Hydera’ March 9 (PMI) The Cyberabad Police booked 273 motorists during weekend drunk-driving checks conducted at various locations across the city. According to traffic police officials, the majority of offenders were two-wheeler riders. Of the total cases registered, 214 were two-wheeler drivers, 8 three-wheeler drivers, 49 four-wheeler drivers, and 2 …

Hyderabad, March 9 (PMI): The Hyderabad City Police Commissioner’s Task Force (Khairatabad) team on Saturday arrested two drug peddlers at Musheerabad and seized 367 grams of hashish oil from their possession. The accused have been identified as Jyothi Rathna Pradeep (34) and Kota Vijay Kumar (46). According to police officials, …

53 Muslim Candidates Succeed in UPSC Civil Services Examination 2025 Mumbai, March 9 (PMI) The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the final results of the Civil Services Examination 2025, one of the most prestigious and competitive exams in India. The results are based on the written examination held …

09-03-2026 BEIRUT: Beside Israel’s northern border fence, the bursts of machine-gun fire from inside Lebanon are loud and long, as new Israeli forces push in to take strategic positions near the border. The regular rumble of air strikes echoes over the shattered remains of Shia villages, destroyed during Israel’s last …

09-03-2026 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, in a post on social networking site Truth Social on Saturday (March 7, 2026), promised to attack Iran very hard today, saying, “Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran’s bad behavior, are …

09-03-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India has allowed an Iranian warship to dock as a humanitarian gesture, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Saturday, after the US sank another Iranian navy vessel off neighboring Sri Lanka. The Lavan docked ‌at India’s southern port of Kochi on Wednesday, the same day …

09-03-2026 ABUJA: A Nigerian senator has told the BBC that “massive” numbers of civilians were killed by armed men who attacked their village in Borno state on Wednesday, although he did not have the precise figure. “The number of people killed actually is very massive but we don’t know the …

09-03-2026 MOSCOW: Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the war in Ukraine has developed into a high-tech conflict. Swarms of spy and killer drones have set the skies of Ukraine abuzz, and un-crewed boats have crippled the Russian navy in the Black Sea. Now, Ukraine has embarked on a …

09-03-2026 JAKARTA: When the United States-Israeli attack on Iran was launched last weekend, an unexpected peace broker stepped forward in the form of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, leader of the world’s largest Muslim country. The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on social media: “Indonesia calls on all parties to …

09-03-2026 BAGHDAD: The leader of an Iranian Kurdish nationalist group based in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region has told media that it is “highly likely” that Iranian Kurds will stage a cross-border ground operation into Iran. Babasheikh Hosseini, the secretary-general of the Khabat Organization of Iranian Kurdistan, said on Friday …