MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India remained the largest source of international students in the US in 2024-25, with 3,63,019 students registered on American campuses – a 10% rise over last year. The increase is slower than 2023-24’s dizzying 23% jump.Tougher visa scrutiny, longer appointment queues and jitters over work-visa routes have done little to dent India’s presence…
Lucknow: The Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police Crime Branch busted a ‘digital arrest’ fraud syndicate operating from multiple pockets of central Lucknow.The action stemmed from an FIR filed by a 71-year-old woman who was duped of Rs 49 lakh after being held under a 24-hour digital arrest. This tactic involved fraudsters impersonating police and…
NEW DELHI: The overall unemployment rate for those in the 15 years and above age group held steady at 5.2% in Oct, but urban joblessness rate climbed to a three-month high of 7% during the month, the monthly periodic labour force survey (PLFS) showed on Monday. The survey also showed that there was a marginal…
MUMBAI: Chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran has criticised the trend of IPOs being used as exit routes rather than fundraising tools, stating that this “undermines the spirit of public markets”. He called upon banks and financial institutions to become bolder, technologically sharper and more willing to take calculated risks.The CEA also warned against celebrating…
Lucknow: Volunteers of Aadaab Arz, a social awareness group, on Sunday, paid tributes to over 2,000 freedom fighters who died during the first war of Independence at Sikandar Bagh.The history enthusiasts revisited the event in which rebel soldiers of the Bengal Regiment, forces linked with Taluqdars, and several civilians and women were among those killed…
New Delhi: Anil Ambani of Reliance Group Monday skipped the second summons issued to him by Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning at its headquarters in the national capital in connection with ongoing investigation in a case of alleged violations of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).The central probe agency may issue fresh summons to Ambani asking…
Lucknow: A five-year-old boy is likely to lose his leg after a road-cleaning machine ran over him in Thakurganj on Monday afternoon, police said.They said the child had stepped out to deliver food to his uncle when the machine, belonging to the firm hired by LMC for Lucknow Swachhta Abhiyan (LSA), ran over him. Witnesses…
PATNA: A visibly emotional Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who has been publicly accused by sister Rohini Acharya of misbehaviour and attacked by elder brother Tej Pratap, on Monday told RJD MLAs that they were free to elect someone else as their legislative party leader before his father and party patriarch Lalu Prasad quickly intervened to say…
Lucknow: A grand “Sardar @150 Ekta Yatra” was organised in Sarojininagar to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The 2.5 km march began from Scooter India Crossing and concluded at Sainik Inter College Ground, drawing participation from locals, traders, social groups and BJP workers.The atmosphere reverberated with patriotic fervour as participants carried…
NEW DELHI: Expressing its anguish over high courts for not following its rulings and ignoring judicial precedence in passing orders, Supreme Court on Monday said that it was against judicial discipline which cannot be ignored.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan said that high courts cannot ignore Supreme Court’s precedence in…
