12-01-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Authorities in India’s most populous state halted some payments this week to teachers of subjects such as mathematics and science in Muslim religious schools, known as madrasas, after the end of a federal government scheme. The funding halt, affecting more than 21,000 teachers …
Read More »Iran navy says seized oil tanker off Oman
12-01-2024 TEHRAN/ DUBAI: Iran seized a tanker with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey on Thursday in what appeared to be a retaliation for the seizure last year of the same vessel by Tehran’s arch foe the United States, Iranian media reported. The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker St Nikolas, which last year …
Read More »Ecuador declares ‘war’ with criminal gangs amid soaring violence
12-01-2024 QUITO: Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa says his country is “at war” after drug gangs took more than 130 prison guards and other staff hostage and briefly captured a TV station during a live broadcast. “We are at war, and we cannot cede in the face of these terrorist groups,” …
Read More »Britain vows to overturn wrongful convictions amid public outcry
12-01-2024 LONDON: Following the broadcast of the TV docudrama “Mr Bates vs the Post Office,” the British government, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, declared its intention to reverse the convictions of hundreds of postal workers wrongly accused due to a flawed computer system. The announcement aims to rectify what …
Read More »South Africa takes Israel to ICJ claiming genocide in Gaza
12-01-2024 THE HAGUE: South Africa’s application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) seeking to have the court declare Israel’s military assault on Gaza a genocide will be heard starting on Thursday in The Hague. Israel has called the allegations “baseless” and accused South Africa of “cooperating with a terrorist …
Read More »Al-Shabab captures UN helicopter in central Somalia
12-01-2024 MOGADISHU: A helicopter belonging to the United Nations mission in Somalia has been captured by al-Shabab after it landed in territory held by the armed group. Several passengers were reportedly seized in Galmudug state on Wednesday by the al-Qaeda-linked group which has wreaked violence in the Horn of Africa …
Read More »UNSC demands Houthis stop Red Sea shipping attacks
12-01-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council has passed a resolution demanding Yemen’s Houthis end attacks on ships in the Red Sea and free the Japanese-operated Galaxy Leader that was seized last year. Eleven members of the council voted on Wednesday for the measure calling on the Iran-aligned Houthis to …
Read More »Telangana Government invited applications for the appointment of Chairman / Members.
Hyderabad, January 12 (PMI): The Telangana Government have invited applications from eligible candidates for the appointment of Chairman / Members. Sample application forms have been made available at www.telangana.gov.in. The qualifications and other details for the posts of TSPSC Chairman / Members have been placed in the government website. Eligible …
Read More »International Kite & Sweet Festival – 2024.
Hyderabad’12’Jan 24(PMI) The Government is encouraging to organize various festivals as a State Level festivals like Bonalu during July, Bathukamma during the months of September & October and also other Tribal festivals. In addition to this, the Government is taking steps to organize various other festivals like International Kite & …
Read More »Telangana Congress sends sacred ‘chadar’ to Ajmer Dargah
Hyderabad, Jan.12 (Press media of india): In a display of religious harmony, the State government led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday sent a Ghilaf-e-Mubarak (sacred chadar) to the Dargah Ajmer Sharif of Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz Moinuddin Chisti. The Chief Minister along with former minister Mohammed Ali …
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