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......

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......

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......

Obama drops Cuba from state terrorism list

United States President Barack Obama has decided to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House said. The move was immediately welcomed by top American lawmakers.......

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......

Bill that could kill H-1B visas

Nearly two months after its introduction sparked a furore both in India and in America, the controversial Durbin-Grassley visa reform bill has again been brought before the United States Senate.......

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......