Hyderabad:Jan 13(PMI) Seven persons, who were involved allegedly in duping foreign nationals on the pretext of providing technical services related to international credit cards, were arrested by the Cyberabad police on Thursday The police seized Rs. 1.11 crore, three cards, four laptops, 23 mobile phones, debit cards, cheque books and …

13-01-2022 NAGALAND/ NEW DELHI: Hundreds of people have walked 70km (43 miles) in India’s northeast to demand the repeal of a controversial act that grants special powers to Indian troops, following a deadly incident last month when soldiers killed over a dozen civilians. They began their protest in Dimapur, a …

13-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic on Wednesday admitted “errors” in his travel papers and to meeting a journalist after a claimed coronavirus infection, as he battled to stay in Australia and fight for a record 21st Grand Slam title. The men’s world number one made …

13-01-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court has issued notice to a northern Himalayan state following a petition that sought to prosecute several Hindu religious leaders for allegedly calling for a “genocide” of Muslims at a closed-door meeting last month. Three Supreme Court judges on Wednesday said they were …

13-01-2022 VIRGINIA: Prince Andrew is to face a civil case in the US over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17. Virginia Ms Giuffre is suing the prince, claiming he abused her in 2001. His lawyers said the case should be thrown out, citing a 2009 deal …

13-01-2022 By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Geo News) LONDON/ MULTAN/ KARACHI: A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has made former Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani’s son Syed Ali Haider Gilani its “Ambassador For Peace” as he was abducted by the Al-Qaeda and remained in harsh captivity for three years. The Universal …

13-01-2022 PARIS: International negotiations on Iran’s nuclear activities are proceeding so slowly that they are unlikely to lead to any agreement “within a realistic timeframe,” France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Tuesday. The discussions taking place in Vienna “are under way but from our point of view they are …

12-01-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: When Brahmadev Mandal, an 84-year-old resident of India’s eastern Bihar state, got his first coronavirus vaccine dose in February last year, he said he felt, what was a “great improvement” in a knee pain that had bothered him for years. After the second dose, the …

12-01-2022 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: There were more than 102,000 new COVID-19 cases recorded across Australia (40,127 in Victoria, 34,759 in NSW, 22,069 in Queensland, 3715 in SA, 1078 in the ACT, 352 in the NT, and six in WA). NSW and Victoria also recorded a combined 24 deaths. The case …

12-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban have released a prominent university professor and outspoken critic of successive Afghan governments who was arrested during the weekend, a family member said. Hasina Jalal, Faizullah Jalal’s daughter, said on Tuesday that her father had been freed from Taliban …