangements …

Hyderabad, May 24 (Shoukat-PMI): Dr Tarun Joshi, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda ordered in the interest of Public Peace and tranquillity that all liquor shops, hotels, restaurants, clubs and other establishments selling/serving liquor, situated within the limits Yadadri Bhuvanagiri Zone of Rachakonda Police Commissionerate i.e., Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District shall remain closed …

24-05-2024 RAFAH: Israeli tanks advanced to the edge of a crowded district in the heart of Rafah on Wednesday during one of the most intense nights of bombardment of the southern Gaza city since Israel launched its offensive there this month. Israel’s assault on Rafah on Gaza’s southern edge has …

24-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s election panel ordered the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition Congress to exercise restraint in their campaigns, after both had reported the other for making divisive speeches during India’s vote. The panel said the parties’ defences for the speeches by Prime Minister …

24-05-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ RAFAH: Food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah has been suspended due to a lack of supplies and insecurity, the UN says. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, warned its distribution centre and a World Food Programme warehouse were now inaccessible because of the …

24-05-2024 TALLINN/ RIGA/ VILNIUS: There have been calls for calm in Finland and the Baltic States after a draft Russian decree proposed revising its borders in the Baltic Sea. Latvia said it was trying to clarify the situation, but Lithuania warned that the Kremlin was aiming to intimidate its neighbors …

24-05-2024 VIENNA: A man who was renovating his wine cellar in Austria has made an extraordinary discovery. It wasn’t a vintage red or white but the remains of prehistoric mammoths. The find has been called an “archaeological sensation” by researchers from the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of …

24-05-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti’s health system is “on the verge of collapse”, the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, has warned, saying six out of 10 hospitals in the country are barely operational. “The combination of violence, mass displacement, dangerous epidemics, and increasing malnutrition has bent Haiti’s health system,” said Bruno …