18-12-2021 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI: According to the recently released data by the government’s National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 22,372 housewives took their own lives last year – that’s an average of 61 suicides every day or one every 25 minutes. Housewives accounted for 14.6% of the total …

Hyderabad, Dec.17 (PMI): State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar today wrote an open letter to the chief minister of the state and alleged that the GO No. 317 issued by the state government for the re-allotment of the state government employees was a classic example on how irresponsible the state …

Hyderabad, Dec.17 (PMI): Day by Day non fatal Omicron cases increasing elsewhere and Telangana state saw 8 cases today. According to Health Director Srinivas Rao the cases increased to eight.             Talking to press persons here at his Koti office here the Health Director informed that Omicron variant is not …

Hyderabad, Dec.17 (PMI): TRS boss and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today decided to fight against the BJP government in the Centre over its anti farmers Policy. KCR announced a war like protests over the Centre for its failure to procure paddy and boiled rice. From December 20 onwards the TRS …

 Script: Dr. RAKESH BATABYAL, Centre for Media Studies, JNU Today, one of the world’s leading economies with a pulsating democratic structure; India’s journey over the last seven and a half decades has been quite a significant event in world history. The key to this has been the twin ideas of democracy …

NewDelhi 17 Dec-2021;This is about a massive infrastructure update from Uttarakhand. This is about the Rishikesh-Karnaprayag electrified broad gauge-single track, one of the toughest rail routes, which is under progress. When ready, it will help provide rail connectivity nearer to the Char Dhams namely Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri, as …

17-12-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s finance ministry under the new Taliban-led government has prepared a draft national budget that, for the first time in two decades, is funded without foreign aid, a spokesman said. It comes as the country is mired in …

17-12-2021 DHAKA: Bangladesh has marked 50 years of victory over Pakistan in a bloody war for independence by hosting a military parade with the Indian president as a guest of honour. Huge crowds paid tribute to Bangladesh’s war heroes in the capital Dhaka and other cities on Thursday. Veterans who …

17-12-2021 Bureau Report TASMANIA/ SYDNEY: Five children have been killed and several others seriously injured at an Australian school after a gust of wind threw their bouncy castle high up into the air. Police said the students at a primary school in northern Tasmania were celebrating the last week of …

17-12-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The Indian government has cleared a proposal to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21, according to media reports, as women’s rights activists fear the move could lead to a “real disaster”. The decision to raise the age was made …