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New Delhi: Banking services, particularly at public sector banks across India were disrupted on Friday due to the United Forum of Bank Unions' (UFBU) nationwide strike seeking immediate implementation of a five‑day workweek and resolution of pending wages. The UFBU represents seven unions and about...

Washington: The US has proposed a new rule to scrap the 60-day grace period available to certain foreign workers, including skilled workers on H-1B visas, to find a new job after losing employment. The move will significantly impact Indian technology workers hired by tech companies...

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi Friday to attend the 18th BRICS Summit and is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Confirming Putin’s arrival in the national capital, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has predicted that the war with Iran will end “immediately after” the US midterm elections in November because Tehran is trying to influence the vote but would not be able to hold out more in the face of US economic...

New Delhi: Delhi Police, in coordination with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and other allied agencies, conducted multi-agency mock drills at key Metro stations across the national capital as part of security preparedness ahead of the BRICS Summit 2026....

New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has ordered drug tests for pilots across all airlines and the exercise is to be completed by July 2027, according to sources. Separately, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu Thursday said the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is expected...

New Delhi: The Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) Thursday announced a September 19-24 padyatra in Ladakh after their talks with the Union Home Ministry 'failed' to make progress, with LAB chairman Chering Dorjey Lakruk expressing anguish over the "differential treatment" meted...

Chandigarh: The convoy of Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Kewal Singh Dhillon was allegedly attacked by workers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Thursday, but he and other senior party leaders escaped unhurt. The attack took place when Dhillon was on his way to...

Beijing: Twenty-five people were killed and five others injured when a fire broke out on a foreign-flagged cargo ship undergoing repairs in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao, state media reported Thursday. The fire broke out at around 11:15 a.m. when the ship was...

Beijing:  At least 20 people were killed when a fire broke out on a foreign-flagged cargo ship undergoing repairs in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao, state media reported Thursday. The blaze started at around 11.15 am at the state-owned Qingdao Beihai shipyard, state...