Indian companies, according to Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, will have to pay an additional fees of $4,000 for certain H1B and $4,500 for L-1 petitioners, details published on Friday by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said. The law, signed by U.S. President Barack Obama in December 2015, increased fees for certain H1B and L-1 petitioners, USCIS said in […]
» Read moreTrinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as Chief Minister of West Bengal on Friday, beginning her second stint in the once-Left dominated State. She has already submitted her list of council of Ministers to Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi. Forty-one ministers, including 17 new faces, were sworn in along with her in batches at a function at Red Road […]
» Read moreThe words were tougher. The final rounds lasted longer. The result was the same. The Scripps National Spelling Bee ended in a tie for the third consecutive year on Thursday night, with Jairam Hathwar and Nihar Janga declared co-champions after a roller-coaster finish. Thirteen-year-old Jairam is the younger brother of the 2014 co-champion, Sriram Hathwar. Nihar, at age 11, is the […]
» Read moreSenior CPI(M) legislator, S. Sharma was sworn in as the Pro-tem Speaker of Kerala Assembly. At a simple function held at Raj Bhavan on Friday, Governor Justice (Retd.) P. Sathasivam administered the oath of affirmation to Mr.Sharma. Minister for Industries and Sports, E. P. Jayarajan and Minister for Ports, Ramachandran Kadanapally were present at the function. This is the sixth time […]
» Read moreAddressing a rally in Saharanpur on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the retirement age for central and state government doctors will be increased to 65 years. Marking two years of his governance, Mr. Modi asked if the public had heard of any charges of corruption against his government. “In the last 2 years, there has been no corruption […]
» Read moreIn a massive explosion at a chemical factory in Dombivali on Thursday afternoon, three people are feared killed. According to preliminary reports, the blast occurred in a boiler room of the Acharya Chemicals factory in the MIDC area in Dombivali (east). “We have learned about three workers dying in the incident but are further confirming this. Fire tenders, water tankers […]
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