India today said, it is proud of its secular credentials, its status as the largest democracy and pluralistic society with a longstanding commitment to tolerance and inclusion. To a query on the latest report on International Religious Freedom published by the US State Department, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar …

In Rajasthan, at least 14 people were killed and 50 others injured after a Tent fell on them due to strong winds and rain during a religious programme in Barmer district today. Our correspondent reports that the injured were rushed to hospitals. The incident took place in Jasol village under …

Hyderabad, June 23 (PMI): BJP leader and Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy today said the merger of TDP Rajya Sabha MPs into ruling BJP at the Centre was totally Constitutional. He made it clear that the four Rajya Sabha MPs of the TDP like Y Sujana …

Hyderabad, June 23 (PMI):r The GHMC was taking major steps to tackle the situation of inundations in the city. The corporation has identified 197 major inundation points in the city, out of which, 37 were solved permanently. For the remaining 160 points, the GHMC categorized in A,B,C grades according to its …

Hyderabad, June 23 (PMI): The death anniversary of BJP founder Shyama Prasad Mukerjee was held at the State party office here on Sunday. The State BJP president Dr K. Laxman, former Union minister Bandaru Dattatraya, BJP national general secretary Muralidhar Rao and others participated in the event. Speaking on the …

Hyderabad, June 23 (PMI): A round conference meeting on “One Lakh Jobs Promise” by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao here on Sunday.             Initiating a discussion on the issue, Laxman said the Telangana government had totally failed in providing jobs to students of Telangana State. Students, who cleared the examinations …

HYDERABAD DECCAN: Allah says in Holy Quran “the Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age (while) with you, say not to them (so much as), ‘uff’, and do not repel them but speak to …

By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) MELBOURNE/ DARWIN: Secret planning has begun for a new port facility just outside Darwin which could eventually help US Marines operate more readily in the Indo-Pacific. Precise details remain tightly guarded but senior defence and federal government figures concede the proposal may risk angering China …

By SJA Jafri + BBC MELBOURNE/ ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says the country’s Defence Chief of Staff has been shot following unrest in the northern Amhara region. Appearing on TV dressed in military fatigues, Abiy also said several officials had been killed in an attack in the …

By SJA Jafri with PTI inputs MELBOURNE/ WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: Mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities, particularly Muslims, continued in India in 2018, amid rumors that victims had traded or killed cows for beef, an official US report said on Saturday. The State Department, in its annual 2019 …