21-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk NEW DELHI/ DHAKA/ ISLAMABAD: The eastern Indian city of Kolkata has been devastated by a powerful cyclone which has killed at least 104 people across India and Bangladesh. Storm Amphan struck land on Wednesday, lashing coastal areas …

21-05-2020 LONDON: A scheme to allow the families of immigrant health workers who die after contracting coronavirus to stay in the United Kingdom had been widely criticised for excluding dependents of support staff, until a government u-turn on Wednesday. The bereaved families will no longer face deportation, and will be …

20-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk DHAKA/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Cyclone Amphan, one of the most powerful in decades, has made landfall along the coastline of India and Bangladesh, killing at least five people and leaving a trail of devastation. In Bangladesh, officials …

20-05-2020 JERUSALEM: An Israeli court has ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to appear for the opening of his criminal trial in Jerusalem on Sunday, shortly after his lawyer sought an exemption. Netanyahu had asked Jerusalem District Court to be excused from his May 24 arraignment, deeming the event a formality …

Hyderabad, May 20 (PMI): Municipal and IT Minister K T  Rama Rao today  said that 50,000 units of two bed room houses (2BHK) built will be distributed among the beneficiaries by August in GHMC limits  in  Hyderabad. He said that by Dasara festival the government will complete and give one …

Hyderabad, May 20 (PMI): Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Treasurer Gudur Narayana Reddy has accused Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao and Health Minister Etala Rajender of mishandling the Coronavirus situation in the State by not conducting the required number of tests to identify and treat the positive patients. Addressing a …

Hyderabad, May 20 (PMI): In a surprising development, Congress Party MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy today heaped praises on his party rival and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking steps to prevent the spread of deadly corona virus in the country. He said that the PM Had not only taken effective …

Hyderabad, May 20 (PMI): Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President & Nalgonda MP  N. Uttam Kumar Reddy demanded that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao postpone the implementation of new policy on regulated cropping pattern for next year after holding comprehensive deliberations with all the stake holders, especially farmers.  He was …

Union Cabinet has approved additional funding of up to Rs. three lakh crore through introduction of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS). Guaranteed Emergency Credit Line (GECL) facility to help eligible Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) borrowers, including interested MUDRA borrowers. Cabinet also decided 100 per cent credit guarantee …

New Delhi: After nearly two months of suspension, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced on Wednesday that domestic civil aviation operations will resume from May 25. In a tweet, the minister said: “Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from Monday, 25th May 2020.” “All airports …