18-07-2021 VIENNA/ DUBAI/ RIYADH: The United Arab Emirates energy minister has said the world’s leading oil producers have reached a “full agreement” to modestly boost output from August, ending a standoff that laid bare a growing economic rivalry between the oil-rich nation and its wealthy neighbor Saudi Arabia. The announcement on Sunday …

  18-07-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: At least 30 people died in three Mumbai suburbs after several houses collapsed when heavy rain triggered landslides, officials said on Sunday, and forecasts of further downpours could force authorities to relocate people living in danger zones. Rescuers resorted to using …

18-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ CHAMAN/ DOHA: Pakistan on Saturday partially reopened its southern crossing with Afghanistan, allowing thousands of Afghans to go back to their homeland through the border town Spin Boldak. “We have opened the Chaman border… allowing crowds of up to …

18-07-2021 MECCA: Pilgrims started to arrive in Mecca on Saturday for the second Hajj to take place since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Pilgrims travelling to Islam’s holiest site are expected to socially distance and wear face masks. The event is larger than in 2020, but is still far …

18-07-2021 ERFTSTADT/WASSENBERG: Devastating flooding in western Germany and Belgium killed at least 170 people on Saturday after Burst Rivers and flash floods this week collapsed houses and ripped up roads and power lines. Some 143 people died in the flooding in Germany’s worst natural disaster in more than half a …

17-07-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: WhatsApp has said it blocked over two million accounts in India in May and June for violating rules. The service said 95% of these users were blocked for violating the limits of the number of times messages can be forwarded in India. …

Hyderabad; July 17 ( Salman Yousuf PMI ): A minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a man from her neighborhood in Vanasthalipuram, police said on Friday. The 13-year-old girl, a Class VIII student from a private school, stays with her parents who are construction workers. According to the …

Hyderabad; July 17 ( Ali Abbas PMI ): A short filmmaker from Bengaluru has been arrested for harassing a female singer from Telugu Film Industry (TFI). The accused, M Naveen Kumar (34), created her fake social media accounts. According to the police, Naveen who began a film production company created …

Hyderabad; July 17 ( PMI ): A woman charred to death in a fire that triggered due to a short circuit in Art labs here at Jeedimetla industrial area in Hyderabad. The woman, Yashoda (40), was working as a housekeeper in the firm. While Yashoda burnt alive in the fire, …

Hyderabad; July 17 ( PMI ): The incremental growth in fuel prices continued with petrol prices hiked five times and the diesel prices increasing four times, in the last ten days in the city. Since July 6, the petrol and diesel prices in the city have increased by Rs 1.74 …