Melbourne: At least five Australian universities have placed bans or restrictions on students from some Indian states, amidst a surge in fraudulent applications from South Asia seeking to work – not study – in this country, according to a media report. Australia is on track for its biggest-ever annual intake of Indian students, topping 2019’s…
Kathmandu: Baljeet Kaur, a 27-year-old prominent Indian woman climber was found alive on Tuesday, a day after she went missing near Camp IV of Mt Annapurna while descending from the summit point, an official of the expedition organiser said. An aerial search team located Kaur, who scaled the world’s 10th highest peak without using supplemental oxygen…
London: A number of Indian diaspora organisations in the UK have issued letters objecting to the creation of a new cross-party parliamentary group for British Gujaratis, warning that the move could be “divisive”. The British Gujaratis All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) was registered as a new body with the stated purpose “to ensure that the economic,…
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will probe the case of protests and attempt to vandalise the Indian High Commission in London last month, officials said on Tuesday. The NIA will take over the case from the special cell of the Delhi Police which had registered a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act…
Thiruvananthapuram: The Left-ruled Kerala on Tuesday said it will consider with “utmost seriousness” the proposal by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to pass a resolution in the state Assembly to fix a time limit for Governors to approve bills passed by respective assemblies. This was informed by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan through a…
New Delhi: The dispute panel of the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Monday said the import duties imposed by India on certain informational and technology products violates global trading norms. The ruling followed a dispute filed by the European Union, Japan and Taiwan against these duties in the WTO. “We recommend that India bring…
Prayagraj (UP): A letter by Atiq Ahmad with instructions to send it to the Uttar Pradesh chief minister and the chief justice of India in case of his death is being dispatched to them, the slain gangster-turned-politician’s lawyer said on Tuesday. “That letter in a sealed envelope is neither with me nor sent by me….
Mumbai: Nine people were still undergoing treatment in different hospitals after suffering from sunstroke at a mega award function in Navi Mumbai, a civic official said on Tuesday. Thirteen people had died after attending the event held in Kharghar area of Maharashtra’s Raigad district neighbouring Mumbai on Sunday. The function was held in an open…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on April 24 a plea seeking an independent probe into the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj. The duo were shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as journalists in the middle of a media interaction…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred till April 25 hearing on a batch of pleas challenging scrapping of the four per cent Muslim quota in Karnataka after the state government sought time to file its reply. A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna said the assurance given by the state government on…
