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According to a US State Department order, issued on January 8, 38 countries will now be required to pay a bond while applying for a US visa. The US Embassy in Dhaka has announced that the B1 and B2 visa applicants will be required to pay a bond of up to $15,000 as part of the visa requirements from January 21. The $15,000 bond for Bangladeshi travellers come after the Trump administration expanded a policy that requires some foreign travellers to pay a hefty security deposit before entering the US. According to a US State Department order, issued on January…

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said the UAE leader’s visit to India was short, but extremely substantive. The UAE President’s visit lasted for a few hours. UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in New Delhi for a brief, yet crucial visit, on Monday. Al Nahyan was received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an airport in New Delhi. The West Asian leader’s visit to India comes amid heightened tensions in West Asia. In a notable gesture, PM Modi personally received UAE President at the airport and the two leaders also shared a ride as they left from the airport.…

Trump said Europe should focus on Ukraine war, rather than Greenland. US President Donald Trump has made clear his intentions of taking over Greenland, at times, threatening detractors — especially European countries — of additional tariffs for opposing his demands, while also citing Chinese and Russian threats over the island.Earlier in the day, Trump said he no longer needs to think “purely of peace” after being snubbed for a Nobel, adding the world will not be safe until Washington controls Greenland. The US President has, however, not made it clear whether he would use force to take over Greenland, especially…

The SIT will be led by ADG Zone Meerut, with the Divisional Commissioner Meerut and the Chief Engineer of PWD also included. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a probe into the tragic death of 27-year-old techie Yuvraj Mehta in Noida on the intervening night of January 16-17. A three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to examine all circumstances surrounding the incident and will submit a report within 5 days. The SIT will be headed by ADG Zone Meerut, with the Divisional Commissioner Meerut and the Chief Engineer of PWD also included. Officials said the team…

Nabin’s elevation to the party’s top post signals a generational shift, which will give a platform to the younger generation. Five-time legislator from Bihar Nitin Nabin is set to be formally elected the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on January 20 after he emerged as the only candidate for the top party post on Monday. Thirty-seven sets of nomination papers, each endorsed by top party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, outgoing BJP president JP Nadda, and chief ministers of several states, such as Gujarat, Delhi, and Chhattisgarh, were filed in favour of Nabin as the BJP…

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado met Trump on December 15 at the White House and presented the US President her Nobel Peace Prize medal. Days after Venezuelan leader Maria Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize 2025 medal to United States President Donald Trump, the Nobel Foundation has issued a statement clarifying that prizes cannot be “symbolically” given to others. “A prize can not, even symbolically, be passed on or further distributed,” the foundation said in a statement on Sunday. It further stated that one of the core missions of the Nobel Foundation is to “safeguard the dignity of the Nobel…

Virat Kohli’s century went in vain as New Zealand defeated India by 41 runs in the third ODI to win the three-match series 2-1. Virat Kohli’s 54th ODI century went in vain as India went down in the third and final ODI against New Zealand by 41 runs at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday. Chasing 338, India kept losing wickets at regular intervals, and it was only the chase master Kohli who kept India in with a chance to win the game. The 37-year-old did find support in Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harshit Rana as the duo hit…

In effort to dismantle legacy of TMC’s 2011 “poriborton” (change), PM gives call for “real change” or ‘asol poriborton’ from site of TMC’s major agitation. Nearly two decades after the plains of Singur in Bengal became the epicentre of a political earthquake that toppled a 34-year-old regime, the town was on Sunday back at the heart of a high-stakes ideological battle. The challenger then, Mamata Banerjee, is now an incumbent of three terms as Chief Minister, who faced sharp attacks from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose party BJP is hoping to turn the tables this time. At the Sunday rally,…

A video purportedly showing people offering prayers inside the house has surfaced and is being circulated on social media, police said. Twelve Muslims were detained from a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district for offering namaz in an empty house, officials said on Sunday. The row over the prayer gathering erupted after video purportedly showing people offering namaz inside the house was circulated on social media. Police said the “precautionary action” was taken after receiving information from people in Mohammadganj village that a vacant house was allegedly being used as a “temporary madrasa” for the past several weeks. The 12…

The gunfight started during a cordon and search operation at village Sonnar near Mandral-Singhoora in Chatroo area around noon. An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Singhpora area of Kishtwar district in J&K on Sunday, police said. Intermittent firing is going on as three terrorists of the Pakistan-backed Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfit are likely engaged in the gunbattle who also lobbed grenades at the security personnel, it is learnt. Sources said some soldiers have been injured in the firing, but there is no official confirmation yet. According to officials, the gunfight started during a cordon and search…