H-1B visa: Bill introduced seeking exemption for non-US citizens with PhD from American universities
Washington: A bill has been re-introduced in the House of Representatives that seeks exemption for foreign- born persons with an American Ph.D. in science, technology, engineering or mathematics from the limits on the number of employment-based green cards and H-1B...
Burhan Wani successor Sabzar Ahmad Bhat gunned down by Army in Tral, 8 other militants killed in Baramulla
Pulwama: Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sabzar Ahmad Bhat, who succeeded Burhan Wani, was on Saturday killed along with another terrorist in an encounter with security forces in Tral area of Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Soon after the killings, stone-pelting protests have started at...
With 41.7 million followers, Modi becomes most followed world leader on Facebook
New Delhi: In three of the National Democratic Alliance government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the top followed leader on Facebook globally. According to data shared by the social networking giant, Modi's Facebook Page has more followers than Donald Trump...
Tharoor files Rs 2 crore defamation suit against Arnab Goswami, Republic
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today filed a civil defamation suit against Arnab Goswami and newly-launched news channel Republic TV in the Delhi high court claiming damages and compensation of Rs two crore for allegedly making defamatory remarks towards him...
KPS Gill, tough cop who ended Punjab insurgency, dies
New Delhi: KPS Gill, the former Punjab top cop best known for crushing the Sikh militancy in the late eighties and early nineties, died at a hospital in Delhi on Friday after a sudden cardiac arrest due to cardiac arrhythmia....
Aiyar welcomes ‘illiterate’ Anupam Kher’s criticism on Hurriyat meeting
File Pic New Delhi: Taking a dig at Bollywood actor Anupam Kher for criticising his recent meeting with Hurriyat leaders, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday welcomed his disapproval saying that the former lives in a mansion in Bombay...
Arvind Kejriwal removes Ram Jethmalani as his lawyer
New Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal removes Ram Jethmalani as his lawyer, reports a news agency. This comes after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley filed another suit against Kejriwal for remarks made by his lawyer in court. Jethmalani had called Jaitley a...
Indian Army foils attack by Pakistan’s Border Action Team in Kashmir’s Uri, 2 killed
Representational Pic Srinagar: In a significant development, the Indian Army on Friday foiled a major infiltration bid allegedly backed by the Pakistani Border Action Team (BAT) along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir. According...
Environment Ministry bans sale of cattle for slaughter across India
Representational Pic New Delhi: The Environment Ministry has banned cattle slaughter and introduced restrictions on the sale of cattle to prevent their killing. A gazette notification, titled Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017 by the Ministry...
IAF search & rescue team to be airdropped to Sukhoi wreck site
Tezpur: Wreckage of the Sukhoi-30 MKI jet that went missing with two pilots found in a forest around 60 Km from Tezpur, where it lost radar contact with the base. Ground parties standing by to be airdropped to site as...
Rahul Gandhi denied permission to visit violence-hit Saharanpur
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh police on Friday denied permission to Congress vice-President Rahul Gandhi to visit the riot-hit Saharanpur district in western UP. The Gandhi scion was on Saturday scheduled to visit Shabbirpur village, where Dalit houses were torched on...
17 opposition party leaders at Sonia’s lunch meet today
New Delhi: Leaders of 17 political parties in the Opposition are at Congress president Sonia Gandhi's lunch today. They will be discussing the upcoming Presidential elections and the way ahead for the opposition. There will be an informal discussion on a...
21 Lashkar terrorists preparing for ‘big terror attack’ in India; Delhi Police on high alert
Representational Pic New Delhi: A group of 20-21 terrorists of terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) have slipped into India and are preparing to launch a terror attack. According to a news web portal, central intelligence agencies have warned anti-terror units in cities...
Wreckage of Sukhoi aircraft missing in Assam found in forested area
Tezpur: The wreckage of the missing Sukhoi 30 has been found in a heavy forested area north of Tezpur in Assam after it went missing on May 23. No information on the two pilots in the aircraft as yet. The Sukhoi-30...
PM inaugurates India’s longest bridge in across Brahmaputra
PM Modi inaugurated Dhola-Sadia Bridge across the River Brahmaputra in Purana Sadiya, Assam. The DholaSadiya Bridge is now the longest bridge in India. It spans the Lohit River and connects the states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. During his visit to Assam...
Three Pak nationals held in Bengaluru with fake documents
Bengaluru: Three Pakistani nationals, including two women, have been arrested here on charges of entering and staying in the country under false identities since last year, police said today.
Mohammed Shihaba, hailing from Kerala and stated to be in love with...
Everest rescuers retrieve bodies of two Indian climbers
Representational Pic New Delhi: Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of two Indian climbers who died on Mount Everest last year but whose remains could not be moved due to bad weather, an official said today. A team of Nepali climbers retrieved...
EC rejects AAP demand for permission to tamper with EVM motherboard during challenge
New Delhi: The Election Commission today rejected the demand of the Aam Aadmi Party to allow it to tamper with the motherboard of the electronic voting machines during the EVM challenge. The EC said the EVM would lose its originality if...
Unfair to link gau rakshaks to BJP, says Nitin Gadkari
Representational Pic New Delhi: It is unfair to link cow vigilante groups to BJP as the party does not back them, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today as he stoutly defended the government's development agenda. In an interview to a news...
Civilian tied to jeep files complaint against Major Gogoi
Srinagr: Farooq Ahmed Dar, the stone-pelter, who was tied to the bonnet of a jeep by Major Leetul Gogoi, has filed a complaint in the state Human Rights Commission, Jammu and Kashmir against the latter's recommendation for a Commendation Card...
Discussed development issues, not politics, says Mamata after PM meet
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi ahead of the the opposition's brainstorming to decide their candidate for the presidential election. It's also a day when the BJP organised a...
