New York/Washington: An American lawmaker will be introducing a bill to “eliminate” the H-1B visa programme and take away the pathway to citizenship that it offers, forcing individuals to “return home” when their visa expires. “My dear fellow Americans, I’m introducing a bill to eliminate the H-1B visa programme, which has been riddled with fraud…
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres here and said he valued the UN chief’s assessment of the current global order and its implications for multilateralism and also thanked him for consistent support for India’s growth. “Good to meet with UNSG @antonioguterres in New York today. Valued his assessment…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday offered tributes to India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary. “Tributes to former Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji on the occasion of his birth anniversary,” Modi said in a post on X. Nehru was born on this date in 1889 in Allahabad in…
Srinagar: The house of Dr Umar Nabi, who drove the explosive-laden car involved in the Delhi blast, has been demolished by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said on Friday. The demolition was carried out during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, they said. The car blast near the Red Fort…
Patna: The ruling NDA was ahead in 111 assembly seats, as compared to 33 of the opposition INDIA bloc, according to trends available on the Election Commission’s website. The BJP was leading in 48 seats, the JD(U) in 44, LJP (Ram Vilas) in 13 and HAM in three. The RJD was leading in 23 seats,…
Dhaka: Bangladesh overnight issued an ordinance in line with the interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus’ proposed referendum on a political charter, drawing immediate rebuttal from jurists who called it “unconstitutional”. President Muhammad Shahabuddin, on late Thursday, signed into ordinance the “July Charter Implementation Order” while the document was drafted by the Yunus-headed National Consensus…
Patna: Elaborate security arrangements have been made for Friday’s counting of votes polled in the Bihar assembly elections, across 46 centres in 38 districts of the state, officials said. Schools in Patna will remain closed on Friday in view of the counting exercise, they said. Bihar had registered a historic voter turnout of 67.13 per…
Jammu: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday called for the strictest punishment against those responsible for the deadly Delhi blast, but cautioned against branding people of Jammu and Kashmir as sympathisers of terrorism. Talking to reporters, Abdullah said the actions of a “handful of people” should not define the vast majority of peace-loving residents of…
Kolkata: The TMC on Thursday tore into the EC and the BJP after UIDAI disclosed that around 32-34 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated in West Bengal, and alleged the figures point to a “silent invisible rigging” designed to erase living voters from the rolls ahead of the assembly elections due next year. The party…
Hyderabad: The Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday came down heavily on the Opposition—particularly the Congress and its allies, along with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)—for their baseless allegations that investigative agencies were “targeting Muslims” in recent terror-related probes. Calling the Opposition’s charge “absurd and irresponsible,” BJP State Chief Spokesperson…
