Hyderabad, Sept 5′(Najaf Ali Shoukat-PMI) The Hyderabad City Police has created history by inducting women into its mounted police unit for the first time. Commissioner of Police C.V. Anand, IPS, announced the development on Friday, describing it as a step towards greater representation of women in frontline policing. Ten women …

Hyderabad: The Ganesh Navaratri festivities will conclude tomorrow, with immersion processions scheduled across the city on Saturday. Special arrangements have been made by officials and police for the Khairatabad Ganesh immersion, which is expected to take place before 11 a.m. Similarly, the Balapur Ganesh Shobha Yatra is also planned to …

05-09-2025 KHARTOUM: When journalist Shamael Elnoor left Sudan at the outbreak of war in 2023, Sudanese newspapers were already suffering under an economic crisis and the worldwide shift to digital news. Then the fighting brought presses to an immediate standstill, leaving busy newsrooms in Khartoum empty and ransacked. “Since the …

05-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s overhaul of consumer tax stands to make everything from soaps to luxury SUVs cheaper but global fashion brands such as Zara, Levi Strauss, opens new tab and Lacoste have been spooked by higher levies on all apparel priced at more than $29. The premium …

05-09-2025 PYONGYANG/ SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would “fully support” Russia’s army as a “fraternal duty”, and Russian President Vladimir Putin called the two countries’ ties “special”, state media KCNA reported on Thursday. Kim and Putin held a meeting on Wednesday on the sidelines of …

05-09-2025 KATHMANDU: Nepal’s government has said it will shut off access to major social media platforms, including Facebook and X, after they failed to comply with authorities’ registration requirements. The move, announced on Thursday, is part of what the government says is an effort to curb online hate, rumors and …

05-09-2025 SAN FRANCISCO: Google has been told by a US jury to pay $425m for violating the privacy of tens of millions of users who opted out of a feature tracking app use. The jury in San Francisco handed down the verdict on Wednesday after a group of Google users …

05-09-2025 PARIS: Western leaders have held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris over the prospect of providing security guarantees in the event of a peace deal with Russia. The summit in Paris on Thursday brings together leaders from Europe, Australia, Japan and Canada, as well as Zelenskyy and …

05-09-2025 GAZA STRIP: Entire families are being “wiped out” as Israel intensifies the bombardment of residential areas in Gaza City and makeshift encampments across the Strip, with at least 54 Palestinians killed in attacks since dawn on Thursday. A two-day event examining the United Kingdom’s role in Israel’s war on …

Key Points: Theft of 30 tolas of gold jewellery from the employer’s house Accused arrested, property recovered Motive: To arrange engineering college fees for her daughter Hyderabad, September 4 (PMI): In a shocking incident, a woman working as a domestic help resorted to theft to arrange money for her daughter’s …