21-01-2025 GAZA STRIP: After 15 months of war that began with a brutal attack on Israel by Hamas and ended with much of the Gaza Strip levelled by Israel, a ceasefire came into effect on Sunday that saw three women hostages released from Gaza and 90 Palestinians freed from Israeli …

21-01-2025 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has said that Donald Trump’s plans to deport illegal migrants from the US would be a “disgrace” if they materialized. Speaking to an Italian TV program from his Vatican residence, Francis said that if the plans went ahead, Trump would make “poor wretches that don’t …

Hyderabad; 20 Jan 2025 (PMI): The sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force, South Zone Team, Hyderabad, along with Bahadurpura Police, busted an Inter-State Gang that was involved in duping people by creating duplicate ATM cards and using them to withdraw cash from various ATM centers in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and …

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Police in a first of its kind of initiative issued orders assigning armed reserve police constables duties in regular civil police works. A total of 573 police armed reserve constables will work on attachment in law and order, traffic, special branch, task force, H New and cybercrime …

Hyderabad’Jan 19 (PMI) An interstate drug peddler was arrested in Hyderabad on Saturday, January 18. The police seized 62 kg ganja worth Rs 15.5 lakh and a mobile phone from the accused. Patil Kantilal Subhash, IPS ‘DCP. South-East Zone, Hyderabad said ‘The accused was identified as Raju Jat Raju, 35, an ice cream …

20-01-2025 GAZA STRIP/ JERUSALEM: The first phase of the long-awaited Gaza ceasefire deal has begun after an almost three-hour delay, with Hamas set to release three Israeli hostages later on Sunday. The ceasefire was due to start at 08:30 (06:30 GMT), but Israel said Hamas had not delivered the names …

20-01-2025 WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a looming ban once he assumes office on Monday. “I think that would be, certainly, an option that we look at,” Trump said in an interview on NBC News’ Meet The Press …

20-01-2025 KUALA LAMPUR/ LANGKAWI: Southeast Asian foreign ministers hold a closed-doors retreat in Malaysia on Sunday, as the country hosts its first meeting as chair of the regional bloc ASEAN amid an intensifying civil war in Myanmar and confrontations in the South China Sea. Malaysia takes its turn as rotating …

20-01-2025 UNITED NATIONS: Germany’s ambassador to the United States has warned that the incoming Trump administration will rob US law enforcement and the media of their independence and hand big tech companies “co-governing power”, according to a confidential document seen by Reuters. The briefing document, dated Jan. 14 and signed …

20-01-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India will likely cut its disinvestment and asset monetization target by 40% for 2024-25 in the federal budget to be presented next month, The Economic Times newspaper reported on Saturday, as planned sales of state-run firms run into a host of setbacks. The government …