US President Donald Trump has unveiled a new merit and points-based immigration policy that replaces the existing green cards with 'Build America' visa and substantially hikes the quota for young and highly-skilled workers from 12 to 57 per cent, a move likely to benefit thousands of Indian professionals.
A special court here conducting trial in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, Friday directed all the seven accused, including BJP's Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit, to appear before it once a week.
The government has declined to share information on black money cases received from Switzerland, citing confidentiality. Replying to an RTI query, the Finance Ministry said India and Switzerland share information on black money on a case to case basis as per the investigations being carried out.
BJP president Amit Shah Friday came out strongly against the controversial remarks of his party leaders, including Pragya Singh Thakur, over Nathuram Godse, saying the BJP has taken serious note of their statements, which are against its ideology.
Bengaluru: A day after Dakshina Kannada MP and BJP leader Nalin Kumar Kateel posted a controversial tweet against former PM Rajiv Gandhi indirectly supporting Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse, the BJP MP has taken down the tweet from his official handle.
Union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde Friday stoked a controversy by calling Congress President Rahul Gandhi a "moron" for his tweet that 'Modilies' is a new word in the English dictionary.
The Supreme Court Friday vacated its order granting protection from arrest to former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar in the Saradha chit fund scam case.
Mangaluru: Mangaluru Police on Friday morning arrested a man with Rs. One Crore unaccounted cash while it was being smuggled into the city here.
Dubai: Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) a social welfare organisation of NRI Kannadigas, recently organised an ‘Iftar Meet’ for its members at Dubai’s Iranian Club Hall here.
Actor-politician Kamal Haasan, who is at the centre of a raging row over his Hindu extremist remarks, Friday said "every religion has its own terrorists" and that no one claim to be sanctimonious.
