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Even as citizenship issues are being raised in many parts of the country, a new report questions the legal process followed by the Foreigners Tribunals (FTs) and Gauhati high court in declaring 1.6 lakh people as “foreigners” in Assam.According to the report, citizenship was denied on the basis of minor spelling errors and confusion between…

NEW DELHI: Following through on his claim of “atom bomb evidence of voter manipulation” in favour of governing BJP, Congress’ Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said over one lakh voters were downright fake in Mahadevapura assembly seat that BJP swept to narrowly win Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency in 2024. There are eight segments in the…

NEW DELHI: Rejecting Justice Yashwant Varma’s petition on Thursday, a Supreme Court bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and A G Masih said it was “unreasonable to even think that despite an incident of the present nature, the CJI would wait for Parliament to take action”.“The CJI, upon being informed of a judge’s remissness, does have…

NEW DELHI: “Give the bully an inch, he will take a mile,” wrote Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong in a post on X, a day after US President Donald Trump slapped an additional 25% tariff on India for its trade with Russia. The remark was seen by some as expressing solidarity with countries like India and…

KOCHI: In a throwback to the 2007 Malappuram gold heist, where burglars famously drilled through the floor of Kerala Gramin Bank to steal 80kg of gold, a thief in Aluva recently tried the same tactic – this time, to steal coconut oil. Though the digging attempt failed, he still managed to escape with 30 litres…

Machine Gun Kelly reveals what happened at Super Bowl.(Image via Romain Maurice/Getty Images; AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift were supposed to attend Machine Gun Kelly’s concert after the Super Bowl win this year. But the two had disappeared from the spotlight after the Chiefs’ star player faced a devastating loss at the…

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Having worked out a three-way split of 25% US reciprocal tariffs that kicked in on Thursday, Indian exporters are rushing shipments ahead of the Aug 27 deadline, when Donald Trump’s “secondary sanctions” on India will double the customs duty to 50%.“We are advancing the shipments and planning to ship goods for the four…

SRINAGAR: Amid an ongoing anti-terror operation in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district — which entered its seventh day Thursday — Army’s Northern Commander Lt Gen Pratik Sharma visited the region to review the counter-terrorism grid. Later that evening, DGP Nalin Prabhat visited the district and reviewed the security situation.During his visit, Lt Gen Sharma was briefed…

TOI correspondent from London: The Charity Commission has ruled that a gurdwara in Britain may keep plaques bearing the word “Khalistan”.The commission, which regulates UK places of worship, had opened a regulatory compliance case regarding Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Slough in 2019 after an Indian journalist saw a large “Khalistan board” inside and filed…

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with party leader Sonia Gandhi, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, his daughter and party leader Supriya Sule during INDIA bloc dinner meet (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Leaders of the INDIA bloc gathered for a dinner meeting hosted by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday evening to discuss the ongoing Special Intensive…