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Washington: US President Donald Trump Tuesday criticised the federal court order striking down the USD 100,000 H-1B visa fee, saying such actions were hurting the country very badly. "These judges are really giving us a hard time, really crazy. They are giving us a very,...

Kathmandu: Nepal has restricted the import of mangoes from India due to the fruit allegedly containing excessive pesticides and a lack of quarantine facilities in the border areas, officials here said. As a result of the ban, the local markets are now filled with domestically...

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Congress leaders Tuesday alleged poaching attempts by the BJP ahead of the June 18 Rajya Sabha polls and said the party has decided to move its MLAs to Congress-ruled Karnataka to prevent cross-voting and keep its camp united. The 230-member state Assembly...

Kochi: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena T and officials of sand mining company Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL) for questioning in a money laundering case. The agency said Veena has been asked to depose at the...

New Delhi: Top officials of the Health and Education ministries, National Testing Agency and National Medical Commission will brief a parliamentary panel Wednesday over the conduct of the NEET-UG re-examination June 21. The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare has summoned the...

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leaders Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad Tuesday launched a blistering attack on rebel party MPs, accusing them of lacking political morality, maintaining links with the BJP and abandoning party workers at a time when they were allegedly facing harassment and political...

Patna:  A Patna court Tuesday granted interim relief to popular educator Faisal Khan, widely known as Khan Sir, by staying his arrest in connection with the recent coaching centre firing case. The District Judge's court pronounced its order Tuesday after reserving its verdict on Khan...

United Nations: India has launched a scathing attack on Pakistan at the UN, condemning its "trade and transit terrorism" and military airstrikes against Afghanistan. India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, delivered a sharp attack against Pakistan in the UN Security Council during...

New Delhi: Twenty-four Indian crew members of a Palau-flagged merchant tanker have been rescued in coordination with Omani authorities, following a "missile attack" on the vessel off the coast of Oman, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said Tuesday. On June 8, the Maritime Rescue Coordination...

Washington: A federal judge Monday ruled that the USD 100,000 fee imposed by US President Donald Trump for H-1B applications was unlawful as it did not have the approval of Congress. "...the Court finds that the Policy imposes a tax on H-1B petitions without the...