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Washington: A US judge on Thursday partially blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump aimed at sweeping election reforms, the latest legal setback in enacting his agenda. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly specifically prevented the Trump administration from requiring voters to provide proof of US citizenship when registering to vote at …

Mumbai: The Devendra Fadnavis government of Maharashtra, days after making Hindi compulsory for primary classes, has backtracked amid strong objections from Opposition parties and Raj Thackeray’s MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena).  “We have stayed the decision of making Hindi mandatory in the school as per the GR issued earlier in this …

Washington: The U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday it will hear arguments next month over Donald Trump’s bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, a key pillar of the Republican president’s hardline approach toward immigration. The justices, in an unsigned order, did not immediately act …

Washington DC: NASA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion or DEI chief Neela Rajendra, who is of Indian origin, has been sacked by the US space agency in compliance with Donald Trump’s executive order to “terminate” all persons employed under such initiatives, and end all such programmes across the country. In an …

New Delhi: A gangster living in London has taken responsibility for the killing of a 52-year-old property dealer in Delhi. Rajkumar Dalal was driving his Toyota Fortuner when two cars approached from the side and opened fire at outer Delhi’s Paschim Vihar (East) on Friday. The police’s suspicion of a …

Vowing to protect the jobs of ‘deserving’ teachers whose appointment was cancelled by a Supreme Court order, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today cited the example of the all-India medical entrance exam NEET and said the top court did not cancel the whole examination in that case. “The Supreme …

In the aftermath of Chennai Super Kings (CSK)’s 50-run loss to rivals Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), former captain MS Dhoni‘s batting order has sparked a big debate. Dhoni, who came out to bat at no. 9, hit an unbeaten 30 off just 16, but his knock had no …

Washington: US President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at “eliminating” the Department of Education, a decades-old goal of the American right, which wants individual states to run schools free from the federal government. Surrounded by schoolchildren sitting at desks set up in the East Room of the White …