Hyderabad, Dec.5 (PMI): Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has contributed one lakh rupees to the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund. The Chief Minister made this donation during a visit from representatives of the Sainik Welfare at his Jubilee Hills residence on Friday, coinciding with Armed Forces Flag Day. During the …

05-12-2025 TEHRAN/ NEW YORK: Iran has sentenced the Palme d’Or-winning director Jafar Panahi to one year in prison in absentia, his lawyer told the Agence France-Press news service on Monday. Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran also slapped Panahi with a travel ban for “propaganda activities” against …

05-12-2025 KHAN YOUNIS: Eman Hassan Lawwa was dressed in traditional Palestinian prints and Hikmat Lawwa wore a suit as they walked hand-in-hand past the crumbled buildings of southern Gaza in a line of other couples dressed in exactly the same way. The 27-year-old Palestinians were among 54 couples to get …

05-12-2025 BERLIN: A shipment of German ammunition has been stolen from a delivery lorry in the eastern town of Burg, the country’s defence ministry has said. Speaking to Germany’s DPA news agency, officials did not specify how much was taken. However, other reports cited a defence spokesperson as saying it …

05-12-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump, who has cast himself as a relentless foe of illegal drugs, pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, freeing him from a 45-year sentence for conspiring to import tons of cocaine into the United States. Trump’s extraordinary move risks weakening U.S. credibility in Latin America, …

05-12-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s imports of Russian oil may decline for only “a brief period” as Moscow plans to boost supplies, using sophisticated technology to avert the impact of Western sanctions, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. His remarks came ahead of President Vladimir Putin’s …

05-12-2025 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said an agreement with Syria is achievable, outlining expectations that Syrian authorities establish a demilitarized buffer zone stretching from Damascus to Jabal al-Sheikh, which Israel currently occupies. Netanyahu’s comments on Tuesday came a day after US President Donald Trump said he wanted …

05-12-2025 MOSCOW: “No compromise” was reached on the crucial issue of control of Ukrainian territory to end Moscow’s war, a Russian official has said, after talks between senior US officials and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner met …

Hyderabad-Dec 4 (Shoukat-PMI NEWS) Member of Parliament Dr. K Laxman on Wednesday raised serious concerns in the Rajya Sabha about the escalating menace of online piracy, describing it as a significant and fast-growing threat to India’s cultural economy, creative industries, and intellectual property rights. He called on the Government to take …

New Delhi, December 4 (PMI NNEWS): The Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Inpurna Devi, launched a 100-day awareness campaign marking one year of the “Baal Vivah Mukt Bharat” (Child Marriage-Free India) initiative. The campaign aims to eliminate child marriage and ensure every child grows up in a safe …