Meerut: There is tension in Meerut over the killing of a mother who tried to save her grown-up daughter from being abducted by goons. Even as security was tightened on Saturday, political parties have lambasted the Uttar Pradesh government over this horrific crime against women....
New Delhi: Senior Taliban member Mufti Noor Ahmad Noor has arrived in New Delhi to take over as Charge d'Affaires at Afghanistan's Embassy, officials said Saturday. Noor Ahmad Noor has previously served as the Director General of the First Political Department at Afghanistan's Ministry of...
Washington: US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced an increase in fees for premium processing of several immigration benefits, including the H-1B visa, effective March 1. USCIS said the premium processing fee has been increased to reflect the amount of inflation from June 2023 through June...
Kolkata: Amid the controversies of the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s raid and search operations at the office of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of the entity’s co-founder Pratik JainThursday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to conduct a review of...
Washington: President Donald Trump said China would be restricted to purchasing oil only from the United States or from markets controlled by Washington, framing the move as part of a broader effort to consolidate US leverage over global energy flows. Speaking during remarks at the...
New Delhi: India is closely following the developments in Iran, the Ministry of External Affairs said Friday, amid a wave of protests in that country over inflation and currency devaluation. On January 5, New Delhi had urged Indian nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Iran...
New Delhi/Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking a CBI probe against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that she, with the aid of police, took away incriminating documents from the agency’s custody during a raid at the residence of...
Nahan (HP): The death toll in the bus mishap in Himachal's Sirmaur has reached 14, as an injured person under treatment succumbed to wounds sustained in the accident, police said. On Friday afternoon, an overloaded private bus surpassing its seating capacity of 39 from Shimla...
Washington: US forces boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, according to the US military Friday, as the Trump administration continues to target sanctioned tankers travelling to and from Venezuela. The pre-dawn action was carried out by US Marines and Navy, taking part in...
New Delhi: India Friday pressed Bangladesh to "swiftly and firmly" deal with attacks on minorities in that country and described as "troubling" the attempts to attribute the incidents to extraneous reasons. New Delhi's reaction came against the backdrop of the killing of several Hindu men...
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