New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday rejected a plea seeking a direction to the Centre, the Delhi government and police to ensure an independent and fair probe into the Cockroach Janta Party-led protest at Jantar Mantar in July. The Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) protest against...
Kochi: In a huge blow to the CPI(M) and former Keralam Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the Kerala High Court Friday ordered registration of an FIR under the anti-graft law against him and others based on the ED report on the alleged CMRL bribery case. The...
New Delhi: INDIA bloc leaders will meet President Droupadi Murmu at 8 pm Friday in connection with their demand for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. According to sources, the President's office confirmed the...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said it will hear October 16 pleas of voters deleted from electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal for early disposal of their appeals against deletion. The voters said alternatively they should be allowed...
New Delhi: INDIA bloc MPs will meet at the Central Hall of the Samvidhan Sadan at 3 pm Friday and could proceed for another protest against "vote chori", sources said. They also said the INDIA bloc has sought time from President Droupadi Murmu and if...
Washington: An Indian-American policy advocacy group urged the Trump administration to protect legally employed foreign professionals and their families from unintended consequences of its decision to suspend green-card sponsorship applications by certain technology companies. The Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) called for...
Washington: Microsoft defended its use of H-1B visas, saying 80 per cent of its approximately 6,000 applications last fiscal year involved existing employees rather than new hires, as the Trump administration suspended the company's ability to sponsor foreign workers through a key employment-based green-card programme....
Oslo: The Nobel Peace Prize, often considered the most prestigious award on the planet, will be announced Friday in Oslo, Norway. Prognosticators say possible contenders this year include the International Space Station, emergency teams in Sudan, children's advocates in Ukraine and two top international courts....
Washington: The US Thursday suspended eight IT firms, including India’s Tata, Infosys and Wipro, from a programme that allows them to apply for green cards for foreign workers, contending that the practice has shut Americans out of the job market. The announcement was made by...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday orally remarked that due to its forgiving nature in commutation of death sentences, the country is witnessing an increase in crime and this has to “come to an end somewhere”. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu...
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The Supreme Court stating on 5 October that it has not approved any modifications to Form 6 being used by...
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India’s air-power shortcomings are becoming harder to ignore. Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, very publicly, flagging Pakistan’s collaboration with China...
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