13-01-2025 NEW DELHI/ KABUL: The meeting in Dubai between Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister of the Taliban, on Wednesday this week has confirmed India’s intentions to raise its influence with the Afghan leadership, analysts say. India has been gradually upping relations with the …

13-01-2025 ABUJA: As many as 21 government-backed fighters have been killed in an ambush by bandits in Nigeria’s northwest Katsina State, according to authorities. Katsina police spokesman Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu told media on Saturday that a convoy of pro-government fighters was returning from paying condolences to the family of a …

13-01-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA/ ISLAMABAD: Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza, after killing dozens on Saturday, including a paramedic and at least eight people in a school-turned-shelter in northern Jabalia. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sending senior negotiators, including the heads of Mossad and Shin Bet security agencies, to Qatar …

13-01-2025 NUUK/ WASHINGTON: There is a general consensus in Greenland that independence will happen eventually, and also that if Greenland votes for it, Denmark will accept and ratify it. However, it is also unlikely that Greenland would vote for independence unless its people are given guarantees that they can keep …

13-01-2025 KHARTOUM: The army in Sudan says it has captured a key city in the country’s east, one of its biggest gains yet in an almost two-year-long war against rebel forces. Footage on social media showed people celebrating in the streets as army soldiers entered the city of Wad Madani. …

13-01-2025 SEOUL: Flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the South Korean passenger plane that crashed last month stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, the country’s transport ministry has said. The crash of the Jeju Air flight killed 179 people, making it the deadliest air accident on Korean soil. …

Hyderabad, Jan.12 (PMI):  Union Minister Kishan Reddy is going to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia to participate in the ‘Future Minerals Forum Ministerial Roundtable Conference’. At the invitation of the Saudi Arabian government, Union Minister Kishan Reddy will leave for Riyadh on Monday (13 January) night.             These meetings will be …

Hyderabad, Jan.12 (PMI): Minister for Transport and BC Welfare Ponnam Prabhakar has announced that the State government will not be introducing any new regulations concerning the issuance of ration cards, and the existing guidelines will continue to apply.             A review meeting regarding the selection of Indiramma housing beneficiaries and …

Hyderabad, Jan.12 (PMI): Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has informed that Telangana is not competing with Amaravati, the capital of Andhra Pradesh State, but with the global cities.             The Chief Minister unveiled a book titled ‘Unika’, authored by former Governor and  BJP senior leader CH. Vidhyasagar Rao at a …

“Telangana to issue new ration cards starting January 26 alongside welfare schemes like Rythu Bharosa and Indiramma Atmiya Bharosa, aimed at empowering farmers, laborers, and homeless families.” Hyderabad’12 Jan’2025: The Telangana government has announced plans to issue new ration cards starting January 26, alongside the launch of multiple welfare schemes aimed …