US president Donald Trump President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping proclamation restricting the entry of H-1B visa holders unless their employers pay a supplemental $100,000 fee per worker, triggering alarm across the immigration and business community and setting the stage for immediate legal challenges.The proclamation takes effect September 21, 2025 and applies to any…
NEW DELHI: The newly announced $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visas applies only to new applicants and not to existing visa holders, a senior US Administration official told ANI.“Those who are visiting or leaving the country, or visiting India, they don’t need to rush back before Sunday or pay the $100,000 fee. $100,000 is only…
CM Siddaramaiah (File photo) BENGALURU: Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission has removed 57 Christian sub-castes from the socio-educational survey beginning Monday, following objections from ministers, protests by SC/ST and OBC groups, and a suggestion by governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot.The decision means the survey questionnaire will not list sub-castes. Enumerators using a mobile app between Sept…
Union minister Jitendra Singh (File photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister Jitendra Singh said Saturday that administrative members had to be allowed to head Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) benches as not many retired judges and senior judicial officers were keen to accept post-retirement assignments in the tribunal. Addressing the 10th All India Conference of CAT, Singh…
BENGALURU: Congress government in Karnataka Saturday constituted an SIT to probe allegations of large-scale deletion of voter names from the electoral rolls in Kalaburagi district’s Aland assembly constituency during the 2023 state election.The SIT was formed after Aland Congress MLA B R Patil lodged a police complaint alleging that the names of 6,670 voters across…
NEW DELHI: All the efforts that were taken to promote the ‘Make In India‘ programme have started yielding results, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday.Addressing an event on “Celebrating 10 Years of Make in India’, the minister said they were in mission mode to make it easier to do business in India,…
NEW DELHI: The skyline over Delhi and surrounding areas witnessed a mysterious streak of light, leaving residents in awe and sparking a wave of excitement on social media. Some stargazers took it as a meteor shower, while others speculated it to be part of debris of an old satellite falling on Earth. However, there is…
NEW DELHI: Countering the allegations of “backdoor appointment” of Unnat P Pandit as the controller general of patents, designs and trademarks (CGPDTM), who was not allegedly qualified for the post, the Centre told Supreme Court the reason for not following the standard recruitment protocol of issuing an advertisement for the post was due to national…
PUNE: Maharashtra clinched the pole position in India with 849 inter-country and domestic adoptions in the last financial year – accounting for nearly 20% of the total count and a 38% surge from the state’s previous fiscal’s tally of 522.Across India, 4,515 children found families – the highest number in over a decade – while…
KOCHI: “Nee Po Mone Dinesha.” That thunderous line from Narasimham echoes across Kerala’s streets, after Mohanlal first roared it on screen. On Saturday, the man behind that voice, one of India’s most enduring actors, was named winner of the 2023 Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his “iconic contribution to Indian cinema“.I&B ministry announced the honour based…
