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A White House decision to impose a $100,000 entry fee on H-1B visa holders has sparked alarm among Indian tech workers and students, the largest group using this route to the US. The measure, effective from midnight on September 21, applies to those entering America on H-1B visas, but exempts individuals already in the country who are extending or changing their status.
When a murder convict pleaded for his life sentence to be suspended by promising to pledge himself to any cause, the Madhya Pradesh High Court came up with an uncommon middle-ground. Given that he had already been in prison for a decade, it released him with a caveat – that he should plant 10 neem saplings and care for them to “counter the idea of violence”.
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Mohali Mayor Amarjit Singh Jeeti Sidhu on Friday visited Mohali’s Kumbhra village, where a year ago two local children were brutally murdered reportedly by migrants living as paying guests. Moved by the family’s plight, the Mayor handed over Rs 50,000 in financial assistance to victim Damanpreet’s mother after learning about the dilapidated condition of their house, which villagers said was at risk of collapsing.
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