Indian man pleads guilty to faking a robbery to get a store clerk his U visa in South Carolina. A new U-visa incident has been reported as 47-year-old Birenkumar Rameshbhai Patel, an Indian-origin man in Columbia, pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally obtain a U visa for a store clerk. The clerk has been deported…
The Bombay High Court has directed the takedown of deepfakes and other unauthorised content allegedly misusing actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s name, image, voice and other aspects of her personality. The order came after the actor approached the court over the alleged misuse of her identity across websites and social media platforms. Bombay High Court orders…
Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma (Reuters Photo) India’s Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma initially finished fourth in the women’s skiff sailing event at the Asian Games on Thursday. But they still ended up with a bronze medal after the Chinese pair that finished third was disqualified.The Indian pair won the bronze at the Kaiyoh Yacht…
FSSAI has suspended the food business licenses of Shivam Agro and TCF Chocolates for significant violations. NEW DELHI: Food regulator FSSAI on Thursday suspended the licences of Shivam Agro and TCF Chocolates & Gifts Pvt Ltd after finding gross violations of food safety rules.In a social media post, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of…
Rehabilitation move follows the demolition of nearly 500 structures in Garib Nagar for railway infrastructure expansion. MUMBAI: After months of uncertainty following the demolition of their homes at Garib Nagar in Bandra East, all 100 residents declared eligible for rehabilitation have finally been allotted alternative accommodation in Kurla, with the MMRDA on Thursday beginning the…
Chennai: National-level shooter and national medalist Homanshika Reddy Pullagurla is developing a wearable technology system that tracks spinal movement in real time, with the aim of helping athletes and coaches identify movement patterns linked to injury risks.The 21-year-old’s venture, Somatrace, was inspired by her own experience with injury and watching a friend leave sport because…
Bengal shares a 2,216.7-km border with Bangladesh Kolkata: In four months till Sept, Bengal govt has handed over 1,177.1 acres of land to BSF for fencing along sensitive areas of the India-Bangladesh border. While MHA has provided funds for the purchase of 1,270.3 acres of land, 93.1 acres of land is yet to be transferred.Per…
Woman hostellers of Rohtak-based Maharishi Dayanand University protest for round-the-clock access to the reading room of their varsity on Thursday Rohtak: By road, Delhi University in the national capital is about 80km from Maharshi Dayanand University in Rohtak, a journey of less than two hours by car. But it took more than 11 years for…
Eight students from Pune tragically drowned at Diveagar beach in Maharashtra during a school picnic (Photo credit: X) PUNE: As many as eight students from Pune drowned at Diveagar beach in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Thursday while on a picnic organised by a private coaching institute.The group, comprising 42 students, comprising 25 boys, 17 girls,…
NEW DELHI: A day after the INDIA bloc meeting, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday asked TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee to rejoin the Congress along with her remaining MLAs and MPs. However, the invitation came with a condition of “leaving behind her baggage”, an apparent reference to her nephew and TMC national general secretary…
