20-12-2023 VATICAN CITY: The Vatican said on Monday in a landmark ruling approved by Pope Francis that Roman Catholic priests can administer blessings to same-sex couples as long as they are not part of regular Church rituals or liturgies. A document from the Vatican’s doctrinal office said such blessings would …

20-12-2023 HOUSTON: Texas Governor Greg Abbott traveled to the Rio Grande Valley on Monday to sign into law three bills that pour more money into his three-year effort to deter illegal immigration at the Texas-Mexico border and give Texas law enforcement authority to arrest undocumented immigrants anywhere in the state. …

Hyderabad, Dec.19 (PMI): TSSPDCL Chairman and Managing Director  Musharraf Ali Faruqui said consumer satisfaction is top priority and the State government accords highest priority to providing quality power supply to all segments.             Musharraf Ali Faruqui held a vedio conference with all zone, circle heads of TSSPDCL here on Tuesday. …

Hyderabad’ 19 Dec (PMI) In a major reshuffle the State government transferred and gave new postings to 18 IPS officers on Wednesday. While one officer was asked to report to the DGP office another was handed over additional charge. The officers with the new postings are Ravi Gupta – DGP Coordination …

Hyderabad, Dec.19 (PMI):  Kothakota Sreenivasa Reddy, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad conducted review meetings with CCS., Cyber Crimes, DD, Women Safety Wing.  All the Investigation Officers of CCS, Cyber Crimes, SHOs of all the Women Police Stations, Team in-charges, were present at the meeting. Dr Gajarao Bhupal, IPS, Jt. C.P., Crimes & SIT, Shilpavalli, …

The man Ali Quadri (35), a resident of I S Sadan was waylaid and attacked by a group of seven people with sharp edged weapons near the Vikas High School Hyderabad’19 Dec (PMI) A group of persons brutally hacked a man to death at I S Sadan in old city …

19-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: At least 79 opposition lawmakers were suspended from the Indian parliament on Monday for disrupting proceedings as they demanded a government statement and a discussion on the security breach of the chambers last week. The suspensions followed similar taken action against 14 lawmakers …

19-12-2023 DUBAI/ SANA’A/ DAMASCUS: Oil giant BP has announced it is pausing all shipments of oil through the Red Sea after recent attacks on vessels by Houthi rebels. BP blamed the “deteriorating security situation” in the region as Houthis target ships they believe are bound for Israel. Many freight firms …

19-12-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, whose party isn’t allowed to hold public rallies, used an audio clip generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) late Sunday to address a virtual rally in the first event of its kind in the country. …

19-12-2023 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: In October, shortly after the start of the Israeli war on Gaza that has now killed nearly 20,000 Palestinians, Israel pledged to wipe Hamas “off the face of the earth”, a project that would require Israel’s military “to flatten the ground” in Gaza, as an Israeli …