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New York/Washington: The Trump administration is planning to change the H1B programme, the most sought-after non-immigrant visa among Indian IT professionals, and also bring changes to the Green Card process, US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has said. “I'm involved in changing the H1B programme....

New York/Washington: A shooter who opened fire at a Minneapolis Catholic School, killing two children, had ‘Nuke India' written on one of the guns, according to video footage of the alleged arsenal used by him. The shooter, identified as Robin Westman, 23, from Minnesota, opened...

Raipur: Four Maoists, including three women, were neutralised by security forces Wednesday near the Gadchiroli-Narayanpur (Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh) border, following a prolonged operation that lasted nearly eight hours. Acting on intelligence inputs about Maoist presence in Koparshi village close to the Chhattisgarh border, the C-60 unit of...

Noida: In a fresh twist to the high-profile Greater Noida dowry death case, Nikki Bhati's sister-in-law, Meenakshi, has alleged that she was physically assaulted and humiliated by Nikki's family members over dowry demands. Meenakshi said she got married to Nikki's elder brother Rohit in 2016...

Jammu: After record rains wreaked havoc in Jammu and Kashmir over the past two days, the death toll in related incidents rose to 36, most of them victims of the landslide on a Vaishno Devi pilgrimage route, while there was some let-up in the showers...

Chandigarh: The historic Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara, one of the holiest shrines believed to be the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh religion, has been partially submerged by floodwater of the Ravi river, reports said Wednesday. The gurdwara in Pakistan's...

New Delhi: India has issued fresh alerts to Pakistan about the "high probability" of flooding in the Tawi river, with incessant rainfall in the northern states forcing the release of excess water from major dams, sources said Wednesday. The alerts, routed to Islamabad through the...

New Delhi: India Wednesday described as "shocking" and "deeply regrettable" the killing of five journalists in a pair of Israeli strike in Gaza. The journalists were among at least 20 people killed in the strikes on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis Monday. "The killing of...

Jammu: At least 30 people were killed and 14 others were injured after a landslide hit the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine route in J&K’s Reasi district, even as the water level in all the rivers of Jammu division and the Jhelum River in Kashmir...

New York: Even as he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “a very terrific man”, US President Donald Trump stuck to his threats of “a very strong tariff system” against anyone over the Ukraine-Russia war, and gave an embellished narrative of his role in ending...