03-04-2024 QAIRO: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been sworn in before parliament for his third term as Egyptian president. El-Sisi’s oathtaking on Tuesday marked what should be his final six-year stretch as leader of the Arab world’s most populous country, unless he again ushers through a constitutional amendment prolonging his tenure. …
Read More »India slams China for “renaming” 30 places in Arunachal Pradesh
03-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India rejected China’s renaming of about 30 places in its northeastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday, calling the move “senseless” and reaffirming that the border province is an “integral” part of India. Beijing says Arunachal Pradesh, which its calls Zangnan, is …
Read More »Israeli airstrike on Gaza kills 7 working for food aid NGO
03-04-2024 GAZA CITY: Citizens from Australia, Britain and Poland were among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza on Monday, the NGO said. The workers, who also included Palestinians and a dual citizen of the United …
Read More »Child dead & two wounded in Finland school shooting
03-04-2024 VANTAA, HELSINKI: A child has died and two others have been seriously wounded in a shooting at a school in Finland, police say. Police said earlier that all three victims were 12 and that a suspect, also aged 12, had been detained. Parents told Finnish media that the shooting …
Read More »Iran accuses Israel of killing generals in Syria strike
03-04-2024 TEHRAN/ DAMASCUS: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say seven officers have been killed in an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate building in Syria’s capital, Damascus. Brig-Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the elite Quds Force, and Brig-Gen Mohammad Hadi Haji-Rahimi, his deputy, were named among the dead. Iran …
Read More »Trump posts $175m bond in New York fraud case
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 …
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