09-12-2024 Lawmakers in South Korea have narrowly failed to impeach the nation’s president over his short-lived attempt to declare martial law. A bill to censure Yoon Suk Yeol fell five votes short of the 200 needed to pass, with many members of parliament in the ruling People Power Party (PPP) …

09-12-2024 BERLIN: The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has named party leader Alice Weidel as its first chancellor nominee, before snap elections expected in February next year. The Chinese-speaking Weidel accepted the nomination on Saturday, saying her anti-immigration, eurosceptic party wants Germany to be “at the top again worldwide”. The …

Hyderabad, Dec.8 (Shoukat-PMI)): Sree Bala Devi, DCP, Cyber Crime today flagged off the Finrun, India’s first Cyber crimes awareness run – 5K & 10K run at Gachibowli here. The Finrun is organised with a mission to raise awareness about the growing threat of cyber crimes and promote collective efforts to combat them. The event was …

Hyderabad’8 Dec’2024: Union Minister and Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy, along with his family, performed the Ayyappa Maha Padi Puja at the Kesava Memorial Engineering College premises in Narayanaguda on Sunda The grand ceremony witnessed a significant turnout of devotees chanting “Ayyappa Sharanu Ghosh” in reference to Lord Ayyappa. …

Hyderabad, Dec.8 (PMI): The President of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC), Mahesh Kumar Goud, has urged Congress leaders to attend in large numbers in the inauguration ceremony of the Telangana Talli statue, taking place at the Secretariat on Monday evening.             As part of the Praja Palana Vijayotsavalu festivities …

08-12-2024 DAMASCUS: Rebel fighters declared the Syrian capital of Damascus “liberated” in a televised statement carried on state television on Sunday. “Damascus has been liberated and the tyrant Bashar al-Assad has been overthrown, and oppressed prisoners in regime prisons have been released,” a spokesperson said reading from a statement surrounded …

08-12-2024 TBILISI: Georgia’s capital Tbilisi has resounded with the crackle of fireworks late into the night for the past week their eruptions becoming a symbol of the large pro-EU protests that have plunged the South Caucasus country into crisis. With riot police using water cannon, tear gas and mass arrests …

08-12-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the State Department and “deep state” elements in the US of trying to destabilize India in conjunction with a group of investigative journalists and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi. The accusation comes as a surprise …

08-12-2024 DOHA/ WASHINGTON: Qatar is engaging with the incoming Trump administration on Gaza after sensing fresh momentum for ceasefire talks following the US election, Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Saturday. The war in Gaza has been raging for over 14 months, …

08-12-2024 ACCRA: Election Day has arrived in Ghana, where a debt crisis and high living costs mean the economy is uppermost in the minds of many voters. The West African nation is guaranteed a new president as Nana Akufo-Addo steps down after reaching the official limit of two terms in …