By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW DELHI: A large fire has swept through a bag factory in the Indian capital Delhi, killing 46 workers, officials said. The blaze broke out at the four-storey building in the city’s congested old quarter early on Sunday morning. At least 100 people were sleeping …

07 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri BAGHDAD/ MELBOURNE: Iraqi officials have raised Friday’s death toll to at least 20 after a bloody night of attacks by unidentified gunmen that targeted anti-government demonstrators near the main protest camp in Baghdad. More than 130 others were also wounded by gunfire and stabbings near Tahrir …

07 December, 2019 PENSACOLA/ RIYADH: The gunman who killed three people at a US naval base in Pensacola, Florida, was a Saudi student, officials say. He has been named as Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani – a Saudi military member in training at the site. He was shot dead by officials. The …

06 December, 2019 WASHINGTON/ DUBAI: A federal indictment unsealed in the United States details how the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sought influence in the campaigns of former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and President Donald Trump in the 2016 election, according to a report by the New York Times. The indictment, which was …

Hyderabad, Dec.6 (PMI): People hail police for delivering instant justice.  In a dramatic twist to the inhuman and heinous drama of gang-rape, murder and setting ablaze of a 26-year-old veterinary doctor “Disha” on the outskirts of the city recently, all the four accused were killed in an encounter with the police in …

06 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri HYDERABAD DECCAN/ MELBOURNE: Indian police have shot dead four men suspected of raping and killing a young female vet in Hyderabad last week. The men were in police detention and were taken back to the scene of the crime in the early hours of …

06 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE: Muhammad has, for the first time, broken into the top 10 names for baby boys the United States, according to data recently released by a parenting firm that tracks the information. Muhammad had long climbed in BabyCenter’s annual list, and its …

05 December, 2019 PARIS: France’s public transport networks have ground to a near halt as unions led a nationwide strike aimed at forcing President Emmanuel Macron to abandon plans to overhaul the country’s Byzantine pension system. Railway and metro stations in Paris were largely deserted on Thursdayas commuters dusted off old …

The Union Cabinet yesterday approved a proposal to extend reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies for another 10 years. The reservation for these categories in the lower House of Parliament and the State Assemblies was to expire on 25th January …

05 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NOUAKCHOTT/ MELBOURNE: At least 58 people, including women and children, were killed after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the West African nation of Mauritania, the United Nations’ migration agency said on Wednesday. The perilous sea passage …