The Hindu American Foundation has criticised Texas politicians for linking the recent Austin shooting to immigration and skilled worker visas (H1-B), calling the reaction “absurd political theater”.In a post on X, the advocacy group pushed back against attempts to connect the attack to the H-1B visa programme, saying that the gunman was not a visa […]
New Department of Justice documents revealed that Tova Noel, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s prison guards at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, googled the sex predator minutes before he was found dead and made a $5,000 cash deposit 10 days before Epstein’s August 10, 2019, jail-cell suicide.Noel was one of two Metropolitan Correctional Center workers accused of […]
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) allegedly arrested Estefany Rodriguez Flores, a reporter for a Spanish-language news outlet, in Nashville, Tennessee, this week.Rodriguez was arrested during a traffic stop on Wednesday, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Her lawyers called for her to be released immediately, arguing that ICE did not have a warrant for her […]
A week into the US-Israeli war against Iran, US president Donald Trump is facing a growing set of military, economic and political risks that could complicate efforts to convert early battlefield gains into a broader geopolitical victory. Despite major strikes on Iranian forces and the killing of its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the crisis […]
Three men from the Phoenix area have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a scheme that defrauded Amazon of millions of dollars by manipulating the company’s logistics payment system.US authorities said the fraud involved a former Amazon employee who used his knowledge of the company’s internal systems to increase delivery rates for a […]
United States Republican Representative Chip Roy on Saturday asked to “pause immigration” until the H-1B system is revamped. While speaking in the Senate, Roy recalled Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s statement in the House committee and said that the Senate had not passed the “Pausing All Admissions Until Security Ensured (PAUSE) Act,” which […]
A US-based advocacy organisation has launched a new tracker to document a growing wave of “anti-Indian hate” incidents across the United States.The Indian American Advocacy Council (IAAC) has released a report and guide titled “Stop Indian Hate: Hate Incident Tracker & Community Action Guide”, which records verified incidents of online abuse, public harassment and discrimination […]
FILE — Zohran Mamdani with his wife Rama Duwaji (Amir Hamja/The New York Times) New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani responded after a report published claiming that his wife, Rama Duwaji, reportedly liked content celebrating the October 7 attacks. When reporters asked whether it is fair to question his wife’s social media activity after the “Jewish […]
An Indian national identified as Jashanpreet Singh has been arrested in San Diego by officers from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with authorities describing him as a “criminal alien”.The arrest was announced by the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) office in San Diego in a post on X. According to officials, Singh […]
Planning I’tikaf in Qatar? New Ramadan Mosque retreat rules explained Authorities in Qatar have issued new guidelines for Muslims planning to observe the traditional Ramadan mosque retreat, known as I’tikaf. The rules aim to ensure that worshippers can devote themselves to prayer while maintaining order, hygiene and respect inside mosques during the spiritually significant final […]
