A proposed US immigration rule backed by the Trump administration could effectively halt work authorisation for asylum seekers indefinitely, according to a coalition of state attorneys general who have urged federal officials to withdraw the plan.California Attorney General Rob Bonta has led a group of states in opposing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposal,…
BJP president Nitin Nabin (second, right) welcomes Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, others to BJP New Delhi: Rajya Sabha chairman C P Radhakrishnan has officially accepted the merger of seven AAP MPs with BJP – taking the governing party’s strength in the 245-member upper House to 113.With Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, Harbhajan…
Thane: A man shows a sticker after the Maharashtra government plans to make Marathi language compulsory for autorickshaw and taxi drivers, in Thane. (PTI Photo) Mumbai: Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik Monday put on hold the decision to cancel licences and permits of auto and taxi drivers from May 1 over non-compliance with the Marathi…
A technician working on setting up a stage where pop superstar Shakira is set to perform a free concert this week was killed on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro.Authorities and organisers confirmed that the man, part of the construction crew, suffered crushing injuries to his legs in a lifting system. Several people have been working…
Bengaluru: How badly Bengaluru’s once cool climate has been mangled in recent decades is now evident in what scientists describe as the rise of “heat archipelagos” across the city — clusters of extreme heat pockets scattered through the landscape and increasingly merging with each other.Borrowed from geography, where it refers to chains of islands, the…
US judge found that USCIS’s indefinite pause on applications from immigrants from travel-ban countries was unlawful A US federal judge has ruled that immigration authorities cannot indefinitely pause green card applications from immigrants linked to countries under travel restrictions, calling the policy unlawful and ordering the government to resume processing certain cases.In a 39-page decision,…
Representative image (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: West Bengal witnessed an intensely polarised and high-decibel campaign in the second phase of assembly elections, marked by massive roadshows, sharp political attacks and allegations of violence.The Election Commission confirmed that Phase 2 campaigning officially ended at 5 pm today. The second phase of campaigning began on April 24 after…
Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari Kolkata: Battleground Bengal’s defining contest is playing out in south Kolkata’s Bhowanipore, where CM Mamata Banerjee faces one-time aide Suvendu Adhikari of BJP in what is an electoral rematch of far greater consequence than when she narrowly lost to him in Nandigram in 2021. For Trinamool Congress, retaining Bhowanipore isn’t just…
Donald and Melania Trump have both called for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel on Monday after a joke last week in which the late-night comic described the first lady as having “the glow of an expectant widow.”The remark about the president’s wife was part of a routine on Thursday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” where the host…
NFL Trade Rumor: Dallas Cowboys send George Pickens to Buffalo Bills and acquire Keon Coleman and draft capital in return (Image via Getty: Keon Coleman and George Pickens) Will they? Won’t they? Will they? Won’t they? This question looms over the Dallas Cowboys, probably every single day. Regarding the franchise tag on their wide receiver,…
