25 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + AJ NEW YORK/ BEIJING/ MELBOURNE: A senior counsel with an independent tribunal has urged the top United Nations human rights body to investigate evidence that China is murdering members of the Falun Gong spiritual group and harvesting their organs for transplant. Hamid Sabi on …

25 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri NEW YORK/ RIYADH/ TEHRAN/ MELBOURNE: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said today that US President Donald Trump had asked him to mediate with Iran to defuse tensions. PM Imran met Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of this week’s United Nations …

25 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ MELBOURNE: Speaking before a United States congressional panel on Tuesday, Ismail Alghazali, a Yemeni American, described how President Donald Trump’s travel ban has prevented his Yemeni wife and two small children from joining him in the US. “I have never even met my …

Trump slams impeachment inquiry as “Witch Hunt” 25 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ MELBOURNE: Representative Al Green of Texas, who has been calling for impeachment for more than two years, says he feels “vindicated” by House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement today. The democratic congressman from Texas first called for …

Hyderabad, Sept.24 (PMI): The Rachakonda police today arrested five persons who posed as policemen and robbed gutkha vendors on national highways. The police recovered property worth Rs. 22.08 lakh, including cash of Rs.3.51 lakh, 1800 US Dollars, gold ornaments, foreign currency and other valuables, from the culprits. Police said that …

Hyderabad, Sept.24 (PMI): The Congress President, Sonia Gandhi has approved the candidature of Padmavathi Reddy as Congress candidate for the bye-election to the Telangana Legislative Assembly from  Huzurnagar Constituency, a press note released by Mukul Wasnik, General Secretary in-charge CEC said. 46-year old Padmavathi Reddy, former MLA, is the wife of …

Hyderabad, Sept.24 (PMI): The TRS has announced Saidi Reddy as its candidate for Huzur Nagar  which will be a tri-angular fight as the opposition parties like the Congress and the BJP too making a strong pitch. TRS boss and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has offered B Form to Saidi Reddy …

24 September, 2019 BAGHDAD: Several rockets have been fired towards Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, landing near the embassy of the United States in Iraq, according to security sources cited by news agencies. Residents of the Iraqi capital reportedly heard the explosions followed by alert sirens that sounded briefly across the Tigris River …

24 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE: Iran has rejected a joint statement by the leaders of France, Germany and the UK who blamed it for attacks earlier this month on Saudi oil installations. Iran’s foreign minister accused them of “parroting absurd US claims”. The …

24 September, 2019 By Syed Hussain Ali Sajjad (Bureau Chief) NEW DELHI: As it was decided to add the implementation of a uniform civil code in Article 44 of the Directive principles of the Constitution specifying, “The State shall endeavour to secure for citizens a uniform civil code throughout the …