New York/Washington: Immigration attorneys and companies are cautioning H-1B visa holders against travelling outside the US amid President Donald Trump's new plan to impose a $100,000 fee on the work visas, with many asking employees to return immediately to America or risk getting stranded. In...
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order entitled ‘The Gold Card', aimed at setting up a new visa pathway for foreigners of extraordinary ability who are committed to supporting the United States. Under the Gold Card programme, signed Friday, individuals who...
Jammu: A soldier, who was critically injured in a gunfight with terrorists, succumbed to his injuries as the Army and police resumed a joint hunt for terrorists in a remote forest area in the higher reaches of the Udhampur district early Saturday, officials said. The...
New Delhi: With the India-US trade talks moving in the right direction, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is expected to visit Washington soon, sources said. The visit comes in the backdrop of recently concluded daylong discussions here between US Chief Negotiator Brendan Lynch and...
Washington: US President Donald Trump said he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at a regional summit to take place at the end of October in South Korea and that he would visit China in the “early part of next year,” following a phone call...
New Delhi: India Friday said it expects Saudi Arabia to keep in mind "mutual interests and sensitivities" in the wake of Riyadh sealing a strategic defence pact with Pakistan. The agreement states that "any aggression against either of the two countries shall be considered as...
Guwahati: Popular singer from Assam Zubeen Garg, best known for his 'Ya Ali' song, died while scuba diving in Singapore Friday, organisers of a festival in the Southeast Asian country said. Garg, 52, is survived by his wife. The singer sustained injuries during scuba diving...
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) Friday said it has de-listed 474 more registered unrecognised political parties for flouting norms, including not contesting elections in the last six years. In the first phase of the exercise, the EC de-listed 334 registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs)...
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi’s close aide and Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) chief Sam Pitroda sparked a controversy Friday, over finding ‘striking similarity’ between people of India and neighbouring nations, including Pakistan and Bangladesh and also advocating for ‘neighbourhood diplomacy’ with trouble-torn nations, including Nepal. Pitroda,...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea by activist and poet P Varavara Rao, an accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence in Maharashtra, seeking modification of his bail condition. Rao has sought modification of the condition, which required him to...
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s second visit to India has ruffled quite a few feathers in New Delhi....
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By Aakar Patel The three democratic tools available to us are the vote, the court and protest. The only one...
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By Dilip Cherian Appointing Gaurav Yadav as regular Director General of Police in Punjab settles a question that should never...
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Defeat in Ayodhya in 2024, where the Ram temple was built with much pomp, appears to have deeply shaken the...
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