16-05-2024 PARIS: An “unprecedented” manhunt is taking place in northern France for a prisoner who escaped during a deadly ambush. Mohamed Amra, known as “The Fly”, was being taken back to jail from a court in Normandy on Tuesday when a car rammed his prison van at a toll booth. …

On information senior police officials including DCP (south) Sneha Mehra and others visited the spot. Hyderabad’15 May (PMI): A 31 year-old-man was found murdered at Khilwat in old city on Tuesday night. The victim Mohd Maqsood Ali, a resident of Charminar was last seen by his family members on Tuesday morning. On Tuesday late …

AMARAVATI/15 May :The final polling percentage in Andhra Pradesh was 81.86 percent, announced Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) MK Meena on Wednesday. CEO Mukesh Kumar Meena said that in the four phases of polling held so far in this general election, Andhra Pradesh recorded the highest voter turnout in …

15-05-2024 LONDON: In a week’s time, WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange could be on a flight to the United States at the end of his years-long legal battle to avoid extradition. Whatever happens, his wife Stella vows the fight for his freedom will go on? At a hearing at London’s High …

15-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s wholesale price-based inflation (INWPI=ECI), opens new tab rose 1.26% in April, the highest pace in a year, mainly driven by food and primary articles, government data showed on Tuesday. The April figures were higher than the 1% rise expected by economists polled …

15-05-2024 PARIS: Violence has erupted in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in the South Pacific, after lawmakers in Paris discussed a draft constitutional amendment to allow recent arrivals to the territory to vote in provincial elections. The bill, which some local leaders fear will dilute the vote of indigenous …

15-05-2024 JABALIA/ GAZA CITY: Fierce fighting has been reported in Jabalia in northern Gaza, after the Israeli military went back into areas where it said Hamas had regrouped. Residents who fled said they had seen tanks advancing towards Jabalia’s refugee camp, which has come under heavy bombardment since Saturday. Palestinian …

15-05-2024 BALTIMORE: Part of a collapsed bridge in Baltimore has been deliberately destroyed, clearing the way for the eventual full return of shipping through one of the busiest sea routes in the US. A ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge on 26 March, causing it to collapse and killing …

15-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: A whistleblower who helped expose allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan has been sentenced to five years and eight months in jail. David McBride pleaded guilty to stealing and sharing military secrets on the eve of his trial last year, after legal …

15-05-2024 TBILISI: Georgia’s parliament is expected to give final approval to a controversial “foreign agent” law that has sparked weeks of mass street protests. Critics of the governing Georgian Dream party say the bill which they call the “Russia law” could be used to threaten civil liberties. Thousands of people …