New Delhi /Hyderabad, May 31 (PMI): The newly inducted minister of State from Telangana G. Kishan Reddy was on Friday allotted portfolio of Union Home affairs by the President of India. He was made minister of State for Union Home Ministry following recommendation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the …

By SJA Jafri + Monitoring Desk (Courtesy Messenger) MELBOURNE: A company registered in New York state, for just US$60 is selling the data of over 2,000 Australian women who have signed up for online dating services. For one woman, ‘Rosie’ — who wished to remain anonymous — her file included her …

Narendra Modi took oath today as Prime Minister for the second consecutive term. President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of Office and Secrecy to the Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers. 24 persons were sworn in as Cabinet Ministers, 9 as Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and  24 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …