02-01-2022 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis used his New Year’s message on Saturday to issue a clarion call for an end to violence against women, saying it was insulting to God. Francis, 85, celebrated a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on the day the Roman Catholic Church marks both the solemnity …

01-01-2022 BAGHDAD: On the second anniversary of the US assassination of anti-terror icon, Qassem Soleimani, and an Iraqi commander, protesters burned US and Israeli flags before setting fire to a replica of American embassy in Baghdad. Staged in front of Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, the event also marked the second …

01-01-2022 Bureau Report SRINAGAR/ ISLAMABAD: Dozens people have died and injured in a stampede at a religious shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir. The disaster happened around 3am (21:30 GMT) while it was still dark on the route to the Vaishno Devi shrine, one of the country’s most revered Hindu sites. “At …

01-01-2022 SHANGHAI: According to recent McKinsey research, 2021 was a year of transformation: people, corporations and society began to look ahead to influencing their futures rather than just surviving the present. It was the year that premature hopes for herd immunity, an end to pandemic lockdowns, and a return to …

01-01-2022 COLORADO: Hundreds of homes have been destroyed and tens of thousands evacuated in Colorado, United States, after wildfires driven by high winds engulfed two towns near the state capital, Denver. At least one first responder and six others were injured on Thursday, though Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle acknowledged …

01-01-2022 BERLIN: Germany on Friday is shutting down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its decades-long use of atomic power. The decision to phase out nuclear power and shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy …

Hyderabad:31’Dec-2021 –The Hyderabad police on Friday announced 45 days traffic restrictions in wake of Numaish-2022. In a notification, the Hyderabad police commissioner CV Anand directed that in order to facilitate proper control and regulation of traffic, in view of the 81st All India Industrial Exhibition to be held at the …

Hyderabad’31’Dec–A major fire broke out near Sai Baba temple in Chaderghat under Afzal Gunj police station limits on Friday evening. Although no casualties have been reported, 40 huts on the bank of river Musi were burnt. Furniture, cash and essential goods were burnt in the fire. The fire intensified further …

31-12-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report WELLINGTON/ CANBERRA: The year 2022 is here in some countries, with the inhabitants of the South Pacific islands of Samoa and Kiribati the first to start the New Year at 10:00 GMT, and New Zealand following an hour later. In Australia, Sydney kicked …

Hyderabad: Telangana has not witnessed any communal violence or any other major law and order situation since the formation of separate Telangana, said Director-General of Police M Mahendar Reddy here on Friday. However, Telangana registered 4.6 per cent increase in crime rate in 2021 compared to Covid-hit 2020. Interacting with media …