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Washington, Mar 4: The US has assured India that the H-1B visas issue was not a priority for it and would be part of the larger immigration reforms package that the new Trump administration is working on. The assurance came amid an ongoing debate in the US and reported moves by the Trump Administration to bring out an executive order to curtail the use of H-1B visas. "There was a sense that there

Lucknow, Mar 4: Polling in 49 Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats, with SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Azamgarh being in focus, started today amidst tight security arrangements. Assembly segments of Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency of firebrand BJP leader Yogi Adityanath, and Mau, where jailed gangster-turned-MLA Mukhtar Ansari is in fray, also figure in this penultimate phase of polling that will also

New Delhi, Mar 3: India today downplayed its participation in an upcoming meeting in Pakistan to discuss sharing of Indus river water, saying it does not amount to resumption of government-level Indo-Pak talks, which have been stalled over terrorist strikes by Pak-based groups. Senior government officials insisted the Permanent Indus Commission, which will meet in Lahore later this month, deals

New Delhi, Mar 3: An Army jawan who had figured in a sting operation by a news website criticising the 'sahayak' (orderly) system last month was found dead in mysterious conditions in an abandoned barrack in Deolali Cantonment in Maharashtra on Thursday. Roy Mathew, a gunner, was found hanging from the ceiling of a room. Doctors said 33-year-old Mathew, whose body was decomposed, might have died

Lakhimpur Kheri, Mar 3: Curfew was imposed in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday night following clashes between two communities over an objectionable video that went viral on Whatsapp. The city has not seen or heard of communal clashes since decades. It was peaceful even when the country was burning after the Babri mosque demolition in Ayodhya. Curfew has been a rare thing for the city

Kochi, Mar 2: Advocating free thinking in university campuses, President Pranab Mukherjee today said students and faculties must engage in "reasoned discussion and debate rather than propagating a culture of unrest". He also said it was tragic to see students caught in the vortex of violence and disquiet. His comments come in the backdrop of the ongoing tussle between RSS-affiliate ABVP and Left

New Delhi, Mar 2: Delhi Police's Crime Branch, which is probing the clashes at Ramjas College, has recorded the statements of two St Stephen's College students who were allegedly beaten up by supporters of ABVP. The two St Stephen's students- a boy and a girl- have alleged that they were beaten up outside the Ramjas College canteen by ABVP supporters, said a senior police officer. The girl has

Tirunelveli, Mar 2: Upset over the Madras High Court order allowing Pepsi and Coca Cola to draw water from the Thamirabarani river for their bottling plants in this district for manufacturing soft drinks, a large number or persons today stood in knee deep water in the river to express their ire. They also protested against the "laxity" on the part of the authorities in handling the case.The

New Delhi, Mar 2: Agitating Jats in Haryana on Thursday begin descending at Jantar Mantar in Delhi in support of their various demands, including reservations in government jobs and educational institutes for the community. Roads leading to the protest hub were packed with Jat agitators from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi, and Punjab, giving a tough time to motorists and commuters

Lucknow, Mar 2: Campaigning is at its peak in UP but SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav has stepped out only for two public rallies this elections, a stark contrast to the over 300 rallies he addressed in the 2012 assembly polls. Leaders from across the political spectrum criss-crossed the entire state to woo the voters but Mulayam mostly kept indoors. The 77-year-old SP patron campaigned just for