Trump admin halts new student visa interviews over social media vetting plans

The Trump administration is ordering United States embassies and consular sections to pause scheduling new interviews for student visa applicants as it is considering social media vetting of......

Raj De US Homeland Security advisor

Attorney Raj De has been appointed to the board of advisors of the United States Department of Homeland Security and Defense Business Council to which he is expected to `bring an impressive range......

Harvard is not Harvard...: Varsity sues Trump admin over foreign student ban

Harvard has sued the Trump administration over its unlawful and unwarranted decision to revoke the university's certification to enrol foreign students, asserting that without its international......

Won't be able to enrol foreigners if...: US govt threatens Harvard

The United States Department of Homeland Security has threatened to revoke Harvard University's ability to enrol foreign students if it failed to provide by April 30 records on its international......

No H-1B visa caps for data localisation: US State Department

International companies usually store data on global servers and the requirement to store data locally would require them to make an additional investment. But policymakers in India believe storing......

Ahead of election, Trump imposes new curbs on H-1B visas

The Trump administration has announced new restrictions on H-1B non-immigrant visa programme which it said is aimed at protecting American workers, restoring integrity and to better guarantee that......

Grace period for retrenched H1-B workers to be extended to 180 days

A presidential advisory sub-committee has recommended the federal government to extend the grace period for H1-B workers, who have lost their jobs, from the existing 60 days to 180 days so that the......

Wrong to assume that sacked H-1B staffers have to leave America within 60 days: USCIS

Amid mass layoffs in the tech sector, the federal agency for immigration services has said it is wrong to assume that sacked workers holding the much-sought-after H-1B visas have to leave the......

T20 WC: Terror threat to India-Pakistan match in NYC

New York amps up security after concerns reported IMAGE: India players ahead of a training session on Wednesday. Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said the T20 World Cup received an......

US, European security officials worry about Sochi-related attacks

Intelligence agencies believe attacks by militants during the Sochi Winter Olympics are highly likely, but will probably be aimed at "softer" targets elsewhere in Russia, such as public......