08-07-2024 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Millions of people across the Western United States were broiling under record-breaking heat on Saturday, with little relief in sight over the coming days, according to forecasters. From Oregon to California to the deserts of Arizona, several cities have seen stifling temperatures in recent days. Jacob …
Read More »Stampede spotlights India’s craze for godmen
07-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BAHADURNAGAR: Just a pat on the back by preacher “Bhole Baba” and Ramkumari said a stone in her kidney vanished. The 85-year-old gave no proof but this story and countless others of similar “miracles” led to Baba’s following rocketing in India’s northern states. …
Read More »Biden interview fails to quell Democrat concerns over fitness
07-07-2024 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s Friday night TV interview does not seem to have quelled an uprising within his own party to end his re-election campaign after a halting debate performance against Donald Trump. A fifth House Democrat, Angie Craig of Minnesota, on Saturday joined colleagues in calling for the …
Read More »Israeli air strike on Gaza school kills dozens
07-07-2024 GAZA CITY: At least 16 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials have said. Dozens more have been injured. The building was sheltering thousands of displaced people at Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to the Hamas-run …
Read More »Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian elected Iran’s president
07-07-2024 TEHRAN: Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian has been elected as Iran’s new president, beating his hardline conservative rival Saeed Jalili. The vote was declared in Dr Pezeshkian’s favour after he secured 53.3% of the more than 30 million votes counted. Jalili polled at 44.3%. The run-off came after no candidate secured …
Read More »French far right seeks vote win but deadlock looms
07-07-2024 PARIS: France is voting in one of its most significant elections in years, with the far right hoping for a historic victory, but with political stalemate the more likely result. This is the first time the anti-immigration National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella has had …
Read More »Telangana govt respects all religions: C M Revanth Reddy
Hyderabad’7 July:Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday said that his government respects all religions. He participated in the 45th Rath Yatra of Sri Jagannath organised by ISKCON at NTR Stadium here. The Chief Minister said that ISKCON organised a good programme. “My government is for everyone. The state …
Read More »Rolling boulders kill 2 bikers from Hyderabad in Uttarakhand
Hyderabad’7 july:Two tourists from Hyderabad died in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Saturday after being hit by boulders following a landslide, police said. According to reports reaching here, the accident took place on the Badrinath national highway near Chatwapeepal between Gauchar and Karnaprayag. The dead have been identified as Nirmal Shahi …
Read More »Cyber Crime police ask citizens to remain alert against fraudsters
Hyderabad, July 6 (PMI): A 76-year-old retired local man received a fake WhatsApp video call from someone posing as Alambagh Police, Lucknow. Using the victim’s Aadhaar card, the fraudsters opened bank accounts. They intimidated the victim into closing his fixed deposits worth Rs 10,68,000 in the Union Bank of India, Hyderabad, …
Read More »BRS to move No Confidence Motion against GHMC Mayor Vijayalakshmi
Hyderabad’6 July :The BRS party is planning to introduce a No Confidence Motion against GHMC Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi. According to sources, the BRS party could move the motion in the ongoing meeting of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to unseat Vijayalakshmi, who defected to the ruling Congress party along …
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