Nalini Sriharan, convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and released from prison last year, on Thursday approached the Madras high court seeking to direct authorities concerned to release her husband from a special camp in Tiruchirapalli, to enable him to live with her in Chennai.
In a dramatic turn of events in May 2019, an Emirates aircraft en-route to Dubai was asked to stop while it was taxiing for a take off in Mumbai. The pilot was given no reason and ordered to immediately return to the parking bay. As the aircraft returned to the terminal, two passengers from the first class - Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita - were offloaded by the immigration authorities, who said the duo cannot leave the country. Goyal, founder of Jet Airways, was stunned. The man, who ruled the aviation sector for two and a half decades with an iron hand, did not expect to be offloaded in this fashion.
India on Wednesday voted in favour of a draft resolution tabled in the UN Human Rights Council that condemns and strongly rejects recent "public and premeditated" acts of desecration of the Quran.
He began his first days in the White House with the lowest approval rating any US president received in the modern era.
'The north east does not want the solution that the BJP has given and it has become clear that it has not been fully thought through,' says Aakar Patel.
He vowed to restore law and order, only days after a fatal police shooting of a black man sparked more street violence.
Indian IT workers accounted for nearly 90 per cent of visas issued under the intra-company transfer route
A report published in British journal The Lancet reckons India's working population will surpass China's in the mid-2020s.
Seattle is not only the first American city to ban caste discrimination but is the first jurisdiction at any level globally outside South Asia to do so.
Erin Green, former head of immigration, Infosys says says only the loss of a big client could push Infosys to correct its internal corporate culture.
Asserting that there has been no change in its visa policy on Narendra Modi, the United States has said the BJP's prime ministerial candidate is welcome to apply for a visa and wait for a review like any other applicant.
Due to the huge pile-up of visa applications, the US consular officers in the neighbouring country are now adjudicating Indian visa applications where interview requirements have been waived.
"I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected," she said speaking outside Downing Street.
Asserting that there has been no change in its visa policy on Narendra Modi, the United States on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate is welcome to apply for a visa and wait for a review which will be grounded in American law.
Two US lawmakers have introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that aims at granting an automatic right to H-4 visa holders to work in the country, a move which will benefit the spouses of thousands of foreigners, including Indians, and also address the labour shortage affecting American businesses. H-4 visas are issued to dependent spouses and children who accompany H-1B, H-2A, H-2B, and H-3 visa holders to the United States. Many H-4 visa holders are highly skilled people in their own right and previously had careers of their own or worked to support their families.
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In yet another immigration-friendly move that would benefit thousands of Indian-American women, the Biden administration has agreed to provide automatic work authorisation permits to the spouses of H-1B visa holders, most of whom are Indian IT professionals.
'The Russian attack might be a wakeup call for Europe.'
Seattle has become the first US city to outlaw caste discrimination after its local council passed a resolution, moved by an Indian-American politician and economist, to add caste to its non-discrimination policy.
However, he refrained from speaking on Mexican immigrants and also declined to repeat his frequent promise to force Mexico to pay for the wall.
Nadella's visit comes at a time when the Indian government is taking a strong position on issues like data localisation and tightening the rules for e-commerce companies as well as social media platforms.
A bill seeking to explicitly ban caste discrimination has been introduced in the California Senate by a Democratic lawmaker, which, if passed, could make America's most populous state also the country's first to outlaw caste-based bias.
The assurance came as relief for the Indian IT services sector.
The travel ban is the third version of a contentious policy that Trump first sought to implement a week after taking office in January.
The gravely ill baby is Iranian, but Fatemah's family has decided they did not want her to have surgery in her birth country due to concerns about the quality of medical services.
Anil Varshney, a Senior Systems Engineer with Huntsville missile defence contractor Parsons Corporation, recently filed a federal lawsuit alleging systemic discriminatory actions that left him jobless in October last year.
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As unemployment has gone up, countries have tightened their visas. We need to make sure there is no long-term impact, said CII.
'This is still a relatively immature defense and high-tech relationship.'
All major Indian IT services providers are keenly watching US President Donald Trump's potential actions on immigration law. Ayan Pramanik reports.
Major Indian businesses and temples issued a joint statement opposing the proposed California Caste Bill SB 403.
The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments.
'While respecting the American people and distinguishing between them and the hostile policies of the US government, Iran will implement the principle of reciprocity until the offensive US limitations against Iranian nationals are lifted,' a Foreign Ministry statement said.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday green lit a new youth mobility partnership scheme that will offer 3,000 visas to 18-30-year-old degree-educated Indians every year to live and work in the United Kingdom for up to two years.
With Democrats having an upper hand in US Congress, the Donald Trump administration will find it difficult to come up with any future legislative changes with regard to visa regulations.
The Huffington Post said she has impressive track record as California Attorney General and has top Democratic leadership including the outgoing US President Barack Obama and the vice president Joe Biden on her side.
Trump said his victory three years ago was a 'defining moment in American history' and vowed to maintain his 'America First' policy as he touched the hallmarks of his 2016 campaign, hard-line immigration policies and defence spending.
The haunting images offers a glimpse into the suffering asylum seekers face on the US-Mexico border.
According to Haley, the Biden administration resumed military aid to Pakistan, though it's home to at least a dozen terrorist organisations and its government is deeply in hock to China.
It also promised to launch the 'Poshane' scheme through which every BPL household will be provided with half litre 'Nandini' milk every day and five kg 'Shri Anna - siri dhanya' through monthly ration kits.
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