Cyberabad Dec 21 (PMI):  Cyberabad Police conducted a meeting today with the Bar and Restaurants, Resorts, Convention Centres, Pubs, Hotels and Event Organizers regarding the New Year Celebrations. Cyberabad CP appeals the public to celebrate incident free and accident free New Year 2020. Cyberabad CP VC Sajjanar, IPS, along with …

21 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + BBC CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australia is grappling with massive bushfires fuelled by record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought. Fires in New South Wales (NSW) have burned at least 2.7m hectares (7.4m acres) this season, destroying more than 700 houses. Eight people – …

21 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies DAMASCUS/ ISTANBUL: Syria’s Idlib province has been hit by over 400 airstrikes over the past 24 hours, monitors said, prompting tens of thousands of people to flee. Rescue workers described the situation as a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Tens of thousands of civilians have …

20 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BEIJING/ KUALA LUMPUR: Muslim countries should initiate a boycott on Chinese products, an influential Malaysian preacher has said, calling for an end to the detention of ethnic Uighurs, at least a million of whom are reportedly held against their will in China’s …

Hyderabad, Dec.20 (PMI): Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KTR spoke at a workshop for town-planning officials on the proposed Online Building Permission system in  here today. In the workshop, Minister discussed simplifying the approval process for building permissions. speaking with the officials, Minister KTR stressed upon ensuring transparency in giving …

Hyderabad, Dec.20 (PMI): A large number of people participated in a rally against Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC in Kamareddy on Friday. Senior Congress leader and former minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir said the rally started from Madina Masjid after Friday prayers. People from all religious communities, Congress and Left parties, NGOs …

Hyderabad, Dec.20 (PMI): The Cyberabad Police Jagruthi Kalabrindam on Friday conducted an awareness program at Nethaji High School at Chintal village under Balanagar Police limits. Cyberabad Police Kalabrindam gave legal awareness, She teams, Domestic violence, Anti- Ragging and Eve-teasing. The Importance of Voting in Democracy, Nigha-Netram, Community CCTV installation, negative effects …

Hyderabad Dec 20 (PMI): The president Majma-e-Olama wo Khutaba Hyderabad Deccan Janab Moulana Ali Hyder Farishta Saheb Qibla and executive body members including all members criticized the views of Charminar MLA Mr Mumtaz Ahmed Khan of AIMIM that he is trying to convert the religious matters into political issue. Moulana …

20 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: Two volunteer firefighters died while battling blazes around Sydney, authorities said on Friday, forcing Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison to cut short a holiday in Hawaii that had fuelled public anger at the government’s response to the crisis. Australia has …

19 December, 2019 TEHRAN/ UNITED NATIONS: Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned a politically-motivated resolution that the UN General Assembly has adopted on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic. In a statement on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi condemned the draft resolution on the situation of human …