The final weeks of 2025 offered little relief for international education in the United States. As the government finalised changes to the H-1B visa process and a federal court upheld a new $100,000 fee for certain H-1B petitions, it became clear that immigration policy would remain a central pressure point in 2026.The direction was already…

Rajya Sabha elections Monday accentuated the opposition’s inability to hold its ranks, with absentee legislators costing the Grand Alliance a seat in Bihar, cross-voting delivering a bonus seat to BJP in Odisha and a dispute over ballot secrecy leaving the poll outcome in Haryana hanging. In Bihar, Mahagathbandhan’s lone candidate, RJD’s Amarendra Dhari Singh, lost…

RRB NTPC 2025 CBAT city intimation slip The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has released the city intimation slip for the RRB NTPC 2025 Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT) for graduate-level posts. The slip is available on the official regional RRB websites for candidates who have qualified for the CBT 2 stage. The CBAT is scheduled…

File photo: Ex-Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash (retired) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Monday clarified that a combination of a “system-driven procedure” and “incomplete details” in former Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash’s (retired) previous enumeration form led to the notice issued to him during Goa’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls…

NEW DELHI: India has sounded a caution for students headed abroad for pilot training. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a notice for such students and their parents that it “has no role or responsibility in the regulation, oversight, quality, progress or completion of pilot training undertaken at organisations/ institutions situated abroad…

New Delhi: As the opposition gathered to decide strategy for the upcoming discussion on Budget on Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi faced a unanimous demand from allies that he should start the debate, if only to get back at BJP which had not let him speak for seven days. The demand was led by DMK’s T R…