NEW DELHI: A devotee who accidentally dropped his iPhone into the offering box of a temple was refused to get it back after a minister told him “anything that is deposited into the offering box, goes into god’s account.”In a peculiar situation, the devotee identified as Dinesh, dropped his iPhone in the hundial of the…
Starting January 1, 2025, the US Embassy in India will implement significant changes to reduce visa appointment wait times, while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) introduces sweeping reforms to the H-1B visa program. These initiatives are aimed at simplifying the application process and accelerating approvals, especially for Indian tech professionals.Key changes to visa appointment…
Krish Raval, a prominent London-based professional, was nominated on Friday by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for a life peerage in the House of Lords. Raval, who chairs the Labour Party’s diaspora group, Labour Indians, is set to join the Labour benches in the Upper House, pending approval by King Charles III.The nomination, one of…
The bill now awaits President Joe Biden’s signature to become law, ensuring government funding through mid-March and avoiding immediate fiscal turmoil. In a dramatic turn of events, the US Congress passed a crucial spending bill in the early hours of Saturday, narrowly averting a government shutdown that threatened to disrupt federal services and holiday travel…
A 28-year-old Indian-origin man, Visnu Suriamurthi, was sentenced to six weeks in jail and fined SGD 2,000 in Singapore on Friday.Vishnu was sentenced after pleading guilty to voluntarily causing hurt to a rival gang member and engaging in illegal gambling. The case stems from a gang brawl on August 20, 2023, outside the Concorde hotel…
Prince Harry is reportedly dissatisfied with how the New York Police Department (NYPD) has handled its investigation into the “near-fatal” paparazzi car chase involving him and Meghan Markle in May 2023. According to the Daily Mail, a member of Harry’s security team accused the NYPD of intentionally misleading the royal and suspected a cover-up in…
Arjun Erigaisi (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s top-ranked chess star Arjun Erigaisi has issued a public plea to expedite the return of his passport ahead of the prestigious World Rapid & Blitz Championships, set to take place in New York City from December 26-31. Erigaisi, currently ranked number one in India for rapid chess, took…
PHAGWARA: Two people, including an Australia-based NRI, died and one sustained serious injuries when the taxi they were travelling in collided with a sugarcane-loaded tractor-trolley at the Sugar Mill flyover on National Highway 44 here, police said on Friday. The incident occurred on Wednesday night, resulting in the death of NRI Dilpreet Singh (28) and…
A hard-working employee of a PNC bank alleged that she was denied a promotion due to being a black single mother and filed a complaint.Brandie Falice commenced her employment with the bank in 2018, and as she informed WSBTV, she progressed swiftly to a senior position within months of joining, Daily Mail reported.Following the COVID-19…
NEW DELHI: A man working as housekeeping staff at a government hospital in Dwarka has been arrested for secretly filming inside a women’s washroom, police said on Friday.According to a PTI report, the matter came to light when a woman using the washroom heard a sudden ringing sound from a hidden mobile phone. Upon investigation,…
