- World
Full implications being studied: India on restrictions on H-1B visas
New Delhi: India on Saturday said the Trump administration’s new restrictions on H1B visa programme are likely to have humanitarian consequences and hoped that the “disruptions” would be addressed suitably by the…
- Delhi
Delhi HC acquits rape accused, says ‘victim’ consciously consented
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has acquitted a rape accused, saying the alleged victim had “consciously consented” for having physical relations with him and her consent was not on account of…
- India
Gujarat: Woman forced to dip hands in boiling oil to prove fidelity
Mehsana: A 30-year-old woman in Gujarat’s Mehsana district suffered severe burn injuries after her sister-in-law and three others allegedly forced her to dip her hands in a pot of boiling oil to…
- Hyderabad
US H-1B visa fee hike shows Centre’s ‘failure’ says Asadussin Owaisi
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday lashed out at the Centre over the steep hike in US H1B visa fee, saying it is a “failure” of the union government that if…
- India
Gurugram: VHP calls for closure of meat, fish shops for Navratri
Gurugram: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Gurugram, has submitted a memorandum to the deputy commissioner requesting that all meat and fish shops operating in the district be closed immediately ahead of Navratri…
- India
Maharashtra: VHP issues diktat for garba; entry based on Aadhaar details
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Saturday, September 20, said only Hindus should be given entry to ‘garba’ events marking Navratri and advised organisers to check the Aadhaar card of entrants for…
- Business
Amid H-1B visa hike, Nasscom urges workers to return within 24 hours
New Delhi: Nasscom has urged its member companies to urgently get their H-1B employees who are currently outside America, to return to the US, amid the tight one-day countdown to visa fee…
- Business
Amul slashes dairy prices; butter, ghee, cheese to be cheaper from Sept 22
New Delhi: Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets dairy items under the Amul brand, on Saturday, September 20, announced the reduction of retail prices of more than 700 product packs,…
- India
Bullet train to multiply India’s economy, claims Vaishnaw; first phase to start in 2027
Mumbai: The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project will act as a “multiplier” for India’s economy the way it did when the high speed service was first introduced more than six decades ago in…
- India
Social media post triggers communal violence in Gujarat; over 50 detained
Vadodara: Police detained around 50 people in Vadodara city of Gujarat on Saturday, September 20, following late-night rioting over a social media post in the Junigadhi area, officials said. A few people,…
- Business
H-1B visa fee hike: Uncertainty looms over Indian IT sector, flags Nasscom
New Delhi: Industry body Nasscom on Saturday said the US’s move to raise H-1B visa application fee to USD 100,000 will impact India’s technology services companies, as business continuity will be disrupted…
- India
‘Tamil Nadu govt restraining my movements’: TVK chief Vijay
Tamil Nadu: Actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) founder Vijay, on Saturday, lashed out at the ruling DMK dispensation for allegedly imposing numerous conditions for his political meetings and asked if the…
- Telangana
CM Revanth assures improved infra, staff recruitment in Telangana courts
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday assured High Court Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh that the state government would provide infrastructure facilities in courts and take up recruitment of…
- World
Thousands evacuated in Hong Kong after discovery of large WWII-era bomb
Hong Kong: Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in Hong Kong overnight so experts could defuse a large US-made bomb left over from World War II that was discovered at…
- India
‘Beggar cannot pay maintenance’: Kerala HC rejects wife’s plea
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has observed that it cannot accept multiple marriages of a Muslim man when he has no capacity to maintain his wives, and one of them approaches the…
