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Labour unions filed a lawsuit against the US government on Thursday, alleging that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of people who are legally in the United States by searching their social media for specific viewpoints, including criticism of Israel.The complaint is the latest legal challenge to the broad immigration crackdown initiated since President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January, which has seen unprecedented deportations of migrants, including some who had valid visas.The Department of State on Tuesday said it had revoked the visas of at least six people over social media comments made about the assassination of…

Virudhunagar: DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday alleged that the BJP-led regime at the Centre only gave “zero” to Tamil Nadu in the Union Budget presented recently and urged the people to give back “zero” to the NDA in the state in the upcoming Assembly election in April.Addressing the southern regional meeting of the DMK youth wing office-bearers here, Stalin, listing out the flagship schemes of his government including the Rs 1,000 monthly assistance to women and fare-free travel in buses for women, said Tamil Nadu is the superstar state in the country that topped the…

Mumbai: A collective of Muslim lawyers, law students and activists have written to the government, seeking city-specific Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the use of loudspeakers only in the month of Ramzan. Ramzan will begin from the evening of Feb 17, and many in the community fear that the lengthy procedure to get permission for the use of loudspeakers deters many mosques from approaching the police to get the permission. “Just as the authorities issue SOP and special guidelines to keep eateries open in the night during Ramzan, we have requested the authorities to issue an SOP on the use…

NEW DELHi: Relatives and friends of Kamal Dhyani alleged they did not get timely support from police or authorities during their night-long search for him.Police, though, refuted the claim, detailed measures they took to trace him and said they provided his near and dear ones with all possible help. Islamabad Suicide Blast, Bangladesh Crisis, RBI’s Fraud Compensation And MoreKamal’s twin brother, Karan, and friend Mayank also raised suspicions of foul play, noting that they had inspected all pits along a stretch of Joginder Singh Marg they had zeroed in on and spotted no one, barely hours before his body was…

Bengaluru: The proposed 5% hike in Namma Metro fares has snowballed into a political controversy, exposing conflicting narratives between the Centre, state govt and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), even as commuters remain uncertain if the revised fares will be implemented from Monday or not.Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya claimed Union housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal Khattar has intervened to stall the hike. “I met the Union minister during Parliament session and highlighted errors in the Fare Fixation Committee (FFC) report. On Saturday, I had a detailed conversation with him over the phone. He later informed me…

Hyderabad: An Ayurvedic doctor approached the cybercrime police, alleging that fraudsters operating two loan apps extorted over Rs 36 lakh from him by threatening to circulate his morphed obscene photographs on social media. Police registered a case and launched a probe to nab the accused.The 46-year-old complainant from Sanath Nagar stated that he downloaded two loan apps, `L*** Ra***’ and `Q**** F***s’, from the Play Store in Aug 2025. He alleged that after initially borrowing small amounts and repaying them, the apps’ operators began crediting larger sums into his bank account without his consent and then demanded repayment with steep…

Chennai: Officers of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Avadi police arrested an employee of the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences (Tanuvas) University for embezzling 2.85 crore from the institution by forging signatures on bank documents.Vadivel, an employee at the university’s Madhavaram facility, forged the signature of Tanuvas director on NEFT forms and transferred 2.85 crore from the university’s bank account, police said. The fraud came to light after Dr Karthikeyan, a university official, lodged a complaint, based on which police registered a case under six sections of the BNS and launched an investigation.Police arrested Vadivel on Friday.…

Ahmedabad: Nearly two years after he was allegedly abducted and assaulted over a gold trading dispute, a 38-year-old businessman finally succeeded in getting an FIR registered with the Ranip police on Thursday.The delay in police action, despite repeated representations, has raised questions about the process. According to the complaint filed on Feb 6, 2026, Rakesh Tiwari, who runs a gold trading business from Ranip, alleged that the offence occurred on the night of March 26-27, 2024. Tiwari told the police he was forcibly taken from a spot near Arihant Jewellers on Kashiba Road after being lured to a settlement meeting…

The elephant calf did not sustain any injuries in the incident or during rescue. COIMBATORE: A three-year-old male elephant calf, which accidentally fell into a ground-level water tank in a coffee estate in Valparai, was rescued by forest department personnel. What makes this rescue special is the fact that the mother elephant patiently watched the rescue efforts and at the end helped the calf come out of the tank by lifting it with its trunk.Forest officials said a herd of four adult elephants and a calf had strayed into Villonie estate in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR). The calf fell…

Gurgaon: The department of town and country planning (DTCP), Haryana, has barred the execution of sale or conveyance deeds for properties in Valley View Estate, a 21.61-acre group housing colony in Gwalpahari, after the project’s development licence issued in 1994 lapsed and remained unrenewed for over a decade, according to documents.In a recent communication to the sub-registrar at Wazirabad and district authorities, the office of the district town planner (enforcement), Gurgaon, the licence, granted on June 8, 1994 for development of a residential group housing colony in the revenue estate of village Gwalpahari, was valid only up to June 7,…