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Bill to reform H-1B and L-1 visa programme introduced in US Senate
Washington: A group of influential lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan legislation in the US Senate to comprehensively overhaul the H-1B and L-1 visa programmes and usher in more transparency in the recruitment…
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Humza Yousaf officially elected as Scotland’s new First Minister
Edinburg: Humza Yousaf has been officially elected as Scotland’s sixth First Ministe, with a majority of 71 out of 128 votes in Parliament. The 37-year-old is Scotland’s youngest-ever head of government, first…
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Will not challenge verdict now: Umesh Pal’s widow
Prayagraj: Slain Umesh Pal’s widow, Jaya Pal, has said that she hoped for capital punishment for mafia don Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf but added that she will not challenge the…
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Process of govt change in Maha was set in motion on Fadnavis’s instructions, claims Tanaji
Aurangabad: The process to effect a change of government in Maharashtra started on the instructions of BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, Health Minister Tanaji Sawant has claimed. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government…
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Motive still unclear in Nashville school shooting
Washington: Police said that they have yet to determine a motive in the Nashville, Tennessee, elementary school shooting. “This school, this church building, was a target of the shooter,” Nashville police spokesman…
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Massive search ops in Hoshiarpur after some suspects abandon car
Hoshiarpur: In the wake of the Punjab Police being on high alert after radical preacher Amritpal Singh escaped its dragnet, a massive search operation was launched in a Hoshiarpur village late on…
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Election Commission to announce Karnataka Assembly elections schedule today
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India will announce the schedule of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka slated this year at 11:30 am on Wednesday, the ECI said.…
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Bihar woman teacher found taking salary for 5 months while in Gujarat
Patna: A woman assistant teacher in Bihar’s Khagaria district was found taking salary for the past 5 months while staying in Gujarat, an Education Department official said on Tuesday. The incident came…
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UP: ‘I’ll be killed in 2 weeks…’ says Atiq Ahmed’s brother
Bareilly: Uttar Pradesh’s mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s brother Ashraf Ahmed a convict in the Umesh Pal murder case on Tuesday claimed that an officer revealed that he will be killed in two weeks.…
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Christian priest cremated in Indore after all-religion prayers
Indore: 70-year-old Christian priest was cremated in Indore on Tuesday evening after an all-religion prayer meeting. Father Verghese Alengaden, founder of the Universal Solidarity Movement, was cremated at the electric crematorium at…
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SL to sign deal with India to shift to renewable energy for power generation
Colombo: Sri Lanka will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India to promote renewable energy as the Island nation aims to generate 70 per cent of its electricity requirements from renewable…
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Nadda to chair meeting of BJP’s OBC MPs
New Delhi: BJP National President J.P. Nadda will chair a meeting of all the OBC MPs of the party at party headquarters in the national capital on Wednesday. According to a source,…
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Modi surname row: BJP to seek Rahul’s apology during OBC outreach programme
New Delhi: The BJP has decided that the party, during its new outreach programme at village chaupals across the country, will seek an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for “insulting OBCs”.…
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Afghanistan: Earthquake of 4.3 magnitude jolts Kabul
Kabul: An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 struck 85 kilometres East of Kabul in Afghanistan on Wednesday, according to National Center (NCS) for Seismology. Taking to its official Twitter handle, the NCS stated…
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Delhi Police denies permission for Ram Yatra, Ramadan prayers in Jahangirpuri
New Delhi: Delhi Police has denied permission to hold the ‘Shree Ram Bhagwan Pratima Yatra’ on the occasion of Ramnavamiand for praying at a park on Ramadan in the Jahangirpuri area, an…
