Hyderabad, April 17 (PMI): South Central Railway General Manager Arun Kumar Jain today said the Zone achieved best-ever performance in both freight and passenger segment. He also said the SCR also registered best-ever infrastructure performance in terms of both Track additions as well Electrification done in a financial year. …
Read More »Harish Rao asks AP leaders to fight for Special status, VSP
Siddipet, April 17 (PMI): Once again hitting out at AP leaders for making a hue and cry over his statement, Minister for Finance T Harish Rao said that instead of criticising him, the neighbouring State leaders should focus on achieving the special status and obstructing the privatisation of the Visakhapatnam …
Read More »Ambedkar statue People flocked to see the 125 feet Ambedkar statue
On Sunday, visitors thronged to see the 125 feet statue of BR Ambedkar unveiled on the sea shore. hyderabad ’17 ;april (PMI)Ambedkar statue Cityburo, Visitors flocked on Sunday to see the 125 feet statue of BR Ambedkar unveiled on the shores of Sagara. As it was a holiday, tourists flocked in …
Read More »Over 100 people killed as Sudan fighting spreads
17-04-2023 KHARTOUM: Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday as fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) raged for a third day. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday joined regional efforts to pressure the warring sides to end the fighting and …
Read More »S Korea repels N Korean movement at sea by firing warning shots
17-04-2023 SEOL: After spotting a North Korean vessel temporarily crossing the disputed western sea boundary, South Korea’s military said it fired warning shots to repel their potential obtrusion. The North Korean patrol vessel, which crossed the North Limit Line at around 11am on Saturday, was moving in the waters while …
Read More »Japan’s PM vows safety of G7 after ‘smoke bomb’ attack
17-04-2023 TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, a day after narrowly escaping an attack, pledged to assure the security of Group of Seven dignitaries visiting Japan, starting with tighter protection for climate ministers assembling in Sapporo. Japan’s environment minister Akihiro Nishimura said Sunday: “My security has become even heavier this …
Read More »An error that sent Indian teen to death row for 25 years
17-04-2023 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI/ JALABSAR: Twenty five years ago, a teenage boy in India was wrongly sentenced to death as an adult for murder. In March, the Supreme Court freed him after confirming that he was a juvenile at the time of the incident. The BBC’s Soutik …
Read More »Japanese army helicopter wreckage found with five bodies
17-04-2023 TOKYO: Five bodies were found Sunday following a deep-sea dive in search of a Japan Self-Defense Forces helicopter that went missing earlier this month with 10 personnel aboard off the southern prefecture of Okinawa, the Ground Self-Defense Force said. The SDF have been working to recover the bodies as …
Read More »Tunisia footballer dies after setting himself on fire
17-04-2023 TUNIS: Tunisian footballer Nizar Issaoui has died from burns sustained in a protest against “police injustice”, his family said, in which he set himself on fire. He had appeared in a video posted online showing him shouting that he had been accused of terrorism by officers after a dispute …
Read More »Australian IT specialist charged with espionage
17-04-2023 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: An Australian man who recently returned to the country after living overseas has been charged with supplying sensitive information to foreign intelligence agents. Fifty-five-year-old IT specialist Alexander Csergo was arrested by Australian Federal Police (AFP) shortly after he landed back in Sydney. The authorities say …
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