By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa has endorsed punishment to two Army and one civil officer on the charges of espionage/leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies prejudice to the national security. Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the military, …
Read More »Saudi Arabia asks nations to respond to Iran with firmness
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf today urged Muslim nations to confront with all means of force and firmness the recent attacks in the region that the US and its allies have blamed on Iran. Mr. Al-Assaf made the comments at a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the 57-nation Organization …
Read More »Jagan Reddy sworn in as Andhra Pradesh CM
YSR Congress party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has taken oath as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh today. Governor ESL Narasimhan administered him the oath of office and secrecy at Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium in Vijayawada. Mr Reddy is the second Chief Minister of the bifurcated Andhra Pradesh. In the …
Read More »World’s tiniest baby weighing about an apple revealed
By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ SAN DIEGO: When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple. A San Diego hospital Wednesday revealed the birth of the girl and said she is believed to be the world’s tiniest surviving micro-preemie, who weighed just 8.6 ounces …
Read More »Oil Tankers Damaged In Gulf By Iranian Naval Mines: America
By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ DUBAI: US National Security Adviser John Bolton has said “naval mines almost certainly from Iran” were to blame for the damage to oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman earlier this month. Mr Bolton provided no evidence to support the allegation, which Iran said …
Read More »Reporters Without Borders calls for release of Pakistani journalist
By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ BANNU: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Gohar Wazir, a Khyber News TV reporter who was arrested yesterday after covering a meeting convened by Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM/ a tribal defence movement) to denounce army abuses in the former Tribal Areas …
Read More »Distribution of Bathini Fish Prasadam on June 8
Hyderabad, May 29 (PMI): The annual fish prasadam claimed to cure asthma and respiratory illnesses will be administered to asthama patients free of cost by Bathini brothers on Mrigasira Karthi Day at Exhibition Grounds in Nampally from evening 6. pm. on Saturday June 8 and till Sunday 6. pm. on …
Read More »GHMC Asst City Planner suspended for negligence
Hyderabad, May 29 (PMI): Municipal Administration Principal Secretary Arvind Kumar today issued orders suspending Assistant City Planner Subash for alleged negligence of his duties. It may be recalled that the Assistant City Planner failed in his duty of removing footpath encroachment near Begumpet Metro station recently. Subash reportedly told the …
Read More »‘Egg Boy’ donates $100,000 to victims of Christchurch shooting
By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) MELBOURNE: The Australian teenager who smashed an egg onto the head of former far-right senator Fraser Anning says he has donated close to $100,000 to the survivors of the Christchurch terrorist attack. Will Connolly, whose act gained him the nickname ‘Egg Boy’ on social media, said …
Read More ». Will review poll debacle soon: KTR
Hyderabad, May 28 (PMI): TRS working president and former minister K Tarakarama Rao today said his party did not expect the loss in the Lok Sabha polls. In an interaction with media here today, KTR said while the TRS lost some seats and got nine Lok Sabha seats, the BJP …
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