27-11-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: The United Nations has ordered the evacuation of its staff from Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince as clashes between armed gangs, the police and civilians armed with machetes intensified in recent days. A UN helicopter on Monday ferried evacuees 14 at a time from the capital to the northern city …

28-11-2024 JERUSALEM: Benjamin Netanyahu presented the ceasefire deal in the context of what he said were Israel’s “unprecedented achievements” over the past year of a seven-front war. He said Israel had set Hezbollah back “tens of years” and that it was not the same group it had been before. There …

After the 2014 and 2019 polls, Muslim representation was 9 and 10, respectively, in the 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Mumbai’27 Nov’2024:When the next Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is constituted, it will have ten Muslim members, including a woman. Though the population of Muslims in the state is 12 percent, their representation …

 Alluri Sitharama Raju (AP), Nov.27 : The University of Melbourne has surpassed the ambitious target set in December 2023 to reach 50,000 students through the Schools Engagement Program in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The milestone was passed ahead of schedule and has now exceeded 60,000 students engaged in Andhra …

27-11-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Supporters of jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan have been pushed back by security forces after reaching the heart of the heavily-barricaded capital earlier on Tuesday. The convoy of opposition protesters has been marching towards Islamabad’s D Chowk or Democracy Square …

Operation Rope to control traffic, traffic congestion in the city is increasing day by day, due to which traffic is increasing, and in order to control traffic, the people, public representatives and political leaders should all cooperate with the police, said City Police Commissioner CV Anand.IPS Hyderabad’26 Nov (PMI) Hyderabad …

27-11-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL: The United Nations’ mission to Afghanistan said on Tuesday the ruling Taliban had arbitrarily detained journalists 256 times since their takeover three years ago, and urged authorities there to protect the media. In a reply accompanying the report, the Taliban-led foreign ministry denied having arrested that …

27-11-2024 PARIS: French prosecutors have demanded a 20-year jail sentence for Dominique Pelicot, who is accused of drugging his former wife Gisele for a decade and inviting 50 men recruited online to rape her. Pelicot, who has admitted to the charges, should also undergo medical treatment for 10 years, prosecutors …

27-11-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India expects food inflation to slow in the coming months, backed by a bumper summer crop harvest, and remains “cautiously optimistic” on its economic growth, according to a government report. “A bumper kharif (summer crop) harvest is expected to lower food inflation in the coming …

27-11-2024 BUCHAREST: A far-right, pro-Russia candidate has taken a surprise lead in the first round of Romania’s presidential election. With more than 99% of votes counted, ultranationalist Calin Georgescu was on 23%, followed by centre-right candidate Elena Lasconi of the Save Romania Union and populist social democrat Prime Minister Marcel …