28-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies MOSCOW/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Russia has rejected as “baseless” accusations that it offered Taliban-linked militants rewards to kill US and other NATO troops in Afghanistan. The New York Times and Washington Post cited US officials as saying a Russian military intelligence unit …

28-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KARTARPUR/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: India has rejected an offer made by Pakistan on Saturday for the reopening of the Kartarpur Corridor for Sikh pilgrims on June 29, saying that cross-border travel has been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, India media reported. The …

28-06-2020 HOUSTON/ LOS ANGELES/ NEW YORK: The United States on Friday recorded the largest single-day increase of infections after it recorded 45,242 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of Americans who have tested positive to at least 2.48 million. The new record for positive COVID-19 tests comes as several …

28-06-2020 LOUISVILLE (US STATE KENTUCKY): Authorities were investigating a fatal shooting on Saturday night at a park in the US state of Kentucky, where anti-racism demonstrators had gathered to protest against the death of a Black woman, Breonna Taylor. Reports that shots were fired at Jefferson Square Park came in …

Hyderabad Jun 27 (PMI): Moulana Ali Hyder Farishta Imam-e- Jamat-e- Juma Masjid-e- Ali Tankbund Secunderabad wo President Majma-e- Olama wo Khutaba Hyderabad Deccan Hindustan expressed deep sorrow over the demise of Shayer-e- Arbaeen Mirza Fareed Baig. Moulana said his death just before the mourning season is mourned all over the …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his thoughts with the people in the country and abroad in the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on All India Radio at 11 AM tomorrow. It will be the 66th episode of the monthly radio programme. It will be broadcast on the entire network of …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies CHENNAI/ THOOTHUKUDI (TAMIL NADU)/ NEW DELHI: The death of a father and son in police custody in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has caused outrage after the victims’ family accused the police of torturing the duo in custody. P Jayaraj, 59, …

27-06-2020 WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the administration of United States President Donald Trump in its transfer of $2.5bn from military construction projects to build sections of the US border wall with Maxico, ruling it illegally sidestepped Congress, which gets to decide how to use the …

27-06-2020 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese Communist Party officials believed to be responsible for restricting freedoms in Hong Kong. The move comes in advance of a meeting of China’s parliament next week that is expected to enact new …

27-06-2020 SAINT PAUL/ WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for protesters who target monuments to be imprisoned. The measure says anyone who damages a public statue must be prosecuted to the “fullest extent of the law”. Trump’s order also calls for withholding federal funds from …