Hyderabad, Oct.22 (PMI): BJP MP Etala Rajender today alleged that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy was hostile towards the Hindu people and institutions in the State. He claimed that from the very beginning of coming into power, the Congress party has the same culture of hatred towards the Hindus. Addressing media persons at …
Read More »Two lakh attacks against Dalits since Modi became PM, says CPI leader’Koonamneni Sambasiva Rao
Hyderabad, Oct.22 (PMI): CPI State secretary Koonamneni Sambasiva Rao today said the rights enshrined in the Constitution for the uplift of Dalits were still not reaching them even after 77 years of Independence. The 2nd National Conference of the All India Dalit Rights Action Committee (AIDRM) was held at Raj Bahadur Gaur …
Read More »BJP membership drive in full swing, will continue till Oct. 30′ N. Ramchandra Rao
Hyderabad, Oct.22 (Shoukat-PMI): BJP former MLC & State membership in-charge N. Ramchandra Rao today said their party’s membership drive was going on extensively across the country and added that although the central party had extended the last date due to various reasons. He said the drive would be held till October 30 in …
Read More »Brutal murder of MLC Jeevan Reddy’s aide heightens tensions in Jagtial
Jagityal, Oct.22 (PMI): In a shocking incident, the murder of Maru Ganga Reddy, a close aide of Congress MLC T. Jeevan Reddy, escaleted tension in Jagityal. The 53-year-old was struck by a car and stabbed 20 times near Jabitapur, Jagityal district. The gruesome killing has led Jeevan Reddy to …
Read More »Nearly 200 countries gather at COP16
22-10-2024 COLOMBIA: Environmental leaders from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Colombia to assess historic commitments to halt and reverse the loss of nature. The two-week United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) starting on Monday is a follow-up to the 2022 Montreal meetings where 196 countries signed an ambitious global treaty, …
Read More »Pakistan passes amendment empowering parliament
22-10-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government has approved new constitutional amendments to give legislators more power in appointing the top judge, a move seen as sidelining the courts that have allegedly favored jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill was passed early …
Read More »Israel ‘strangles’ north Gaza, kills 640 in 17 days
22-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: At least 33 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks throughout the Gaza Strip since dawn, medical sources say, including 18 in Jabalia refugee camp as the forced expulsion by troops in the north continues. Medical sources tell Al Jazeera that at least 640 Palestinians have been …
Read More »Risking death to smuggle alcohol past Somali Islamists
22-10-2024 MOGADISHU: Alcohol smuggler Guled Diriye is exhausted. He has just returned from his trip transporting contraband from the Ethiopian border. The 29-year-old slumps in his chair inside a colonial-style villa battered by years of fighting in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, a city once known as the Pearl of the Indian …
Read More »Over 100 women footballers urge FIFA to end Saudi oil deal
22-10-2024 AMSTERDAM: More than 100 professional women’s footballers have signed an open letter urging Federation International Football Association (FIFA) to drop the Saudi oil giant Aramco as a sponsor, calling it a “punch in the stomach” to the sport. Earlier this year FIFA announced a partnership with Saudi Arabia’s state-owned …
Read More »Millions of people hit by flooding in South Sudan
22-10-2024 KHARTUM: Millions of people in South Sudan have been affected by floods across much of the country, the UN’s humanitarian organization, Ocha, has said. More than a quarter of those many in the north have been forced from their homes by rising waters. Ocha said the displaced were seeking …
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