USCIS or the US Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced a new version of the naturalization civics test that will take effect in 2025. In a press release, the immigration authority said it has posted a Federal Register notice announcing implementation of the 2025 naturalization civics test. The new test is part of the process…
On Sept 1, two patients — a threemonth-old baby and a 52-year-old woman — died within hours of each other at Kozhikode Govt Medical College. Doctors confirmed that both were being treated for primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), an infection caused by the free-living parasite Naegleria fowleri.By mid-Sept, the toll had risen to 19, with 69…
A grisly crime has come to light on the outskirts of Ludhiana, where a 71-year-old NRI, Rupinder Kaur was bludgeoned to death. CHANDIGARH: A grisly crime has come to light on the outskirts of Ludhiana, where a 71-year-old NRI, Rupinder Kaur, who had travelled from the US to marry her would-be groom, was allegedly bludgeoned…
NEW DELHI: Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act that bans all forms of online money games will be implemented from Oct 1, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday.The Act, passed by Parliament last month, bars all forms of online money games while promoting e-sports and other online games. “The rules will be promulgated…
The regulator had recommended inspection of the locking mechanism to ensure the fuel switches don’t accidentally move from ‘run’ to ‘cut off’ position.Pushkaraj Sabharwal, father of Capt Sumeet Sabharwal who died in the accident, has sought a formal investigation. He criticised the preliminary report, calling it “deficient, diversionary, and discrepant” for insinuating the fault lies…
NEW DELHI: SC quashed anticipatory bail granted to former IAS officers Anil Tuteja and Alok Shukla and allowed ED to take them in its custody for four weeks in the Nagrik Apurti Nigam ‘scam’ in Chhattisgarh.“We have perused the impugned orders and materials available on record. Suffice it is to state that it is not…
MUMBAI: Within a fortnight, Mumbai’s decades-long dream of a seamless underground transit system will come one step closer to reality. When the final leg of the AareyCuffe Parade Metro Line 3, stretching from Acharya Atre Chowk (Worli) to Cuffe Parade, opens this month, ridership on the underground corridor, which currently hovers around 60,000 passengers daily,…
Mumbai: Observing there is a need to discourage the trend of multiplicity of litigation, Bombay HC Thursday dismissed a PIL challenging Maharashtra govt’s decision to issue Kunbi caste certificates to members of Maratha community. “It is in the larger public interest that there should not be multiplicity of litigations, where different individuals file applications one…
BHUBANESWAR Two wives, two deaths, Rs 2 crore insurance cover. The double life of Odisha police constable Deepak Kumar Rout, 39, is under the scanner following his arrest for murder of his 25-year-old second wife, traffic constable Subhamitra Sahoo, who was found buried in a pit meant to pass off as a toilet. Subhamitra’s body…
CBI has registered an FIR against builders and DDA officials, accusing them of criminal conspiracy and compromising on quality and structural safety during construction of Signature View Apartments in north Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar. DDA had filed a complaint citing lapses in construction quality at the complex, comprising 224 HIG flats and 112 MIG flats divided…
