NEW DELHI: Delhi high court Wednesday ordered Congress and AAP to remove, within 24 hours, social media posts linking BJP’s Dushyant Kumar Gautam to the 2022 murder of a woman at a resort in Uttarakhand.In an interim order passed on a defamation suit filed by Gautam, Justice Mini Pushkarna also restrained the two parties from…
US court upholds Trump authority to impose $100,000 H-1B employer fee. (AI image) A federal district court has ruled that President Donald Trump acted within his legal authority when he ordered employers to pay an additional $100,000 fee before new H-1B visas can be processed, affirming the administration’s power under immigration law.The decision rejected claims…
NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of talks between India and Bangladesh to renew Ganga Water Sharing Treaty, a team of senior officials from Union Jal Shakti ministry visited Farakka Barrage Project in West Bengal and reviewed its technical and administrative aspects .Farakka Barrage, located in Murshidabad and Malda districts, is key to the 30-year-old water…
A Texas teachers’ union has sued the state’s education department, accusing it of retaliating against public school employees for their social media posts following the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk.According to the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in a US District Court in Austin, the Texas Education Agency and its commissioner, Mike Morath, violated the…
NEW DELHI: The income tax department on Wednesday flagged major risks associated with virtual digital assets (VDA), such as cryptocurrency, joining the Reserve Bank of India in opposing the entry of these instruments.In a presentation to the parliamentary standing committee of finance, the tax authorities flagged as to how anonymous, borderless and near-instant value transfer…
“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them,” a quote by the famous American writer Mark Twain, stands as a paradox of the country itself. There was a time when the “land of opportunities” could ostentatiously call itself a nation of readers. The present strikes…
SRINAGAR: BJP and Hindu groups on Wednesday celebrated the National Medical Commission’s decision to withdraw permission to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) in Reasi, Jammu, to run an MBBS course from 2025-26 academic session, while J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah reacted sharply, accusing them of playing with the future of students.As…
US embassy warns Indian students: 2025 visa rules, social media screening, and four-year limit explained The United States Embassy in India has issued a strong warning to Indian student visa holders, stating that breaking U.S. laws can lead to visa revocation, deportation, and future ineligibility for entry. Shared through the embassy’s official X account, the…
BENGALURU: India’s first space mission for 2026 will launch a defence satellite built by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), a satellite for ministry of external affairs (MEA) to be used by Nepal, test on-orbit refuelling technology of a Bengaluru-based startup, aside from 13 other satellites, including foreign ones from UK, France and Brazil.The…
DDA provisional merit list DDA provisional merit list 2026: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has released the merit-wise provisional select list for the post of Assistant Executive Engineer under Direct Recruitment 2025. Both the Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil), Post Code-08, and Assistant Executive Engineer (Electrical), Post Code-09, results have been announced.On January 7, 2026, the…
