Hyderabad’Feb’16:The Prohibition and Excise Department personnel on Sunday arrested three people who were selling drugs at Uppal. The officials seized 18 grams of MDMA, 53 grams of high quality ganja and 1.24 kilograms of weed from them. The arrested Jagadish Reddy, a native of Prakasham district, Akbar Hussain of Cuddapah …

Hyderabad’Feb 16: A Nigerian who was overstaying in the country was caught and deported to his country by the Hyderabad police. Ikechukwu Sylvester Mbah (40), a native of Nigeria, came to India in 2012 on a business visa. He was invovled in cloth business in initial days of his stay in …

16-02-2025 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: TikTok has returned to the app stores of Apple and Google in the United States after President Donald Trump delayed the enforcement of a ban on the popular social media app, operated by Chinese technology firm ByteDance. The app’s fate had been up in the air …

16-02-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: When Salima Ahmad* noticed a three-day gap between the expiry of her family’s visas and the date on a document proving that they had applied for renewals, her heart filled with dread. An Afghan citizen living in Pakistan since 2022, Ahmad feared that …

16-02-2025 KINSHASA/ NEW YORK: Scores of children caught up in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been subjected to sexual violence including rape by armed men, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund. The targeting of children has soared to unprecedented levels in recent weeks, …

16-02-2025 CAIRO: The meeting on Tuesday between Jordan’s King Abdullah II and US President Donald Trump ended in tense anticipation of what will come next for the Gaza Strip. At stake was Trump’s suggestion that the United States “take over” the enclave and expel Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan. King …

Hyderabad’15’Feb'(Shoukat–PMI) Union Minister Kishan Reddy responded to Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s caste. He said that it was inappropriate for Revanth Reddy to speak like that at the level of the Chief Minister. He criticized him for speaking irresponsibly. He said that Narendra Modi included …

15-02-2025 BERLIN: An Afghan man with suspected jihadist motives went on trial in Germany on Thursday over a knife attack that killed a policeman and wounded five others at an anti-Islam rally in the western city of Mannheim last year. The opening of the trial comes at a time of …

15-02-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The Indian federal government took over direct control of the restive northeastern state of Manipur on Thursday after the region’s chief minister resigned amid ethnic violence that has killed at least 250 people over two years and displaced thousands. One of India’s smallest states, Manipur …

15-02-2025 LOS ANGELES: California’s levy of $1 billion on private insurers to help pay out wildfire claims in its state-created safety net program has renewed focus on the challenges the industry faces in a market already losing appeal rapidly, analysts said. Stringent regulations and recurring wildfires have driven some insurers …