02-12-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Adani Group founder Gautam Adani responded for the first time on Saturday to allegations by US authorities that he was part of a $265 million bribery scheme, saying that his ports-to-power conglomerate was committed to world class regulatory compliance. The indictment is the …

02-12-2024 BEIRUT: Thousands of people have descended on the site where former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed by an Israeli air strike, after the group allowed access to the area for the first time for a public memorial. The massive crater left by the Beirut strike was lit up …

02-12-2024 BRUSSELS: “I had to work while I was nine months pregnant,” says Sophie, a sex worker in Belgium. “I was having sex with clients one week before giving birth.” She juggles her job with being a mother of five which is “really hard”. When Sophie had her fifth child …

02-12-2024 GAZA STRIP: The charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) has said it is pausing its operations in Gaza after a vehicle carrying its staff members was hit by an Israeli air strike. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the target of the strike had taken part in the 7 October …

02-12-2024 WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a former aide, Kash Patel, to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an agency Patel has often criticized. A former US defence department chief of staff in the first Trump administration, Patel has been a steadfast supporter of the incoming Republican president. …

02-12-2024 TBILISI: Georgia’s pro-Western president has said she will stay in post until new parliamentary elections are held, as protests continue over the government’s decision to put EU accession negotiations on hold. Speaking to media, Salome Zourabichvili, who has sided with the opposition, described the current parliament as “illegitimate” after …

Amaravati’1st Dec 2024: The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday clarified that the State Waqf Board was dissolved due to certain concerns and that a new Board will be constituted at the earliest. The coalition government’s clarification came amid reports in a section of the media that the State Waqf Board has …

Hyderabad, Dec.1 (PMI): The ACB raids at the house of Nikesh Kumar, assistant executive engineer of the Irrigation department in the Peerancheruvu in Gandipet mandal, have come to an end. He was taken into custody by the authorities and arrested again in a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case for possessing more …

Hyderabad, Dec.1 (PMI): The Telangana BJP has released a charge sheet against the Congress’ one-year rule in Telangana State in the name of “The fraud of Congress guarantees’ six lies and 66 frauds. Union Minister and State BJP president G Kishan Reddy released the charge sheet along with BJP leaders …

Hyderabad, Dec.1 (PMI): Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to farmers by announcing the disbursement of Rythu Bharosa funds after the Sankranti festival.             Speaking to the media at his residence here on Sunday, the Chief Minister assured farmers of continued support through the Rs.500 bonus for …