India

A group of former Disney IT employees in the US state of Florida have filed a fresh lawsuit, claiming the company discriminated against them by firing them and giving their jobs to Indian workers brought to the country on H-1B visas.

It is goof ups galore in foreigners division of union ministry of home affairs (MHA). After Zakir Naik's Islamic research foundation, 3 other red-flagged NGOs got their FCRA renewed and cancelled when the goof up was highlighted by CNN-News18.

"Read my lips," said Rahul Gandhi as he told the media that he had enough proof that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally benefited from demonetisation.

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to probe the death of Tamil Nadu's former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, contending that the circumstances leading to her demise were surrounded by mystery.

A labourer died for lack of treatment allegedly after his wife failed to withdraw money from the bank.

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present in Parliament for the remaining three days of the winter session and accused the Opposition of "changing goalpost" to disrupt the functioning of both the Houses.

Sushma Swaraj is recovering fast, however, it will take at least a week or so to discharge her, said a senior doctor.

Highlighting the works of the BJP-ruled state government, she said that the party had promised 15 lakh jobs in five years in its election manifesto and delivering on it, nearly 11 lakh youths have been employed including one lakh in the government sector.

Jawaharlal Nehru University has fenced off a section of its administrative block that was named “Freedom Square” after becoming a site for student activism during this year.

Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons are all the same weather phenomenon, but they have got different names in different parts of the world.

The very Severe cyclonic storm, Vardah, is likely to cross north Tamil Nadu/south Andhra Pradesh coast on Monday afternoon, Meteorological Department Director S Balachandran said.

Trump said he does not believe the allegations by the US intelligence agencies that the Russian government helped him win the White House via election-related cyberattacks.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a jibe at Rajnath Singh, saying that while he agrees that Pakistan is trying to divide India along religious lines, the Home Minister and his "boss" Prime Minister Narendra Modi have also been doing the same.

In the official telephone directory of the state government, PDP leaders Abdul Haq Khan and Basharat Bukhari have been shown as holding charge of the Law and Justice Department.

Days after agreeing with the judiciary to appoint retired judges in high courts to tackle rising cases, the Law Ministry has cautioned that there is no mechanism to deal with complaints of "wrongful acts" against them.