25-04-2022 PARIS: French voters are casting their ballot in the presidential runoff to choose between centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right politician Marine Le Pen. Opinion polls suggest that Macron, 44, has a solid lead, but analysts have cautioned that low turnout could sway the outcome in either direction. About …

Hyderabad, April 24 (Press media of india): Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali today said the Telangana State is regarded as the best secular State in the country. He said under the leadership of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, the government was treating the people belonging to Hindus and Muslims equally and …

Hyderabad;April 24;The Union Minister for Tourism G Kishan Reddy in a press conference said that the centre is ready to purchase raw rice till the last grain as per the agreement reached with the State Government. Earlier, the BJP leaders told the farmers to go for paddy plantation assuring that …

New Delhi’April 24;Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, development and democracy are flourishing in Jammu and Kashmir after the Constitutional reforms. Mr Modi said, be it democracy or development, today, Jammu and Kashmir, is setting a new example. He said, it is a matter of great pride that democracy and development …

New Delhi’24 April;Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said, small online payments are helping build a big digital economy in the country. Addressing the nation in his Mann Ki Baat programme on All India Radio, Mr Modi stated that digital transactions worth 20 thousand crore rupees are being conducted in the …

24-04-2022 ABUJA: More than 100 people were killed overnight in an explosion at an illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria’s Rivers state, a local government official and an environmental group said. “The fire outbreak occurred at an illegal bunkering site and it affected more than 100 people who were burned …

24-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban ordered a ban against video-sharing app TikTok and the survival-shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) game on Thursday, insisting they were leading Afghanistan’s youth astray. The phone apps are popular among Afghans, who have been left with few outlets for entertainment …

24-04-2022 MOSCOW: Russia plans to deploy its newly tested Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, which is capable of mounting nuclear strikes on the United States, by the autumn. Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Roscosmos space agency, said on Saturday that the target deployment date for the new missile was an ambitious …

24-04-2022 BAGHDAD/ RIYADH/ TEHRAN: Iran and Saudi Arabia have held a fifth round of direct talks in Baghdad, an outlet close to Iran’s security forces has confirmed. Senior representatives of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief, Khalid bin Ali Al Humaidan, attended the talks, according …

23-04-2022 JERUSALEM: Over 100 Palestinians were injured after Israeli police once again stormed Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, as violence persisted by Israeli forces during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Media witnesses said police entered the compound after the morning Ramadan prayers and fired rubber-tipped bullets and stun …