Getting a visa to visit the US may soon take less time for some travelers, but at a cost. Starting July 1, travelers applying for B1 and B2 nonimmigrant visas for business and tourist purposes will be able to pay extra to jump ahead of others in the queue for visa interviews. This Temporary Final…
Referee Omar Artan, center, of Somalia (AP Photo) Somalian referee Omar Artan received an emotional welcome on Wednesday after returning to Mogadishu, days after being denied entry into the United States despite being selected to officiate at the FIFA World Cup.Artan had been on course to make history as the first referee from Somalia to…
Congress workers protested the rejection of Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination by hanging an RSS uniform on the locked gate of the Chief Electoral Officer’s office in Bhopal. BHOPAL: Escalating its protest against the rejection of Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination, Congress workers on Wednesday hung a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) uniform…
The 14 freed Kuki hostages Guwahati: Fourteen Kuki individuals, who had been abducted nearly a month ago by Naga groups in Manipur’s Senapati district, were handed over to police and the civil administration following facilitation by the United Naga Council (UNC) and Senapati-based civil society organisations.This compassionate act of the Nagas, which has been widely…
For many people, a saree is a piece of clothing. For founder Samiksha Khadka, one particular green saree carries a lifetime of memories. During a recent visit to the United States, she shared the story behind the heirloom and the promise she once made to her grandmother – a promise that, years later, brought tears…
PM Modi with Italian counterpart Meloni in Rome (File photo) NEW DELHI: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he surpassed Jawaharlal Nehru‘s record to become India’s longest-serving elected Prime Minister.PM Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, overtaking Nehru’s tenure as an elected prime minister. He has served…
BAGHPAT: A long-running rivalry erupted into bloodshed in UP’s Baraut town on Tuesday when a tent trader and his son were shot dead at their shop in broad daylight, triggering protests and a market shutdown. The alleged shooter, identified by police as gangster Varun Lohari, was also injured during the incident and later died while…
NEW DELHI: The Karnataka high court has dismissed a petition filed by a woman Sub-Inspector seeking to quash an FIR arising from allegations that she kicked a woman advocate inside a police station, while also imposing a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the officer for allegedly hiding crucial evidence from the court.Justice M. Nagaprasanna…
England’s Ben Stokes (AP Photo) England’s preparations for the second Test against New Zealand have been overshadowed by a fresh off-field controversy involving captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson. The pair are reported to have broken the team curfew after England’s 115-run victory in the opening Test at Lord’s and later become involved…
Larry Ellison has lost more than $47 billion in personal wealth in less than a week as shares of Oracle continued to fall ahead of the company’s earnings report. Ellison’s fortune dropped from about $296 billion last Tuesday, June 2 to around $249.7 billion, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List. The fall comes as investors…