Seattle: The city of Seattle has reached a USD 29 million settlement with the family of a 23-year-old graduate student from India who was struck by a speeding police officer as she crossed a street in 2023. Jaahnavi Kandula was hit by Officer Kevin Dave, who was driving as fast as 119 kph in a 40-kph zone...

Dhaka: Voting began Thursday morning in Bangladesh's crucial general election -- the first since the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in massive nationwide protests in August 2024. The voting started in 299 out of 300 parliamentary constituencies across the country from 7:30 am (local time) and will continue until 4:30 pm. The counting of votes is...

New Delhi: Opposition MPs Thursday staged a protest in Parliament House complex over the India-US interim trade deal, accusing the government of surrendering Indian interests. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC general secretaries K C Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh, DMK's TR Baalu, SP's Dharmendra Yadav and Jaya Bachchan, CPI-ML's Sudama Prasad, among others, participated in the protest near...

Washington: A bipartisan group of 100 members of Congress has urged Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to exempt the health care sector from a new $100,000 fee on employers petitioning for H-1B visas, warning it could deepen staffing shortages and limit access to care across the US. In a letter dated February 11, lawmakers said they were...

New Delhi: The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Thursday said markets across the country are open, trade is normal, and all business activities will proceed as usual, amid the ‘Bharat Bandh’ (nationwide strike) call by some trade unions and farmers’ organisations. According to Praveen Khandelwal, National Secretary General, CAIT, all trading and trade-related activities across...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police are preparing to launch a major anti-Maoist operation in the Gandhamardhan hills, a top officer said. ADG (Anti-Naxal Operations) Sanjeeb Panda said a blueprint has been made to arrest or neutralise some red rebels taking shelter in the Gandhamardhan hills that span across Bolangir and Bargarh districts. Additional jawans of the CRPF and the...

New Delhi: India’s trade surplus with the US may cross $90 billion annually after the trade deal, with at least a $45 billion annual additional trade surplus with the US, which is 1.1 per cent of the GDP, and savings of $3 billion in forex reserve, an SBI Research report said Thursday. The trade deal with the...

Nandapur: Taking cognisance of a petition alleging inordinate delay in proper rehabilitation of people belonging to 14 panchayats displaced due to Machhkund Hydroelectric Project in Koraput district and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) district of Andhra Pradesh, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has served notices on the governments of both the states. Petitioner Anup Kumar Patra, a...

Kesinga: Notwithstanding the rampant daylight smuggling of ber (Indian jujube or kul fruit) through trains, resulting in huge revenue losses to the Indian Railways, the silence and inaction of the railway authorities have baffled many. Reports said huge quantities of the succulent fruit are allegedly being transported from several railway stations under the Sambalpur division to Andhra...

New Delhi: A joint forum of central trade unions has given a nationwide strike call Thursday to protest against the ‘anti-worker’ policies of the government, which may partially affect services like banking, insurance and transport. According to trade unions, 30 crore workers from various sectors are likely to participate in the agitation. A group of trade unions...