03-04-2024 NEW YORK: Former US President Donald Trump has posted a $175m (£140m) bond in his New York civil fraud case, staving off asset seizures by the state. He was found in February to have fraudulently inflated property values, and was ordered to pay a $464m penalty. Posting bond means …
Read More »Murder suspect loses re-election bid in Australia
03-04-2024 QUEENSLAND: An Australian politician accused of murdering his stepfather has failed in his attempt to be re-elected as a city councilor, officials say. Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden faced heavy criticism for standing given the serious criminal charge against him. Ahead of the vote, he had defiantly told media that it was …
Read More »Fake Indian currency notes circulating gang busted, six held
Hyderabad, April 2 ( Shoukat-PMI): Today, on a tip-off, the Commissioners Taskforce, East Zone Team along with Begum Bazaar Police, busted a fake Indian Currency notes circulation gang of six members seized Rs 36,35,500/- worth fake Indian currency notes, printing material, net cash of Rs 28,000/-, eight cell phones and …
Read More »KCR is in grief of losing power: CM Revanth Reddy
Hyderabad, April 2 (Press media of india): Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao is in grief of losing power and his sins have hit his children that’s the reason his daughter Kavitha went to jail in connection with the liquor case. He was …
Read More »7 including Senior Iranian Commander killed in Israeli airstrike
02-04-2024 DAMASCUS: Iran has promised to respond after two commanders from its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were among seven people killed in an Israeli air strike that flattened the Iranian consulate in Damascus. Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in the elite Quds Force of the IRGC …
Read More »Australia challenged on ‘moral failure’ of weapons trade with Israel
02-04-2024 MELBOURNE: Israel’s continued assault on Gaza has highlighted a hidden yet crucial component of the world’s weapons manufacturing industry suburban Australia. Tucked away in Melbourne’s industrial north, Heat Treatment Australia (HTA) is an Australian company that plays a vital role in the production of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters; the …
Read More »Taliban ban on girls’ education defies both worldly & religious logic
02-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Spring has arrived in Afghanistan, and Afghan children have returned to their schools to begin a new academic year. Girls beyond the 6th grade across much of the country, however, are still unable to pursue an education and remain unsure what the future …
Read More »Tens of thousands take part in anti-gov’t protests in Israel
02-04-2024 JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of people have gathered outside the Israeli parliament building in Jerusalem in the largest anti-government protest since Israel launched its assault on Gaza. The protesters on Sunday demanded the government secure a ceasefire deal that would also free Israeli captives held by Hamas in Gaza …
Read More »Iran’s persecution of Baha’is branded ‘crime against humanity’
02-04-2024 NEW YORK/ TEHRAN: Iran’s persecution of its Baha’i minority has been branded “a crime against humanity”. Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleged in a report released on Monday that Iran’s largest non-Muslim minority has faced a “spectrum of abuses” since the Islamic revolution of 1979. The New York-based NGO suggested …
Read More »Hundreds of Indians rescued from Cambodia scam factories
02-04-2024 PHNOM PENH: The Indian government has so far rescued 250 citizens in Cambodia who were forced to run online scams. They were promised jobs but “forced to undertake illegal cyber work”, India’s foreign ministry said. Recent reports have said more than 5,000 Indians stuck in Cambodia were forced to …
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