Indian H-1B visa holders in US described the “crazy sense of panic” that ensued the community after Donald Trump-administration approved $1,00,000 fee on the work visas on Saturday. The sudden move, coming just weeks before Diwali and the year-end holiday season, has left families in turmoil, many cancelling flights at the last minute, including one…
Apple recently started the sale of its latest iPhone 17 series smartphones across the globe. People wanting to purchase the new iPhone stood in long queues for hours. A hilarious and now viral moment happed outside an Apple Store when a fan accidentally dropped its newly purchased iPhone 17 Pro. After waiting for more than…
TIRUPATI: In a bizarre and disturbing incident, a man bitten by a venomous snake retaliated by biting off the snake’s head in a drunken rage near Chiyyavaram village in Thottambedu mandal of Tirupati district. With the poison spreading in his body, the man, identified as Venkatesh, is now battling for life in a government hospital.According…
JPMorgan has asked H1-B visa holders currently outside the United States to return before 12:01am ET on September 21, following a new directive from President Donald Trump that requires companies to pay an annual fee of $100,000 for each H-1B worker. As per a report by news agency Reuters, JPMorgan Chase’s external immigration counsel has…
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,…
