Hyderabad’08 Mar 2024 (PMI) Mr Tafseer Iqbal IPS Deputy Inspector General of Police, Intelligence Security Wing (ISW), Hyderabad, has been appointed as Special Secretary to the Government & Commissioner, Minority Welfare Department. The 2008 batch officer is also placed in full additional charge of the post of the Deputy Inspector …
Read More »‘Gaza maritime aid corridor to begin at weekend’
09-03-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ WASHINGTON: A maritime corridor to Gaza could begin operating this weekend to boost aid to the territory, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says. It comes a day after President Biden said the US planned to build a temporary port in Gaza. The UN says a …
Read More »India prepares for its mammoth election exercise
09-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: From transporting voting machines on camelback to remote corners of its vast western desert to bolstering control rooms for monitoring malicious deep-fakes, India is preparing to run the world’s largest election due by May. More than 960 million Indians are registered to vote …
Read More »Families of Israeli hostages in Gaza call for their return
09-03-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: The families of seven Israeli hostages being held in Gaza have called for their release and safe return, at a press conference in London. The father of a 19-year-old being held said “all suffering” would end “on both sides” if the hostages came home. The families …
Read More »Sri Lankan family dead in Canada ‘mass killing’
09-03-2024 OTTAWA: Canadian police are describing the deaths of members of a Sri Lankan family, including four young children, in Ottawa as a “mass killing”. Police say the six victims were newcomers to Canada, and the youngest was less than three months old. A 19-year-old student from Sri Lanka who …
Read More »D I G Tafseer Iqbal IPS appointed as special secretary to minority welfare dept
Hyderabad’ 08 Mar 2024(PMI) Mr Tafseer Iqbal IPS ‘Deputy Inspector General of Police, Intelligence Security Wing (ISW), Hyderabad, has been appointed as Special Secretary to the Government & Commissioner, Minority Welfare Department. The 2008 batch officer is also placed in full additional charge of the post of the Deputy Inspector General …
Read More »Hundreds of pupils abducted by gunmen in Nigeria
09-03-2024 ABUJA: More than 280 Nigerian school pupils have been abducted in the north-western town of Kuriga, officials say. The pupils were in the assembly ground around 08:30 (07:30 GMT) when dozens of gunmen on motorcycles rode through the school, one witness said. The students, between the ages of eight …
Read More »Cate Blanchett film tackles faith & colonialism in Australia
09-03-2024 SYDNEY: It would take a remarkable acting performance to rival Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett on screen but that’s exactly what untried child prodigy Aswan Reid has done in her latest movie, critics say. Barely 11 years old when The New Boy was shot in the dusty South Australian …
Read More »Haiti’s main port closes as gang violence spirals
09-03-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti’s main port says it is suspending operations due to sabotage and vandalism as the capital city descends further into violence and chaos. Local media report that armed men broke into the port in capital Port-au-Prince, looting containers. It follows attacks by gangs on the airport, police stations …
Read More »Govt Will develop of old city Hyderabad with MIM’s support: C M Revanth Reddy
Hyderabad:08 Mar’2024: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday said that his government will work for the comprehensive development of Hyderabad with support from the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM). Terming the old city as the original city, he promised to provide the required funds for various infrastructure projects. Stating that …
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