NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should “introspect” rather than blame the Election Commission (EC) or the SIR exercise for the opposition party’s electoral setbacks, citing its defeats in the recent byelections and the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation polls.“I also wish to ask Rahul ji: is this the…
H-1B visa extension applications will be treated as fresh cases and will draw more scrutiny and questions. Again a new rule dropped from the Department of Homeland Security that will concern H-1B visa holders. But the scope of the new rule will be far greater than just H-1Bs. It will impact anyone with a work…
NEW DELHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded India’s growth forecast for the current year to 7%, from 6.4%, making it the fastest-growing major economy.The agency joins others – including the World Bank, ADB, S&P and Moody’s – in upgrading its projections after official data estimated first-quarter growth at 7.8%. Most global agencies have…
Duane “Keffe D” Davis was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur who was gunned down off the Las Vegas Strip over 30 years ago.Davis, 63, was convicted in August of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon. He is the only…
General:A good day gathers itself around you, quiet at first, then fuller as it goes. You’ll notice more confidence in your voice and more speed in your work.The Moon, your ruler, supports emotional steadiness today, while Jupiter opens doors in learning and recognition. That’s why the day favours academic progress and professional confidence. You’ll also…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has earmarked Rs 40,000 for each of its 250 wards to strengthen street lighting on approach roads to Chhath ghats and is planning to deploy its existing sanitation staff in multiple shifts to maintain cleanliness at the sites during and after the festival.Various agencies, in coordination with or…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court on Tuesday permitted medical termination of the over-25-week pregnancy of a Stage 4 cancer patient (14), a sexual assault survivor, to enable her treatment to start.Justices Bharati Dangre and Ashish Chavan considered J J Hospital board’s report which “specifically expressed that it is necessary to terminate the pregnancy as it poses…
Bengaluru: Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge and chief minister DK Shivakumar Tuesday reiterated that peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy and promised a review of police action against anti-SIR demonstrators in Bengaluru.Activists, however, said assurances were not enough and demanded withdrawal of the police licensing order that restricts all protests in the city to Freedom…
Hyderabad: A 29-year-old software engineer allegedly died by suicide at Golf Edge Apartments in Nanakramguda on Monday morning.The deceased, Bharath Kumar, was employed with a software company in Bengaluru and hailed from Suryapet district. According to police, he had arrived in Hyderabad two days before the incident after his marriage had been fixed. He was…
Truck with 242 pending challans, Rs 35.43 lakh in penalties impounded; wrong-side driving, illegal parking and lane violations under scanner Gurgaon: Motorists visiting the traffic police office in Sector 28 to pay traffic challans will no longer have to depend on a single payment window. The police have expanded the facility from one to six…
