17-10-2022 Bureau Report MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday toured flood-hit parts of Victoria State, including the city of Melbourne, as three southeastern states continued to grapple with a flood crisis after days of heavy rain. Parts of Victoria, southern New South Wales and northern regions …
Read More »Four inmates killed in Tehran prison fire
17-10-2022 TEHRAN: At least four prisoners have been killed and 61 others injured after a fire broke out at Tehran’s Evin prison overnight following a fight between inmates, the official state news agency IRNA reported quoting the country’s judiciary. Smoke inhalation was said to be the cause of the deaths, …
Read More »Pakistan summons US envoy over Biden’s nuclear remarks
16-10-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s foreign minister says that the US ambassador to the country has been summoned after President Joe Biden in a speech said Pakistan “may be one of the most dangerous” countries in the world which had “nuclear weapons without any cohesion”. …
Read More »Death toll from Turkey mine blast rises to 41
16-10-2022 ISTANBUL/ AMASRA: Rescuers on Saturday found the body of the last missing miner at a coal mine in northern Turkey, bringing the death toll to 41 from a methane blast the previous day. The blast ripped through the mine near the small coal mining town of Amasra on Turkey’s …
Read More »India’s opposition stages rally to mark 1,000km protest march
16-10-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition Congress party held a huge public rally in the southern Indian state of Karnataka on Saturday, accusing the government of not doing enough to contain inflation and create promised jobs for young people. Tens of thousands of people came to the public …
Read More »Arizona cryonics facility preserves bodies to revive later
16-10-2022 PHOENIX: Time and death are “on pause” for some people in Scottsdale, Arizona. Inside tanks filled with liquid nitrogen are the bodies and heads of 199 humans who opted to be cryopreserved in hopes of being revived in the future when science has advanced beyond what it is capable …
Read More »Communist Party Congress-2022 begins in China
16-10-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ KARACHI/ NEW DELHI: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is holding the most important event on its political calendar. On Sunday, some 2,300 delegates from across China will gather at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People for a week-long congress to …
Read More »11 killed in shooting at Russia’s military base
16-10-2022 MOSCOW: Gunmen have opened fire at a Russian military training ground near Ukraine, killing at least 11 people and wounding 15 others, according to Russia’s Defence Ministry. The ministry said the “terrorist” attack took place on Saturday in the southwestern Belgorod region that borders Ukraine. It said the two …
Read More »TWO FOREIGNERS HELD FOR CHEATING WOMEN THRU INSTAGRAM FRIENDSHIP
Hyderabad, Oct.15 (PMI): Cyber Crime Police have arrested two foreign nationals named Allote Peter alias Chibuza of Ghana and Romance Joshua of Nigeria involved in Instagram friendship. Based on a complaint filed by a woman victim from Begumpet, a case in Cr. No 844/2022 was registered. Police said Oscar Leone …
Read More »INTELLIGENCE ALERTS POLICE ON POSSIBLE ATTACKS BY PFI ACTIVISTS
Hyderabad, Oct.15 (PMI): The Telangana police have written to all commissioners against possible PFI attacks on a certain community in the State. It is to note, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has banned the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates for global terror links. MHA declared the Popular …
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