New Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron will undertake a three-day visit to India beginning February 17, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Tuesday. Macron will hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, besides attending the AI Impact summit. Both leaders will hold discussions on strengthening bilateral cooperation across a wide spectrum of areas, the MEA...

New York/Washington: A US lawmaker has introduced a bill to end the H-1B visa program, saying corporations have repeatedly abused this system and imported cheaper foreign labour into America. US Representative Greg Steube, a Republican from Florida, introduced the 'Ending Exploitative Imported Labour Exemptions Act or EXILE Act', a bill that would amend the Immigration and Nationality...

Dhenkanal: An elephant killed three women and injured three others while they were collecting firewood in a forest near Patpura village in Dhenkanal district Tuesday, officials said. The deceased were identified as Indumati Pradhan, Tuni Behera and Kuntala Pradhan, all residents of Lochapali village. The condition of the three injured women remains critical. The injured—Rama Dehuri, Rasmita...

New Delhi: The India-US interim trade deal looks more like a "pre-committed purchase agreement" that overturns every principle of reciprocity, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said Tuesday and slammed Union ministers S Jaishankar and Piyush Goyal for playing "ping pong" when questions are posed. Initiating a debate in the Lok Sabha on the Union Budget, Tharoor said the...

New Delhi: Filmmaker duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, better known as Raj & DK, have shared a poster on social media teasing the production of the second season of acclaimed thriller series 'Farzi', featuring Shahid Kapoor. The directors uploaded the poster on their Instagram handle Tuesday, which had "Round 2 in progress. 'Farzi'," written over it....

Pakistan is set to face archrivals India in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 February 15 in Sri Lanka, after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif cleared the men’s team to take the field despite earlier boycott threats. The Pakistan government had previously asked the team not to play India as a show of support for Bangladesh, which was...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday approved a proposal to enhance the salary of contractual AYUSH doctors working under the National Health Mission (NHM) in Odisha, a statement said. The hike ranges from Rs 20,000 to Rs 40,000 per month, depending on their period of service, said the statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO)...

Dhaka:  As a disturbing pattern of violence against minorities continues to mount across Bangladesh, another Hindu man was hacked to death by miscreants inside his business establishment in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh district, local media reported Tuesday. The deceased, identified as 62-year-old Sushen Chandra Sarkar, owned a business establishment named "Ms. Bhai Bhai Enterprises" in Trishal. The...

Bhubaneswar/Angul: Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has directed the state government to constitute a high-level inquiry committee comprising officials from various departments within four weeks to probe the "flawed process" of village relocation in the Satkosia Tiger Reserve in Angul district. Raising serious concerns over alleged violations of various procedural lapses during the relocation process, the Commission,...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty advanced for the third straight session Tuesday driven by firm global cues and optimism over India-US trade agreement, even as investors turned to profit-booking at higher levels. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 208.17 points, or 0.25 per cent, to close at 84,273.92. During the session, the benchmark jumped 417.2 points,...