02-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Al Jazeera KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: People across Afghanistan celebrated Eid on Sunday, but for millions of Afghans, it was yet another day of struggle to bring food to the table. More than 90 percent of Afghans have been facing a shortage of food, …

02-05-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies GUWAHATI/ NEW DELHI: India should replace marriage and inheritance laws that are based on religion with a uniform civil code, the chief minister of a northeastern state said on Sunday, taking aim at rules that allow Muslim men, for example, to have four wives. Successive …

02-05-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia will discuss the option of extending the terms of its $3bn deposit in Pakistan’s central bank to help Islamabad’s faltering economy, according to a joint statement. In recent years, Saudi Arabia has provided Pakistan with $4.2bn of support in the form …

02-05-2022 LONDON: A British legislator from the governing Conservative Party resigned after admitting he watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons chamber. Neil Parish, a Member of Parliament since 2010, announced his decision on Saturday after pressure from members of his own party who sought to defuse …

Hyderabad, May 1 (PMI): TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy today said Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was scared of the visit of their party leader Rahul Gandhi to the State. He asked the CM as to why he was obstructing the visit of Rahul Gandhi to the Osmania University. In …

Hyderabad, May 1 (PMI): Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) today rolled out a 24×7 call center at Bus Bhavan to cater to the information needs of passengers, said its Chairman Bajireddy Govardhan, MLA and VC and MD VC Sajjanar.        The Call Center, functioning from May 1, can be …

Hyderabad, May 1 (PMI): Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha today slammed the Modi government for again raising the price of commercial LPG. The price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder was increased by Rs 102.50 on Sunday, which now costs Rs 2,355.50 against the earlier price of Rs 2,253. …

Hyderabad, May 1 (PMI): Union minister G. Kishan Reddy today took part in a meeting of Telugu movie workers. The meeting was held by Telugu film federation. State ministers V. Srinivas Goud, Ch. Malla Reddy, CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka  and Megastar Chiranjeevi took part in the event. Speaking on …

01-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s supreme leader Haibatullah Akhunzada appeared for only the second time since taking control of the Taliban in 2016 to tell worshippers celebrating Eid al-Fitr that the Taliban had achieved freedom and security since seizing power last year. Flanked by security, …

01-05-2022 KYIV: The runway at the main airport in Ukraine’s Odesa has been destroyed in a Russian missile attack, officials said, as Ukrainian forces in the east of the country fought village by village to hold back Moscow’s advance. In a late-night video address on Saturday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy …