Hyderabad, December 23 (Shoukat-PMI): Hyderabad Commissioner of Police Shri V.C. Sajjanar, IPS, on Tuesday issued a stern warning to New Year revellers, stating that crossing legal limits in the name of celebrations would invite stringent action. He announced that special enforcement drives against drunk driving will begin across the city …

Hyderabad, December 23 (PMI): The Deputy Commissioner of Police, North Zone, Ms. S. Rashmi Perumal, IPS, held a meeting with members of the transgender community at the DCP North Zone office on Tuesday. About 25 transgender persons residing and operating within the North Zone limits attended the meeting. During the …

24-12-2025 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has sparked a renewed disagreement with Denmark after appointing a special envoy to Greenland, the Arctic island he has said he would like to annex. Trump announced on Sunday that Jeff Landry, the Republican governor of Louisiana, would become the US’s special envoy to Greenland, a …

24-12-2025 WELLINGTON: New Zealand and India have concluded a Free Trade Agreement,  offering New Zealanders unprecedented access to 1.4 billion Indian consumers, Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay announced Monday. This historic Agreement eliminates and reduces tariffs on 95 percent of New Zealand’s exports among the highest of any Indian FTA with almost 57 percent being duty-free from day …

24-12-2025 CANBERRA: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologized to the Jewish community over last week’s Bondi Beach attack, which killed 15 people at a Hanukkah ceremony, and called for stricter laws against hate speech and hardline violence. Speaking on Monday, a week after Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in decades …

24-12-2025 TOKYO: Japan is set to resume operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant; Kashiwazaki-Kariwa. The partial restart of the plant got the green light in a vote on Monday by the Niigata local government. Japan has reopened several nuclear facilities as it seeks to reduce emissions, reversing policy …

24-12-2025 JERUSALEM: The news that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be heading the inquiry into his own government’s failings ahead of the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, has drawn sharp criticism from many across Israel. Calls for a state commission of inquiry, to be led by a sitting …

24-12-2025 MOSCOW: A Russian general has been killed in a car bombing in Moscow, officials have said. Russia’s Investigative Committee said Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov died on Monday morning after an explosive device planted under a car detonated. Sarvarov, 56, was the head of the armed forces’ operational training department, …

24-12-2025 KUALA LUMPUR: Thailand and Cambodia agreed to hold a meeting of defence officials towards resuming a months-old ceasefire, as fierce border fighting between them entered a third week with at least 80 people killed so far. The decision was taken on Monday during a special meeting in Kuala Lumpur …

New Delhi, Dec 23(PMI) Hundreds of supporters of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bsion in Delhiajrang Dal staged a protest near the heavily fortified Bangladesh High Commission on Tuesday, condemning the alleged lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh. The demonstration turned tense as protesters broke through barricades and clashed …