Indians continue their hold on H-1B visas

Washington (IANS) Indians cornered nearly three-fourths of H-1B visas issued by the US to speciality foreign workers in 2021, continuing their stranglehold on this highly sought after professional ticket to work, live and, finally, settle down in…

Karauli violence: The woman who saved 15 men from angry mob

Jaipur (IANS) This is the story of Madhulika Singh, a single mother of two children who saved at least 15 men -- most from another community, from an enraged mob that had come to attack them during the violence earlier this month in Rajasthan's…

Another Trinamool MP contradicts Mamata's comments on Hanskhali minor rape

Kolkata (IANS) After Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, another senior party leader Saugata Roy on Thursday contradicted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's statement on a Hanskhali minor's rape and death case.

Three-time…

Contractor's death: K'taka Cong leaders arrested while marching towards CM's residence

Bengaluru (IANS) Karnataka Congress leaders were on Thursday stopped and detained when they were marching towards Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's residence demanding sacking of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K.S. Eshwarappa in…

IMD says SouthWest Monsoon to be normal

New Delhi (IANS) India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday announced that the SouthWest Monsoon rainfall over the country as a whole is most likely to be normal; quantitatively it is likely to be 99 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA).

Cow vigilantes brutally thrash 5 in Delhi, 1 dies

New Delhi (IANS) A group of men brutally thrashed five persons in the national capital for allegedly slaughtering cows, leading to the death of one person who succumbed to his injuries.

The deceased, identified as Raja Ram (40), was the caretaker…

India, US agree to launch defence supply chain for priority needs

New York (IANS) India and the US have agreed to launch defence supply chain cooperation to quickly meet each other's priority needs, according to Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Unveiling several defence initiatives between India and the…

2+2 focuses on meeting food shortage fallout from Ukraine invasion

New York (IANS) While differences on the degree of reaction to Russia's invasion remained, India and the US focused at their dialogue of diplomatic and defence leaders on meeting what could turn out to be its catastrophic fallout: Food shortages…

Guard your lemons, thieves steal 60kg in UP's Shahjahanpur

Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Anything that is valuable is a thief's delight. And with the prices of lemon skyrocketing in the market, thieves in Shahjahanpur stole 60 kilograms of lemon stored in a vegetable trader's godown.

The…

AICTE urges institutions to consider admitting Indian students returned from Ukraine

New Delhi (IANS) The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has asked technical institutions across the country to consider admitting students who have to leave their studies in the middle due to the Russia-Ukraine war.

There were…