630,000 Indians among immigrants hit by US court verdict

A US federal judge in Houston has declared illegal a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of Indians, brought to the......

Trump caught on tape asking to 'find votes' in Georgia

United States President Donald Trump, in an extraordinary one-hour phone call, told Georgia's election chief to reverse President-elect Joe Biden's win and urged him to "find" enough votes to......

US Senate passes bill to avoid shutdown

The United States senate has approved a legislation to temporarily fund the government in an effort to avoid a partial shutdown just before Christmas after President Donald Trump backed away from......

Christopher Wray confirmed as new FBI director

The Senate has confirmed Christopher Wray as the new Federal Bureau of Investigation director, replacing James Comey who was fired by President Donald Trump amid the investigation......

US firm accused of trying to replace Americans with immigrants

  An American healthcare company has been accused of laying off 180 of its IT employees in an attempt to replace them with low-wage H-1B workers, including Indians. "I am deeply concerned......

H-1B visa reform bill introduced in US Senate

Two US Senators have introduced a bipartisan legislation in the Senate seeking reform of H-1B visa programme and modify wage requirements while also calling for a sense of urgency against the......

Need to scale up and ramp down H-1B visas: Senator

In less than a week of Donald Trump being sworn in as the 45th US President, the "H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act" was introduced to prioritise American workers and restore fairness in visa programmes......

US visas: Nasscom changes stance

With the anti-outsourcing sentiment in the United States touching an all-time high owing to large-scale job-cuts, Nasscom, the apex body that represents the Indian IT outsourcing industry, has......