51 dead in Nepal as villages swept away by rain, landslides

Members of Nepal army help people retrieve their belongings from a flooded street in Kathmandu KATHMANDU: Landslides, a lighting strike and floods triggered by heavy rainfall killed at least 44 people in Nepal on Sunday, with five others reported missing, authorities said. Those killed included at least 37 people in the eastern mountain district of […]

Ahead of talks, Hamas calls for swift hostage-prisoner exchange

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in Ankara, Turkiye on Sunday Cairo: Hamas on Sunday called for a swift start to a hostage-prisoner exchange with Israel, as negotiators from both sides prepared to meet in Egypt for crucial talks aimed at ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza. Foreign ministers of several countries, including Egypt, said the talks […]

Watch: Trump’s ‘YMCA’ dance moves at US Navy’s 250th anniversary event steal the show; crowd goes wild

Shutdown or not, the show goes on — and so does the Trump dance. In Norfolk, Virginia, the Navy’s 250th anniversary bash turned into a spectacle Sunday when US President Donald Trump capped his speech with his trademark moves to ‘YMCA,’ sending a crowd of 10,000 roaring with delight.The shutdown has resulted in thousands of […]

Motel owner shot in the head in Pittsburg: ‘Are you alright?’ he asked the shooter

A motel owner was killed and a woman and a police were shot by a gunman in Pittsburgh. A 51-year-old motel owner in Robinson was shot in the head when he stepped outside of his motel to check on a dispute reportedly going on at the parking lot. Police identified the motel owner as Rakesh […]

‘Economy is like baking, H-1B is key ingredient’: Expert says US will have to import ‘cake’ or ‘use inferior recipe’

Economist Justin Wolfers said H-1B is a main ingredient required to bake economy cake in the US. Australian economist Justin Wolfers, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan, came under MAGA fire as he has been speaking in support of the H-1B visa program that allows US companies to hire skilled workers from […]

‘Breathtaking abuse of power’: Newsom slams Donald Trump for deploying 300 California National Guard troops to Oregon; vows legal action

File photo: California Governor Gavin Newsom (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of 300 California National Guard members to Oregon, a move that Governor Gavin Newsom condemned as “a breathtaking abuse of the law and power.” The deployment comes just a day after a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration’s […]

No guarantee you will return: US rejects Indian student’s visa plea, cites no strong tie to home country

An Indian student was rejected for a US visa and the rejection letter claimed that he did not have enough strong tie that would compel him to return to India after his stay in the US. An Indian student recently received a visa rejection letter from the US that said they were not convinced that […]

47,000 foreign students may now be in Canada illegally, says IRCC; ‘India one of the top countries’

IRCC says 47,000 foreign students may now be in Canada illegally. Canada has as many as 47,000 foreign students who are at present in the country illegally, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada revealed at a House of Commons committee. They entered the country as students but then they may have violated their terms of […]

‘His bravery should not be forgotten’: Suchir Balaji’s father starts petition to rename AI Act after dead son

Suchir Balaji’s parents start petition to rename AI Act after their son. Suchir Balaji’s father has started a petition to rename SB 53 which is California’s Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, to ‘Suchir Balaji Whistleblower Act’. Balaji Ramamurthy said Suchir stood up against a giant corporation and renaming the Act after Suchir will serve […]

‘Incredible Indian American community’: US Senator condemns Florida leader’s racist comment amid H-1B row

Florida’s Palm Bay councilman Chandler Langevin has come under fire for his anti-India comments. As Florida’s Palm Bay Council is up in arms against councilman Chandler Langevin and calling him a cancer which should be removed immediately after he attacked the Indian-American community, several politicians came forward to condemn Langevin’s racism. Republican Senator and former […]