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Sikhs have been campaigning for quite some time to get the restrictions removed and were pressing the White House to push the changes. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Sikh taxi driver assaulted, turban snatched by drunk passengers in US

Harkirat Singh said the passengers hurled slurs at him and banged on the plastic partition in his cab.

18 April 2017 2:28 PM IST

The brakes of the bus apparently failed as it negotiated a downhill road in Nueva Ecija provinces Carranglan town. (Photo: AP)

At least 25 dead as Philippine bus plunges into ravine

In one of the deadliest vehicle accidents in the country in recent years, most of the other passengers were seriously...

18 April 2017 2:04 PM IST

Australian PM Malcom Turnbull and Prime Minister Narendra Modi (FIle Photo)

Australia govt abolishes visa programme used largely by Indians

The programme known as 457 visa allows business to employ foreign workers for a period up to four years in skilled jobs.

18 April 2017 1:14 PM IST

Jumaili was killed with other Islamic State commanders in a strike carried out by the Iraqi air force in the region of al-Qaim, near the border with Syria. (Photo: AP)

At least 10 civilians dead in air strike in eastern Syria: activists

Air strikes by the US-led coalition have killed many civilians over the past weeks as the battle against the extremists...

18 April 2017 1:13 PM IST

Thousands of houses and other infrastructure have been destroyed by the floods (Photo: AP)

At least 285 killed, 1000 injured during Myanmar's Thingyan Water...

This year deaths were 13 more than that of last year's figures of 273.

18 April 2017 1:11 PM IST

The boy was found unresponsive the next morning when paramedics were unable to revive him. (Photo: Facebook)

US: Police suspect 8-year-old girl of killing 1-year-old boy in day...

The police believe the girl and Korey were left unsupervised for a while when he started crying and she intervened.

18 April 2017 12:53 PM IST

Brouwer was the third person killed by a shark off Western Australia in the past 12 months. (Photo: AP)

Family witness shark kill teenage daughter off Australia

Laeticia Brouwer was on holiday and went surfing with her father near Wylie Bay late Monday afternoon, police said.

18 April 2017 12:49 PM IST

US President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Barron Trump. (Photo: Videograb)

Video: When US President Trump gets a sharp nudge from First Lady...

The President seemed to have forgotten to raise his hand to his heart immediately like Melania Trump and Barron Trump...

18 April 2017 12:33 PM IST

Palestinian officials said some 1,500 inmates affiliated with all political factions including rival Fatah and Hamas were taking part in the protest. (Photo: AFP)

Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails begin hunger strike for...

Israel said the move by the prisoners, many of whom were convicted of attacks or for plotting against Israel, was...

18 April 2017 9:46 AM IST

The military said 1,000 security personnel, including police and special task forces, have been deployed for rescue operation. (Photo: AP)

Death toll in Sri Lanka dump collapse climbs to 30

According to the Disaster Management Centre, at least 625 people belonging to 180 families had been displaced due to the...

18 April 2017 8:58 AM IST

North Koreas deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Kim In Ryong. (Photo: AP)

North Korea says ready to react to 'any mode of war' from US

Pyongyang is seeking to develop a long-range missile capable of hitting the US mainland with a nuclear warhead.

18 April 2017 8:39 AM IST

The cable was sent after President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order restricting travel from six Muslim-majority countries. (Photo: AP)

Trump's order to ensure H-1B visas only for high-skilled applicants

The order will call on the US federal departments to act on the fraud and abuse' in the US immigration system to protect...

18 April 2017 8:12 AM IST