11-10-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India on Friday upgraded ties with Afghanistan’s Taliban administration, giving a boost to the diplomatically isolated group, by announcing it would reopen its embassy in Kabul that was shut after the Taliban seized power in 2021. The Afghan Taliban administration will also send …

11-10-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that he will place a 100 percent tariff on Chinese exports to the United States, in an escalatory move that could set off a blistering trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Trump said on Friday that he would ratchet up …

11-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: Palestinians returning to their homes in the Gaza Strip have told the AFP news agency they are feeling mixed emotions as they make their journeys. In Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, Ameer Abu Iyadeh, 32, said, “We thank God for this situation” even …

11-10-2025 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KABUL:The Taliban have blamed Pakistan for an explosion in Kabul and another in the eastern Afghanistan province of Paktika on Thursday, amid mounting tensions between the neighbors and shifting allegiances in South Asia that have alarmed Islamabad. Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid had confirmed that an …

11-10-2025 BEIJING: China tightened export controls for critical rare-earth metals on Thursday. The new restrictions were announced by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, and come ahead of an expected meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Donald Trump’s later this month. The world’s two largest economies have …

Key Highlights All three leaders were State Committee Members (SCMs) and had been underground for decades: Kunkati Venkataiah: 36 years Mogilicherla Venkatraju: 35 years Thodem Ganga: 21 years Each leader received a cash reward of ₹20 lakh and will avail of additional benefits under Telangana’s rehabilitation policy for surrendered Maoist …

Hyderabad, Oct. 10 (PMI): Discontent is brewing among Muslims in the Jubilee Hills constituency following the Congress party’s recent political moves, which many say have sidelined the community’s interests. The anger stems from two major issues — the party’s decision to nominate V. Naveen Yadav as its by-election candidate instead …

Karimnagar, Oct. 10 (PMI): The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught a gram panchayat secretary from Madhuranagar red-handed while accepting a Rs 10,000 bribe from a beneficiary of the Indiramma housing scheme. According to ACB officials, Anil, secretary of Madhuranagar gram panchayat in Gangadhara mandal, had demanded the bribe from the beneficiary …

Hyderabad, Oct. 10 (PMI): Telangana Congress leaders are making efforts to placate former MP Anjan Kumar Yadav following the announcement of Naveen Yadav as the party candidate for the Jubilee Hills Assembly by-election. Anjan Kumar Yadav, a senior leader and aspirant for the Congress ticket, expressed his displeasure openly after …

Hyderabad, Oct. 10 (PMI): Voters in the Jubilee Hills Assembly by-election, scheduled for November 11, can cast their votes using any of 12 valid photo identity proofs, officials said. District Election Commissioner R.V. Karnan released the list of accepted documents on Friday, emphasizing that the aim is to ensure that …