Chip Roy has proposed a new bill against H-1B visa program Republican Chip Roy, Texas Rep, has brought a new bill to end the H-1B visa abuses, calling it the American White-Collar Worker Jobs Act. “It’s time to end this lottery-based pipeline and replace it with a system that prioritizes merit, enforces real wage standards,…
NEW DELHI: An Indian national was killed in an attack on a power and water desalination plant in Kuwait, taking the toll of Indians killed in the ongoing war in West Asia to eight.“Embassy of India in Kuwait expresses its condolences at the tragic demise of an Indian national due to an attack on a…
NEW DELHI: The just-concluded Rajya Sabha election has done more than reshuffle numbers in the Upper House – it has once again exposed the widening divide within the opposition’s INDIA (Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance) bloc. What was stitched together as a united opposition front, led by Congress, against the BJP ahead of the 2024…
A man living in Florida has been stripped of his United States citizenship after being convicted in a multi-million dollar Covid-19 fraud case, according to a federal court ruling.The decision was issued by a US judge who found that the man, 25-year-old Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint, had obtained his citizenship unlawfully and later took part…
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on Saturday dismissed claims of the Tamil film, ‘Jana Nayagan’, being leaked from its system as “baseless and misleading”, asserting that its certification process follows a secure, access-controlled protocol. The clarification comes over the film’s alleged online leak in high-definition format, which has triggered outrage.Explaining its…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is exploring a path towards a resumption of stalled US-Iran talks over ending their nearly five-month-old war, three Pakistani sources said, following a push initiated by China. Exploratory discussions took place during a visit by Iran’s interior minister Eskandar Momeni to Islamabad this week – his second within the last 10 days, the…
A popular piece of Bollywood trivia, revisited over the years by Aamir Khan, reveals that ‘Teesri Manzil’ almost had a completely different leading man. What eventually became one of Shammi Kapoor’s most iconic films was initially planned with Dev Anand in the lead. However, an unexpected clash involving filmmaker Nasir Hussain led to a dramatic…
A concert by the US rapper Kanye West, who was supposed to perform on July 18 in Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, has been banned on public safety grounds, the authorities said. Kanye West gig banned in Italy The prefect of the province, Salvatore Angieri, said the decision was made following requests from bodies including…
CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das claims police action at his home in Puducherry NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Saurav Das on Wednesday alleged that Puducherry Police officials visited his family home and subjected his family members to questioning, claiming that the action was aimed at intimidating him into silence.In a post on X,…
Shekhar Suman voiced support for Sonam Wangchuk, hospitalised after his 20-day hunger strike over Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation demand, calling him “the one truly alive” amid government silence. Suman had earlier criticised the government too. Cockroach Janata Party’s Abhijit Dipke also began an indefinite hunger strike in solidarity with Wangchuk. Shekhar Suman has extended…