Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana will be held on 21st October and the counting of votes will take place on 24th October. Announcing the poll schedule in New Delhi today, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said, the election process in both the states will be completed by 27th of …

Houthis vow to halt attack on Saudi installations By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON/ RIYADH/ DUBAI: Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military aide to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, warned that if the US thinks of any plots against Iran, the Islamic Republic will respond from …

21 September, 2019 KARBALA/ BAGHDAD: Security officials say several others wounded after explosive device planted on the bus detonated. At least 12 people have been martyred and several others wounded in a blast from a bomb planted on a bus near the Iraqi city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, two …

20 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ NEW YORK: Ultimately, another Pakistani ‘female’ human rights activist would have to leave the country just because of direct ‘state terrorism’ and if she further remains in nation yet, she must be either murdered, ‘enforced disappeared’, kidnapped or detained against false cases especially …

The Supreme Court today decided to hear the Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid dispute case for an extra hour from next Monday to conclude the hearing before the 18th October deadline fixed by the court. A five Judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told the counsels representing Hindu …

Hyderabad Sep 20 (PMI): Majlis-e- Esaal-e-  Sawab for Syed Aijaz Ali Baqri @ Akhtar son of Syed Abdul Abbas Baqri  will be held on 22  Muharram 1441(H) correspondence to 22 September 2019, after Namaz-e- Magrabain at Ibadat Khana-e- Hussaini, Dar-ul-Shifa, Hyderabad. Zakir-e- Ahlebait Janab Syed Akbar Hussain Razvi Saheb Qibla …

In Uttar Pradesh, Former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand has been arrested by Special Investigation Team and local police in Shahjahanpur district today morning in a rape case. He was later produced in local court which sent him to 14 days in judicial remand. A medical checkup of Chinmayanad was also …

20 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY/ NEW YORK: Thousands of young Australians walking out of their classrooms to demand action on climate change have been joined by thousands more adults in cities and towns around the nation. The global day of action, led by Swedish teenage climate activist …

Vijayawada, Sept.19 (PMI): TDP national president and former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday demanded a CBI probe into the circumstances leading to the alleged suicide of former speaker and MLA Kodela Sivaprasada Rao. Addressing the media here after meeting Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan, Naidu said they demanded that the government …

Hyderabad, Sept.19 (PMI): Former Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin has decided to contest in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) elections. He filed his nomination papers for the post of the president to the election returning officer. Speaking on the occasion, Azharuddin said he would work hard to bring back the lost glory …