Liberals cheer new US immigration rules, critics cry ‘amnesty’
August 20th, 2011 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 20 (IANS) The Obama administration's plan to focus its deportation efforts on illegal immigrants with criminal records or those who pose a threat to national security has been ... Read more...
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Four more Indian students freed of radio tags in US
February 25th, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) US authorities have removed radio tags of four more Indian students of the sham Tri Valley University (TVU) in California closed on charges of immigration visa ... Read more...
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Three more Indian students freed of radio tags (Lead)
February 17th, 2011 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 17 (IANS) As the US promised to cooperate with India to resolve the issue of affected Indian students of a sham US university, three more students have been ... Read more...
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Indian IT industry to raise outsourcing issue with Obama
October 26th, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 26 (IANS) The Indian IT industry will raise issues related to outsourcing and immigration with US President Barack Obama during his visit to India next month, Infosys Technologies' chief ... Read more...
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Obama’s aunt can stay in US
May 18th, 2010 - 6:10 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 18 (DPA) President Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt has been granted asylum and can remain in the US, an immigration court ruled, according to media reports Monday.
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Obama’s Kenyan Aunt Zeituni can stay in the US for two more months
February 5th, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
Boston, Feb. 5 (ANI): A US immigration judge has given President Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt two more months to prepare an argument against her deportation.The decision came six years after Aunt ... Read more...
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SRK back home from US
August 18th, 2009 - 5:08 pm ICT by IBNS
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IBNS) Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is back in India on Tuesday from his ‘not so pleasant’ visit to the US, where he was held up for questioning for ... Read more...
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Shekhar Kapur slams Ambika Soni for comments on SRK episode
August 16th, 2009 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has criticised Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni's remarks to give a 'tit-for-tat' treatment to the Americans after Bollywood superstar Shah ... Read more...
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Shah Rukh may have been victim of random selection parameter (News Analysis)
August 16th, 2009 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
By Mayank Chhaya
Chicago, Aug 16 (IANS) Actor Shah Rukh Khan's two-hour detention and questioning at the Newark International Airport could well be a result of the random selection parameter built into ... Read more...
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Detaining SRK at US airport not justified: Ambika Soni
August 15th, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Saturday reacted angrily to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan being detained at a US airport, saying it was not justified. ... Read more...
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US judge clears way for deportation of Nazi guard
April 7th, 2009 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 6 (DPA) A US judge Monday cleared the way for John Demjanjuk, a war-crimes suspect from the Nazi era, to be deported to Germany.
The US Immigration Court in Arlington, Virginia, ... Read more...
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After row over schools, German seeks asylum in US
April 5th, 2009 - 9:00 am ICT by IANS
By Sophie von Puttkamer
Washington, April 5 (DPA) Asylum seekers in the US normally come from places like Iran, Myanmar or Africa. But Uwe Romeike is an unusual case.The 37-year-old's home was in ... Read more...
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FBI rejects Baitullah’s claim on New York terror attack
April 4th, 2009 - 10:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington/London, Apr. 4 (ANI): The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Saturday rejected the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud's claim that he was responsible for Friday's attack on a US ... Read more...
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Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for US shootout (Lead)
April 4th, 2009 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 4 (DPA) Pakistan's top Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud has claimed responsibility for the Friday shootings at a US immigration services centre in upstate New York that killed 13 people.
A ... Read more...
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Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for US shooting
April 4th, 2009 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 4 (IANS) Pakistan's Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud Saturday claimed responsibility for the attack on a US immigration centre in New York in which 13 people were killed, Geo TV ... Read more...
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Obama’s Kenyan Aunt Zeituni can stay in the US for ten more months
April 2nd, 2009 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
Boston (United States), Apr.2 (ANI): A US immigration judge has given President Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt ten more months to prepare an argument against her deportation.The decision came six years after ... Read more...
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‘US pushing brains back home to India, China’
March 8th, 2009 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, March 8 (IANS) Flagging prospects and a lumbering US bureaucracy are pushing away talented immigrants back home to India and China after 40 years of a major brain drain, ... Read more...
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Bridegroom clueless over his earlier wedding 30-years ago while drunk!
June 25th, 2008 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne , June 25 (ANI): Right after his wedding day, an Australian man discovered that he had already been married to someone else for 30 years.The 67-year-old learned the news from ... Read more...
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