21-01-2021 BAGHDAD: A rare twin suicide bombing killed at least 32 people and wounded 83 others on a bustling commercial street in the heart of Baghdad on Thursday, the military said, rupturing months of relative calm. Brigadier General Hazem al-Azzawi, the director of Baghdad Operations Command, told the Iraq News …

21-01-2021 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has begun to undo some of Donald Trump’s key policies, hours after being sworn in. “There is no time to waste when it comes to tackling the crises we face, “he tweeted as he headed” to the White House following his inauguration. President Biden signed …

20-01-2021 CAPITOL HILL/ WASHINGTON: Joe Biden has been sworn in as president of the United States, entering the White House at a time of deep division in the country. Raising his right hand and placing his left on a bible, Biden took the oath of office on Wednesday during a …

20-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report TRIPOLI/ DUBAI/ KARACHI: At least 43 migrants and refugees have been killed in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said the first tragic event of 2021 in the Central Mediterranean …

20-01-2021 Bureau Report KARACHI/ LAHORE: Pakistani cricket stars and fans have celebrated India’s upset win over Australia in a rare instance of bonhomie with their neighbors. The arch-rivals rarely play outside of major tournaments due to political tensions. Their contests remain one of sport’s biggest games and bitterest rivalries. On …

Hyderabad, Jan.20 (PMI):  Ministers Mahamood Ali, Srinivas Yadav today instructed the officials concerned to take action to reopen the schools and colleges from February 1 as per corona norms. They held a key meeting on reopening of the educational institutions as planned by the government at MCR HRD here with collector Shwetha …

Hyderabad, Jan.20 (PMI):  In a significant development there might be a change of guard in Telangana state as senior ministers, and key TRS leaders vouching for it. According to political circles heir apparent and TRS working president and IT Minister KT Rama Rao to be anointed as chief Minister replacing his …

Hyderabad Jan 20 (PMI): Cyberabad Police Commissionerate, the officials of GHMC, CTP and other agencies today held a zonal level convergence meeting to discuss various road safety and traffic management issues. The issues of illumination, road markings, junction developments, footpath, Foot over bridges, water logging, drainage and water leakage issues, …

Hyderabad, Jan.20 (PMI): The Telangana High Court today issued orders to the state government and asked it to not take any forceful action against the BRS and LRS applicants till the hearing of the Supreme Court of India was over in the issue.  The state government brought the BRS in the …

20-01-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: A tiny, lush Indian village surrounded by rice paddy fields is beaming with joy, hours before its descendant, Kamala Harris, takes her oath of office and becomes the vice president of the United States. Harris is set to make history as the first …