Washington, Nov 8: United States President-elect Joe Biden will work towards providing a roadmap to American citizenship for nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants, including over 500,000 from India, and will also establish a minimum admission number of 95,000 refugees annually.
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USA's Muslim travel ban set to end on day 1 of Biden presidency?
Washington, Nov 8: On the first day of his presidency, president-elect Joe Biden intends to rescind Donald Trump’s travel bans on travellers from 13 countries, most either majority-Muslim or African nations.
Mangaluru: Mayor leads drive against shops, restaurants without trade license
Mangaluru, Nov 8: Officials of Mangaluru City Corporation led by Mayor Diwakar today launched a drive against shops, restaurants and other business premises that carry out business without obtaining trade license from the city corporation.
'My life is at stake; not being allowed to talk to lawyers', shouts Arnab while being shifted to jail
Mumbai, Nov 8: Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami on Sunday said he was subjected to torture and was not being allowed to talk to his lawyers. A video released by the Republic Television showed him speaking to media from the police van which shifted him from Alibag primary school in Rajgad district to Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai.
Online swindlers target customers of merged banks
Bengaluru, Nov 8: Online fraudsters stole money from the customer of a merged nationalised bank, saying the bank is issuing a new checkbook, passbook, and debit card.
UAE relaxes Islamic laws, allows live-in relationships, loosens alcohol restrictions
Dubai, Nov 8: In a major overhaul of the country's Islamic personal laws, the United Arab Emirates has shown green signal to some of the haram activities including cohabitation of unmarried couples (live-in relationship). It also loosened alcohol restrictions.
Clean air initiative: Bengaluru's Church Street bans vehicles on weekends
Bengaluru, Nov 8: India and the United Kingdom (UK) on Saturday launched the clean air street initiative at Church Street in Bengaluru to jointly address the global challenges of air pollution and climate change. The initiative, launched by the UK Catapult Network and the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) of the Karnataka government, will help transform Church Street in Bengaluru into a green haven for pedestrians by banning traffic movement every weekend from this week onwards for the next three months.
Bengaluru cinemas face closure due to lack of footfall amid covid-19
Bengaluru, Nov 8: The COVID-19 pandemic has left a substantial impact on the film industry in 2020, film theatres in Bengaluru have been forced to close down due to a lack of revenues.
FASTags must for all 4-wheelers from Jan 1, 2021
New Delhi, Nov 8: The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a notification making a FASTag mandatory for all four-wheel vehicles from January 1, 2021.