08-05-2024 PARIS/ WASHINGTON: Boeing has called off the inaugural crewed flight CST-100 Starliner space capsule after engineers detected an issue with a rocket valve. The decision to call off the launch on Monday came two hours before the scheduled liftoff and about an hour after two NASA astronauts had strapped …

08-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BARPETA: As India votes in a six-week general election, Narendra Modi’s image adorns everything from packs of rice handed out to the poor to large posters in cities and towns. His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is relying on the prime minister’s popularity as …

Hyderabad’ 08 May 2024(PMI): Prior to the Lok Sabha elections, Hyderabad District Election Officer Ronald Rose, Hyderabad city police Commissioner K Sreenivasa Reddy, and Returning Officers Anudeep Durishetti and Hemant Keshav Patil confirmed that all necessary arrangements have been made to ensure the peaceful and fair conduct of the parliamentary …

Kolkata’08 May 2024 :Five people, including three minors, were injured in post-poll violence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, said officials on Wednesday. The five were injured in indiscriminate pellet firing in the Ranitala area of the district, the officials added. The person accused of firing pellets has been detained and …

Warangal; 08 May 2024 ( PMI ): Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence in the NDA’s electoral prospects, asserting that the alliance’s success was evident in the initial phases of polling. Emphasizing the historical significance of Warangal, he highlighted the region’s proud legacy, including its representation in past parliamentary victories. …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the Congress party and the BRS (unnamed entity) while addressing allegations of financial ties with industrial giants Ambani and Adani. Speaking in Vemulawada, the Prime Minister accused the Congress of maintaining close relationships with Ambani and Adani, insinuating that financial transactions …

07-05-2024 RAFAH/ GAZA CITY/ CAIRO: Israel’s army has said it has conducted “targeted strikes” against Hamas in eastern Rafah, after rejecting Hamas’s agreement to a ceasefire deal. Armed factions in Gaza fired rockets into southern Israel in response Hamas had earlier said it would accept a ceasefire deal drawn up …

07-05-2024 BOSTON: A lucky lottery winner has hit not only one $1 million grand prize, but two in less than three months. Christine Wilson of Attleborough, Massachusetts, learned of her first win back in February. On Feb. 23, Wilson claimed her $1 million grand prize after playing the “Lifetime Millions” …

07-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s top diplomat in India stepped down after she was accused of smuggling nearly $2 million worth of gold into the country, as per media reports. Zakia Wardak, the Afghan Consul-General in India’s Mumbai, confirmed her resignation on her official X …

07-05-2024 JAKARTA/ JERUSALEM: An international investigation has found that at least four Israeli-linked firms have been selling invasive spyware and cyber surveillance technology to Indonesia, which has no formal diplomatic ties with Israel and is the world’s most populous Muslim nation. The research by Amnesty International’s Security Lab based on …