18-03-2022 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Islamic Emirate (Taliban) established a commission to pave the way for the return of the Afghan political leaders who left the country after the Islamic Emirate swept into power in mid-August. It is called the “Commission Ertibatat Ba Shaksiat Hai Afghan Wa Awdat Anan,” …

18-03-2022 DUBAI/ TEHRAN: A cargo ship named Al Salmy 6 belonging to the United Arab Emirates capsized with 30 crew aboard and sank off the coast of Iran, due to rough and stormy weather in the Persian Gulf. According to Captain Nizar Qaddoura, operations manager of the Salem Al Makrani …

17-03-2022 SANA’A/ RIYADH: Yemeni security forces foiled a terror plot hatched by Saudi Arabia’s spy agencies to threaten security and stability in the capital Sana’a, as Riyadh and its allies maintain a deadly war and blockade against Yemen. The Saudi General Intelligence Presidency (GIP), according to Yemen’s official Saba news …

17-03-2022 TEHRAN: Two detained British-Iranians, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, have left Iran after lengthy prison terms, and third, Morad Tahbaz, has been released from prison on furlough. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed the development on Wednesday after the Iranian media said the British …

17-03-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MAHARASHTRA: Almas, a hijab-wearing Muslim student in India, said she would rather not go to college than go without hijab, reported NDTV’s Reality Check. She is one of the students who protested in court against the government’s ban on hijab by the Karnataka High Court. …

17-03-2022 KYIV/LVIV/ MOSCOW: Russia and Ukraine both emphasised new-found scope for compromise on Wednesday as peace talks were set to resume three weeks into a Russian assault that has so far failed to topple the Ukrainian government. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the talks were becoming “more realistic”, while Russian …

‘We removed the jhoomar (chandelier) as the pieces of mirror started falling’ SERISH NANISETTI HYDERABAD The decorative mirror work on the ceiling if Maula Ali Dargah is crumbling as the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) continues to build a ramp to take pilgrims up the hillock. The recent observance of …

Hyderabad, March 16 (PMI): The OBC Morcha of BJP today lashed out at the state government and criticised that the just concluded assembly session was held as the meetings of the ruling TRS party, congress and the AIMIM party. The National president of the OBC Morcha Dr. K. Laxman alleged …

Hyderabad, March 16 (PMI): Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development K Taraka Ramarao today called upon the people to join hands for development of Greater Hyderabad city. He said, “Let us the corporators of ruling party and BJP compete for development of the metropolitan city.” Stating that politics should …

Hyderabad, March 16 (PMI): The Cyberabad police stepped up its drive against Ganja trade under Cyberabad Commissionerate limits. Continuous raids are being conducted on a daily basis. Bulk buyers, local retailers and drug transporters are on police radar in order to curb Ganja peddling and usage. From March 10 to March …