23-01-2024 LONDON: Britain’s rail network was disrupted, flights were cancelled and thousands of homes were left without power on Monday after the country was battered by Storm Isha overnight. Scotland was worst hit as gusts of over 90 miles per hour (144 km/h) led to the cancellation of all train …
Read More »Gaza hostage relatives burst into Israeli parliament
23-01-2024 JERUSALEM: A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem on Monday, demanding that the lawmakers do more to try to free their loved ones. The action by about 20 people signaled growing domestic dissent in the fourth …
Read More »‘Iran is directly involved in Yemen Houthi rebel ship attacks’
23-01-2024 JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: Iran is “very directly involved” in ship attacks that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have carried out during Israel’s war against Hamas, the US Navy’s top Mideast commander told media on Monday. Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of the Navy’s 5th Fleet, stopped short of saying Tehran directed …
Read More »Over 90 dead as deadly winter storms strike parts of US
23-01-2024 TENNESSEE/ CAROLINA: The United States has been hit by ferocious winter storms in the past week, which has resulted in nearly 90 weather-related fatalities across different parts of the country. Oregon remains under a state of emergency after enduring severe ice storms that have claimed 16 lives while Tennessee …
Read More »Modi opens Ram Mandir built on ruins of Babri Masjid
23-01-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ AYODHYA: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the dreaded grand temple to the Hindu god Ram on Monday in Ayodhya, replacing India’s famous Babri Masjid, a 16th-century mosque. The mosque was razed by Hindu mobs in 1992, causing nationwide riots and nearly 2,000 …
Read More »Taliban enforcing restrictions on single Afghan women
23-01-2024 KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, according to a U.N report published Monday. In one incident, officials from the Vice and Virtue Ministry advised a woman to get married if she …
Read More »Israeli airstrike kills Hezbollah fighter in Lebanon
23-01-2024 SIDON, LEBANON: An Israeli airstrike hit two vehicles near a Lebanese army checkpoint in south Lebanon yesterday, killing a Hezbollah member in one car and a woman in the other and wounding several other people, Lebanese state media and health officials reported. The strike appeared to be part of …
Read More »President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu presented Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar
New Delhi’22 Jan 2024:The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu presented Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar to the 19 children at a function held in New Delhi today. One child each in the categories of Bravery, Science & Technology, and Innovation; four children in the category of Social Service; five …
Read More »CM Revanth Reddy returns to Hyderabad after foreign tour
Hyderabad, Jan.22 (PMI): Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy reached Hyderabad on Monday morning after the successful completion of his first foreign tour. The Chief Minister received a grand welcome from Harkara Venugopal Rao, Advisor to State Government ( Protocol and Public Relations) at Shamshabad Airport in the city. Revanth Reddy …
Read More »Reports of Pran Pratishtha celebrations pour in from all over India and abroad
The Indian diaspora in the UK also conducted a car rally in London. Over 325 cars participated in the car rally. New Delhi,22 jAN 2024:People of the Hindu community across the globe celebrated the opening of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, showcasing their unbridled enthusiasm and reverence for this historic occasion. …
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