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An Indian origin man was among four people killed after a four-storey under-construction Hindu temple collapsed in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, officials said on Sunday.Two people, a construction worker and a devotee, were confirmed dead on Friday. The death toll rose to four on Saturday after rescue teams recovered additional bodies from the debris.One of…
A coalition of 20 US states, led by California, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a new $100,000 fee imposed on H-1B visas, arguing that the move is unlawful and threatens access to essential public services such as healthcare and education.The legal challenge, announced by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, targets a…
At least 11 people, including a three-year-old child, were killed when gunmen stormed a hostel operating as an illegal bar in Pretoria’s Saulsville township early on Saturday, according to police. Another 14 people were wounded in the attack, which is the latest in a series of mass shootings that have shaken South Africa, a country…
Arundhati Roy. (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday said a photograph of author Arundhati Roy smoking a ‘bidi’ on her book cover does not infringe the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (COTPA), and hence, there is no requirement…
Malaysian authorities are stepping up their crackdown on illegal Bitcoin mining after uncovering nearly 14,000 illicit sites over the past five years and reporting about $1.1 billion in power-theft losses for state utility Tenaga Nasional (TNB).With cases rising sharply, including around 3,000 power-theft incidents linked to mining recorded by early October, the government last month…
KOLKATA: The parents of 26-year-old Sunali Khatoon, who was branded an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant and pushed across the border by Indian authorities, have been verified as voters in Bengal’s Birbhum district, with their names appearing in the state’s 2002 SIR of electoral rolls.Bhodu Sheikh, 62, and his wife Jyotsna Bibi, 55 — both on the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday said intruders and illegal immigrants have no legal right and hoped every citizen is aware of this problem in northeastern and eastern states, amplifying a concern that had prompted SC in 2005 to observe that Assam faced “external aggression and internal disturbance” due to influx of Bangladeshi migrants.Dealing with a…
Representative image (AI-generated) More than 300 migrants without legal status have died while in Malaysian custody since 2020, sparking renewed concern among rights advocates over detention conditions and treatment of vulnerable groups fleeing violence and persecution.One of the latest cases is that of Ben Za Min, a 32-year-old from Myanmar’s Chin state, who died in…
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he plans to suspend migration from all the “third world countries” to give the American system time “to fully recover.” His comments came a day after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers in Washington.“I will permanently pause migration from all third world countries to…
