Hyderabad, Feb.10 (PMI): Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar today held a coordination meeting with the officials of various Heads of the department at BRKR Bhavan in connection with the arrangements to be made for the President’s visit to Muchintal on February 13.       The Chief Secretary directed the officials to work in coordination to make the …

10-02-2022 OTTAWA: Two of the world’s biggest carmakers, Ford and Toyota, say production is being disrupted by trucker protests in Canada. Plants have been forced to shut because car parts are being held up at two US border points blocked by truckers protesting against a vaccine mandate. Canada’s Transport Minister, …

10-02-2022 MOSCOW/ MINSK: Russia and Belarus have started 10 days of joint military drills amid ongoing fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Belarus is a close ally of Russia and has a long border with Ukraine. France called the drills – believed to be Russia’s biggest deployment to Belarus …

10-02-2022 TRIPOLI: Gunmen have attacked Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah’s convoy in the capital, Tripoli, according to sources, hours before the eastern-based parliament is due to convene to elect a new prime minister. The attack took place early on Thursday as the interim leader was returning home, the sources told …

10-02-2022 By SJA Jafri + BBC CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: As Press Media of India (PMI) and Messenger have been flashing that thousands of anti-religious activists, so-called liberal and secular characters, modern and ultra-modern ‘burgers’, different types of fake Christian and Jewish sects, anti-Islamic especially anti-Shia elements, Daesh/ ISIS/ ISIL, Taliban and …

10-02-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s conglomerate Adani Group founder and Chairman Gautam Adani has surpassed Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries Ltd to become the richest person in Asia, The News reported, citing the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index stats. Gautam Adani is now one of the top 10 wealthiest people …

10-02-2022 OTTAWA: Canada’s Saskatchewan province announced Tuesday the lifting of all COVID restrictions including wearing of masks and proof of vaccination for indoor dining as truckers continued occupying Ottawa with similar demands. Alberta was expected to soon follow suit despite some pushback from doctors and nurses while Quebec announced it …

10-02-2022 PARIS/ KYIV: French President Emmanuel Macron, the first leader of a major Western power to meet Vladimir Putin since Russia massed troops near Ukraine, said on Tuesday he believed steps can be taken to de-escalate the crisis and called on all sides to stay calm. Macron, who in contrast …

Hyderabad/Warangal Feb 9 (PMI): Amid the demonetization in the year 2016 several fake currency rackets have been coming into the play where central and state agencies are working hard to stop this and many apprehensions have also happened in the past related to fake currencies. Recently a gang of four …

09-02-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies KARNATAKA/ NEW DELHI: A video posted on Twitter showing a hijab-wearing Muslim student being heckled by a Hindu far-right mob at a college in Karnataka state has caused outrage amid intensifying protests over ban on Islamic headscarves in the southern state. Muskan Khan was surrounded …