US firm’s ‘we still sponsor H-1Bs’ hoardings in India grab eyeballs amid $100,000 visa fee row

[ad_1] A US-based AI recruitment firm came to IIT-Delhi for placement and assured the students that they will not hesitate to sponsor H-1Bs because of the $100,000 fee that the Donald Trump administration imposed, so that companies rely on American talent and don’t import foreign skills. The firm’s social media marketing also targeted the H-1B […]

Markram’s Century Helps South Africa Level ODI Series Against India | Udaipur Kiran

[ad_1] Raipur, December 3 – South Africa registered a 4-wicket victory against India in the second ODI match played on Wednesday. With this win, the visiting team has levelled the three-match ODI series 1-1. India had won the first ODI match in Ranchi by 17 runs after losing the Test series 0-2 against South Africa. […]

IndiGo cancellations: DGCA says over 1,200 flights affected; probe under way | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Directorate general of Civil Aviation on Wednesday launched a probe into the disruptions caused in IndiGo’s network.DGCA has asked the airline to report to its headquarters and present the facts leading to the current situation.“The inconvenience caused to passengers is regretted. Travellers are advised to verify flight status through official channels […]

Nick Fuentes wants India added to list of 19 countries facing US immigration and naturalization suspension after DC shooting

[ad_1] Right-wing commentator Nick Fuentes wants to include India in the list of countries from which the US is stopping immigration.Recently, the Trump administration cracked down on 19 countries with a full suspension of immigration and naturalization.These countries include: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, […]

‘Heinous crime shocked our state’: US pressures India to extradite Nazeer Hameed, accused of 2017 double murder; FBI offers $50,000 reward

[ad_1] New Jersey governor Phil Murphy has written to New Delhi seeking the help of the Indian government in the extradition of Nazeer Hameed, an Indian national charged in a double murder a mother and son in 2017. Sasikala Narra and her six-year-old son Anish were killed by the accused Hameed, who used to work […]

‘Humanitarian grounds’: SC allows deported pregnant woman, her child to return from Bangladesh; citizenship still in question | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted the entry of a pregnant woman and her eight-year-old child into India on “humanitarian grounds,” months after the pair had been pushed into Bangladesh.The Supreme Court was hearing the Centre’s challenge to the Calcutta High Court’s September 26 order, which struck down the government’s move to […]

‘No archival evidence’: Congress slams Rajnath Singh’s ‘Nehru wanted to rebuild Babri’ charge; calls it a lie | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Congress has rejected Rajnath Singh’s claim that “Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to build Babri Masjid using public funds, and it was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who opposed it”. The grand old party accused the defence minister of propagating a “lie”, and said they would not let “the legacy of Nehru or Patel to be […]

Bihar: After bagging home department, BJP gets speaker’s post | India News

[ad_1] Bihar CM Nitish Kumar meets newly elected Speaker of Bihar assembly Prem Kumar (ANI photo) PATNA: BJP’s Prem Kumar, who won the Gaya Town assembly seat for a record ninth time in the recent Bihar elections, was unanimously elected assembly speaker on Tuesday, succeeding his party colleague Nand Kishore Yadav.Kumar, 70, was the only […]

Govt softens stand on pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi | India News

[ad_1] DoNER minister Scindia (File photo) NEW DELHI: A day after a furore erupted over its decision to mandate pre-loading of state-run Sanchar Saathi app on all new smartphones, govt Tuesday said users are free to delete the application if they do not want to have it on their devices.Amidst concerns over violation of user […]

Himalayan black bear enters Kashmir University, SKIMS; wildlife dept sets trap cages | India News

[ad_1] SRINAGAR: Over the past four days, a Himalayan black bear has been spotted nearly 10km apart at two premier institutions in Kashmir — University of Kashmir (UoK), Hazratbal, and Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar’s leading tertiary-care hospital — triggering panic. The wildlife department has placed cages at key locations, deployed drones, and […]