NEW DELHI: Despite their protests over the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral roll, the state’s opposition parties have already joined the exercise in full strength, deploying over 56,000 booth level agents (BLAs) to monitor every stage of the process.RJD has appointed 47,143 BLAs, making it second only to BJP that has positioned…
Reviving tourism: Travel agents from across India to converge in Kashmir this weekend NEW DELHI: Travel agents from across the country will converge in Kashmir this weekend in a bid to revive tourism there following this once-thriving industry’s near-total collapse after the deadly April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam. The Travel Agents Federation of India…
It’s late at night in South Nashville, and the seventh day of a weeklong immigration sweep here. Tennessee state troopers, trailed by federal ICE agents in unmarked cars, raced down deserted streets in this predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. “Are you in Harding? Now — this white one went back down there too.” These are volunteers from…
Donald Trump’s ally Laura Loomer called for restrictions on H-1B visas after the US banned Indian travel agents accused of illegal migration.Loomer, a vocal critic of immigrant employment, posted on X: “Let’s go. Now do the H1B visas. Thank you for your attention to this very important matter!”Her remarks come after the US government implemented…
While the Trump administration took aim at illegal immigration from India, for the MAGA faithful, that was just the start. Hours after visa restrictions were imposed on Indian travel agents accused of smuggling migrants into the US, right-wing firebrand Laura Loomer turned the spotlight to legal immigration via H-1B visas. “Now do the H-1B visas,”…
Federal immigration agents were blocked from entering two Los Angeles elementary schools this week after attempting to locate five young students—an incident that has thrust the city’s education system into the eye of a growing political storm. The officers, representing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), were reportedly seeking children in grades one through six,…
NEW DELHI: Slamming permission to banks to hike charges on ATM withdrawals, Congress Saturday cited a series of levies by banks coupled with price rise and “unbridled loot” to accuse Modi govt of turning banks into “collection agents”.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, “Our banks have been unfortunately made collection agents by Modi govt which has…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a graduate student attending the University of Minnesota earlier this week, the school said Friday in a statement that called the situation “deeply concerning.” The student was taken into custody on Thursday at an off-campus residence, the school’s president, Rebecca Cunningham, said in the statement. “The university had…
F.B.I. agents stationed overseas had sex with prostitutes in Cambodia, the Philippines and Thailand, even as some bureau employees attended training meant to combat human trafficking, a practice that often exploits vulnerable women, according to an investigation by the Justice Department’s watchdog. The document, made public on Thursday in response to a lawsuit by The…
A doctoral student at the University of Alabama was detained by federal immigration authorities, the university said in a statement on Wednesday, one of more than half a dozen students who have been targeted by the Trump administration in recent weeks. The student was not named by the school, but online records from Immigration and…