08-01-2025 WASHINGTON: A huge winter storm brings heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures to the east coast of the US, as a state of emergency has been declared in seven states. In Washington DC, isolated areas could see up to 16 inches of snowfall, according to the National Weather Service, as …

08-01-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has announced a ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling along most of America’s coastline, weeks before Donald Trump takes office. The ban covers the entire Atlantic coast and eastern Gulf of Mexico, as well as the Pacific coast off California, Oregon and …

08-01-2025 OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could announce his resignation within days, according to media reports. He is considering stepping down as leader of the governing Liberal Party, which would also bring to an end his nine years as prime minister. Last month his finance minister quit, citing policy …

08-01-2025 OSLO: The Arctic recently made headlines after Donald Trump repeated his desire to buy Greenland. Trump cited national security interests but for many the territory’s vast mineral wealth is the main attraction. Yet economic development elsewhere in the vast polar region has ground to a halt. Working conditions in …

Hyderabad, Jan.7 (PMI): Union Minister and Telangana State BJP president Kishan Reddy today condemned the attack on his State party headquarters allegedly by Youth Congress activists.             In a statement, he alleged that the Youth Congress activists were behaved like goondas and rowdies and carried out the attack on the …

Hyderabad, Jan.7 (PMI): Tension prevailed in front of the BJP State office here today. A clash broke out between the Congress and BJP workers. The BJP launched a counter-attack on the Youth Congress leaders, who came to lay siege to the BJP office in protest against the comments made by BJP …

Hyderabad, Jan.7 (PMI): Former minister and BRS party working president KTR suffered a setback in the Telangana High Court today. The court dismissed KTR’s petition seeking quashing of the ACB case against him in the sensational formula e-car race case. The High Court, which agreed with the State government’s arguments, also …

Hyderabad, Jan.7 (Taher Kazmi–PMI): Seva Bharathi, Linons Club of Hyderabad and Mercy Mission are jointly conducting free mega plastic surgery camp from January 17 to 30 at Dr Ishwar Chandra Hospital, Sitarambagh, Old Mallepally, Hyderabad. According to a pressnote here today, Vidya Bhushan Managing trustee said MERCY mission is an organization formed by …

07-01-2025 JERUSALEM/ CAIRO: A senior Hamas official has shared with the BBC a list of 34 hostages that the Palestinian group says it is willing to release in the first stage of a potential ceasefire agreement with Israel. It is unclear how many of those named remain alive. Among them …

07-01-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: Australia’s southeast sweated in a heatwave that intensified on Sunday, elevating bushfire risk and prompting authorities to issue fire bans for more parts of Victoria state. Australia is in the grips of a high-risk bushfire season, with firefighters last week battling a large blaze …