HyderabadFeb 2 (PMI) As part of intensified measures to prevent harassment of women, the Malkajgiri She Teams arrested 81 persons, including 64 adults and 17 juveniles, during a special anti-harassment drive conducted between January 1 and 15. Police said a total of 97 complaints were received during the period. Of …

Hyderabad, Feb 2 (Raza Nadeem -PMI) In a setback to the Telangana Congress government, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the State’s appeal challenging a High Court order that quashed criminal cases filed against social media activist Shashidhar Goud, popularly known as Nalla Balu. The case pertains to Goud’s arrest …

HyderabadFeb 2 (PMI) A 29-year-old man allegedly died by suicide in Uppal after suffering heavy financial losses in online trading, police said on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Kasoju Ravichandra, a resident of South Swaroopnagar in Uppal and a native of Marutinagar in Achampet, Nagarkurnool district. According to …

JUNAGADH Feb 2 (PMI)The Junagadh district court and the Rajkot collector’s office received bomb threat emails on Monday, triggering security alerts, but the threats were later found to be hoaxes, police officials said. According to Junagadh city Deputy Superintendent of Police Hitesh Dandhaliya, the Registrar of the district court received …

02-02-2026 TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that United States President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Europe stirred tensions by “provoking” people during the recent protests that gripped the country. “They equipped and brought a number of innocent people along with this movement and poured them …

02-02-2026 KHARTOUM: Mohamed Ibrahim, a Sudanese doctor, feared he would not live to see the sun go down. “All around we saw people running and falling to the ground in front of us,” the 28-year-old physician said, according to a report by media on Saturday. Ibrahim was recounting the assault …

02-02-2026 GAZA STRIP: Israel carried out its heaviest airstrikes in Gaza in weeks on Saturday, killing 31 people including three children in attacks on a police station, houses and tents, Palestinian health officials said. The Israeli military said it had targeted commanders and sites belonging to Palestinian militant group Hamas …

02-02-2026 KINSHASA: More than 200 people have been killed in a mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rebel authorities have said. The mine, in the town of Rubaya, gave way on Wednesday due to heavy rains, Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, spokesman for the North Kivu region’s rebel governor, told …

02-02-2026 MINNEAPOLIS: Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Minneapolis and students across the United States staged walkouts on Friday to demand the withdrawal of federal immigration agents from Minnesota following the fatal shootings of two US citizens. Students and teachers abandoned classes from California to New York on …

02-02-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: At an upscale gourmet store in India, guests swirl shot glasses, assess minerality, and debate texture not over wine, but water. Sourced from France, Italy, and India, brands such as Evian, Perrier, San Pellegrino and Aava are part of a growing trend that has transformed …