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Washington: Indian professionals, students, and family-based immigrants could face sweeping new restrictions under a hardline immigration proposal introduced by influential Republican lawmaker Tommy Tuberville, including tougher H-1B rules, limits on work authorisation for foreign students, and higher English requirements for citizenship. The 82-page proposal, titled...

New York: The US government has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed against one of the world's richest people, who is accused of duping investors by concealing that his company's huge solar energy project in India was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme, according...

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices were increased Friday by Rs 3 per litre after state-owned oil firms ended a four-year record hiatus in rate revision. Petrol price was hiked to Rs 97.77 per litre from Rs 94.77 in the national capital. Diesel now costs...

New Delhi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has issued a sweeping condemnation Friday of what it called a “terrorist attack” targeting an Indian-flagged ship off the coast of Oman, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Gulf nation later today for a high-stakes bilateral...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday initiated criminal contempt proceedings against former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and several other AAP leaders, holding that a “coordinated campaign” had been carried out to scandalise the judiciary in connection with proceedings related to the excise policy...

Beijing: Iran has allowed dozens of Chinese ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz as China toughened its stance against the militarisation of the key waterway during talks between US President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping. Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz,...

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two more accused in connection with the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, taking the total number of people arrested so far to seven, officials said Thursday. The two newly arrested accused have been identified...

London: Efforts to unseat British Prime Minister Keir Starmer broke out into open rebellion Thursday, with one potential rival resigning from the Cabinet and another clearing the way for her to enter any future leadership contest. Health Secretary Wes Streeting became the first senior minister...

Dubai: A ship anchored off the east coast of the United Arab Emirates has been seized and is heading toward Iranian waters, the British military said Thursday. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre said it received reports that the vessel was taken by unauthorised...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his US counterpart Donald Trump that mishandling the Taiwan issue could trigger "clashes and even conflicts" between the two countries, as the leaders held wide-ranging talks on the Iran war, energy security and trade Thursday. After concluding the first...