Hyderabad, Dec.1 (PMI): The ACB raids at the house of Nikesh Kumar, assistant executive engineer of the Irrigation department in the Peerancheruvu in Gandipet mandal, have come to an end. He was taken into custody by the authorities and arrested again in a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case for possessing more …
Read More »Kishan Reddy releases charge-sheet against Congress fraud of six guarantees & lies
Hyderabad, Dec.1 (PMI): The Telangana BJP has released a charge sheet against the Congress’ one-year rule in Telangana State in the name of “The fraud of Congress guarantees’ six lies and 66 frauds. Union Minister and State BJP president G Kishan Reddy released the charge sheet along with BJP leaders …
Read More »CM Revanth announces implementation of Rythu Bharosa after the Sankranti festival
Hyderabad, Dec.1 (PMI): Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to farmers by announcing the disbursement of Rythu Bharosa funds after the Sankranti festival. Speaking to the media at his residence here on Sunday, the Chief Minister assured farmers of continued support through the Rs.500 bonus for …
Read More »Women and children scavenge for food in Gaza: UN
01-12-2024 GENEVA: Large groups of women and children are scavenging for food among mounds of trash in parts of the Gaza Strip, a UN official said on Friday following a visit to the Palestinian enclave. Ajith Sunghay, head of the UN Human Rights office for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, expressed …
Read More »Pressure on central bank because India’s economy slows
01-12-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s economic growth slowed much more than expected in the third quarter, hampered by weaker expansions in manufacturing and consumption, likely adding pressure on the central bank for interest rate cuts. Gross domestic output, opens new tab in the world’s fifth-biggest economy rose by 5.4% …
Read More »Chad ends military cooperation with France
01-12-2024 N’DJAMENA: Chad has said it is ending its defence cooperation agreement with former colonial power France, a move that will require French soldiers to leave the Central African country. Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah called France “an essential partner” but said it “must now also consider that Chad has grown …
Read More »Israeli attacks kill 100s as ‘catastrophic’ hunger grips Gaza
01-12-2024 GAZA CITY: Almost 100 Palestinians have been reported killed in Israeli attacks in northern Gaza over the past 24 hours, including 75 killed in air strikes on two homes in the north’s Beit Lahiya. Hunger and suffering among Palestinians in Gaza have reached “catastrophic” levels, the besieged territory’s Government …
Read More »Sweden asks China to co-operate over severed cables
01-12-2024 STOCKHOLM: Sweden has formally asked China to co-operate with an investigation into damage to two cables in the Baltic Sea after a Chinese ship was linked to the incidents. The cables one linking Sweden to Lithuania and the other between Finland and Germany were damaged in Swedish territorial waters …
Read More »Crypto entrepreneur eats banana artwork bought for $6.2m
01-12-2024 NEW YORK: A Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur has followed through on his promise to eat the banana from a $6.2m (£4.9m) artwork he bought last week. Justin Sun outbid six others to claim Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous 2019 work Comedian, a banana duct-taped to a wall at Sotheby’s auction house in …
Read More »1000s return to streets of Georgia after gov’t suspends EU bid
01-12-2024 TBILISI: Thousands of protesters have returned to the streets of Tbilisi to protest against the government’s decision to suspend accession talks with the European Union. Demonstrators were seen shouting “traitors” and holding photographs of journalists who they say were beaten by police in Thursday night’s protests. For the second …
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