03-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India collected 1.96 trillion rupees ($22.3 billion) in gross goods and services taxes in October, about 5% more than the same month last year, the government said a statement on Saturday. After refunds, the government’s net tax collections were 1.69 trillion rupees, or 0.6% more …

03-11-2025 KHARTOUM: Starved and abused civilians have recounted harrowing stories after fleeing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in western Sudan’s Darfur, while thousands more remain missing. The capital of North Darfur state was the last Sudanese army stronghold in the vast region before falling to the RSF after 18 months …

03-11-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump will host Syria’s interim leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, for talks on November 10, according to Washington’s envoy to Damascus, in what would mark the first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the US capital. Tom Barrack, the US envoy to Syria, told the Axios …

03-11-2025 KYIV: Ukraine has deployed Special Forces to the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk, the country’s top military commander said, as Kyiv seeks to maintain control of the area amid an intense Russian offensive. Russia has been trying to capture Pokrovsk, dubbed “the gateway to Donetsk”, since mid-2024 in its …

03-11-2025 JERUSALEM: The Israeli military’s top lawyer, Major-General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, has resigned after admitting to leaking footage showing the gang rape of a prisoner at the Sde Teiman prison facility in August last year. The video of the rape had originally been leaked to the press in early August in …

Telangana Ranks Second in Crimes Against Women, Says NCRB Report 2023 Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenses Surge in Telangana; Hyderabad Among Top Metros Women’s Safety Concerns Deepen as Telangana Reports Sharp Rise in Crimes NCRB Data Reveals 7% Increase in Crimes Against Women in Telangana Experts Call for Stronger Action …

Kothagudem, Nov. 2 (Staff Reporter Vijaya Laxmi-PMI): High tension gripped Manugur town on Sunday after a large group of Congress workers attacked the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) office, vandalized property, and set furniture on fire. According to reports, nearly 1,000 Congress leaders and activists reached the BRS office, assaulted party workers, …

NEW DELHI: Nov 2(PMI)The national capital woke up to choking air on Sunday as its air quality slipped deeper into the ‘very poor’ category, primarily due to weak wind conditions that restricted the dispersal of pollutants, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Data from the CPCB showed Delhi’s …

02-11-2025 KINGSTON: At least 19 people have died in Jamaica as a result of Hurricane Melissa, Information Minister Dana Morris Dixon says, as search and rescue efforts continue and authorities try to get aid to hard-hit areas. The hurricane, one of the most powerful to strike the Caribbean, also killed …

02-11-2025 OTTAWA/ BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping met with Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday, with the leaders vowing to advance bilateral relations and Carney accepting Xi’s invitation to visit China. They held a summit on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Gyeongju, South Korea, …