06-01-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India is likely to project higher economic growth estimates of around 7% for the 2023/24 fiscal year ending in March, compared with earlier government forecasts when the National Statistical Office releases its first advance GDP estimates on Friday. An increased estimate of annual …

06-01-2024 BEIRUT: The slain deputy chief of Hamas, Saleh al-Arouri, was buried in the Palestinian camp of Shatila in Beirut on Thursday, amid throngs of mourners launching volleys of gunfire. Arouri was killed in a drone strike on Tuesday on the southern suburb of Beirut, a stronghold of allied Lebanese …

06-01-2024 LONDON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the starting gun on Britain’s next election on Thursday, saying his “working assumption” was it would take place in the second half of the year, all but ruling out an earlier vote opposition parties had called for. With his governing Conservatives heavily trailing …

06-01-2024 BAGHDAD/ WASHINGTON: The US military launched a retaliatory strike in Baghdad on Thursday that killed a militia leader it blames for recent attacks on US personnel, the Pentagon said, a move condemned by Iraq’s government. The US strike took place at about 0900 GMT and targeted Mushtaq Jawad Kazim …

06-01-2024 TEHRAN/ DUBAI: Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for two explosions in Iran that killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores at a memorial for top commander Qassem Soleimani. In a statement posted on its affiliate Telegram channels, the militant Sunni Muslim group said two IS members had detonated …

06-01-2024 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump made millions from foreign governments during his presidency, according to a report by House Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. Ranking member Rep Jamie Raskin wrote that the information obtained from the former president’s accountant “allows America to glimpse the rampant illegality and corruption …

Hyderabad, Jan.5 ( Najaf Ali Shoukat-PMI): The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) is making special arrangements for people going to their native places on the occasion of Sankranthi festival. It has been decided to run 4,484 special buses to ferry them safely to their destinations. Of these, 626 services …

Revanth Reddy requested Amit Shah to allocate 29 additional IPS officers to Telangana in view of creation of new districts and supervision of various departments. Amit Shah assured the allocation of additional IPS officers to Telangana from the 2024 batch of IPS officers. NEW DELHI’ 5 Jan 2024(Press media of …

HYDERABAD’ 4 Jan 2024: The Telangana Government has issued a Government Order (GO) allocating 100 acres of land in Rajendranagar for the construction of a new High Court complex. The lands belonging to Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) and Sri Konda Laxman Telangana State Horticultural University (SKLTSHU) in …

Kolkata’ 5 Jan 2024: Kolkata Police on Friday claimed that it received an email claiming that explosives had been planted inside the Indian Museum, one of the leading landmarks in Kolkata, and would be detonated. After receipt of the threat email, the entire museum was vacated and a contingent of …