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The ruling on H-1B visa places an immediate hold on a series of visa restrictions that prevent manufacturers from filling crucial, hard-to-fill jobs to support economic recovery, growth and innovation when most needed, the National Association of manufact...

A 27-year-old woman died allegedly by suicide with her two children by jumping in front of a train in Assam's Barpeta district on Thursday, police said. The woman, identified as Minuwara Begum, rushed to the railway tracks at Taltal near Pathshala town...

The police announcement came after a protest meet planned at India Gate on Friday demanding justice for the 20-year-old from Uttar Pradesh's Hathras who was brutally gang-raped, tortured and murdered.

The decomposed body of a minor tribal girl was found dumped in a septic tank afterwhich a 19yearman was arrested on kidnapping and rapecharges here in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Thursday. The incident took place in Karhi village of Umariadistric...

The Congress earlier in the day staged a dramatic protest, leading to the detention of the Gandhi siblings by UP police. The two leaders were detained in Greater Noida, just outside Delhi when they insisted on marching to Hathras.

Declining the prayer for an interim stay, the division bench observed that it seems that the order refers to material facts, reflects reasons and demonstrates judicial consideration and determination of matters which fall within the domain of Section 247...

Three persons were arrested for allegedly opening fire in a hotel on Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway and decamping with Rs 1.10 lakh cash on Thursday, police said. The incident took place at around 1.30 am, when the accused arrived at the hotel for dinner and...

Indian National Lok Dal senior leader Abhay Singh Chautala on Thursday called upon people to back farmers against the Centre's agriculture-related laws and said the Union government should bring a legislation to ensure procurement of crops at the MSP....

This will bring them at par with other All-India services like Indian Administrative Services in true sense, she said while launching the Uniform Training Programme for Induction and Mid-Level Training, including a module on preventive vigilance for offic...

The girl had gone out in the afternoon and when she did not return for some time, her brother went looking for her and found the body in an agriculture field, Superintendent of Police Ram Badan Singh said.

The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) on Thursday criticised the Uttar Pradesh police for "arresting" party leader Rahul Gandhi when he was on his way to meet the family of Hathras victim. "Strongly condemn manhandling and arrest of @RahulGandhi by...

The shareholders of the bank approved a resolution to this effect at the 93rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Wednesday, it said in a regulatory filing.

NCP leaders on Thursday criticised the Uttar Pradesh government after the convoy of Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was stopped by police while they were going to Hathras to meet the family of the Dalit gang-rape victim. After be...

Three of six people, who allegedly raped a guest woman worker in nearby Tirupur district, were arrested on Thursday, police said. Search is on for the others,they said.

The Special Cell of Delhi Police had arrested Sharjeel on August 25 under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in connection with the riots, a day after being brought to the capital city from a jail in Assam on a production warrant.

Hong Kong riot police patrolling the route of a banned antigovernment march arrested dozens of people on Thursday, stopping crowds from gathering as Chief Executive Carrie Lam hailed the city's "return to stability" at China national day celebrations.