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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to undertake a three-nation Indo-Pacific tour covering Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from July 6 to 11, with bilateral talks and interactions with Indian diaspora expected to form the core of the visit, people familiar with the preparations said. The itinerary is still being finalised, and no...

Representative image NEW DELHI: India’s drug regulator flagged 159 drug samples as not of standard quality (NSQ) during routine surveillance in May, while identifying one spurious drug sample in Assam, according to the latest monthly alert issued by Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). Of the total, 46 samples were declared NSQ by central drug...

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Monday emphatically said the selection of judges of Constitutional courts by the high court and Supreme Court collegiums is beyond the pale of judicial scrutiny and does not come under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act.A partial working day bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Joymalya Bagchi...

As Lionel Messi continues to bask in his 2026 World Cup glory, Wayne Rooney’s 2012 tweet dubbing Messi a ‘joke’ yet the ‘best ever’ has resurfaced, stirring conversations among fans. (Photo/IANS) Following Lionel Messi’s historic masterclass against Austria at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, an iconic 14-year-old post by England and Manchester United legend Wayne...

The blaze engulfed a commercial building housing a pet shop, library, and gaming studio LUCKNOW: At least 15 people, most of them student trainees and staff of a gaming and animation studio, were killed and nine others were injured Monday afternoon in a fire that tore through a three-storey commercial building in Lucknow’s Aliganj after...

A devastating fire has cast a shadow over a Lucknow building’s past. Documents reveal a 2016 demolition order for unauthorized construction was controversially revoked within two months LUCKNOW: The devastating fire has brought renewed scrutiny to the history of the building where the tragedy occurred.Sources said documents related to the building have revealed that Lucknow...

Four fertiliser ships exit Hormuz NEW DELHI: Four ships carrying around 1.8 lakh tonnes of urea, di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) and sulphur have crossed the Strait of Hormuz and are now heading to ports in India, the fertiliser department said on Monday.The ships crossed the conflict-hit sea channel last week. TOI has learnt they sailed through...

LUCKNOW: Among those who lost their lives in the fire that swept through a commercial building in Aliganj on Monday was 21-year-old Abdul Rahman, an employee at the centre.The only earning member of his family, Rahman’s father, Afzal, has been paralysed for years, while his mother, Fahmida, is a homemaker.“Abdul was the only earning member...

NEET war room NEW DELHI: Long before candidates reached NEET-UG exam centres Sunday, the day’s first feeds were already streaming into NTA’s Okhla headquarters, where, sources said, around 250 observers had taken their places. From there, they – with the help of AI tools – watched exam rooms, tracked biometric verification and responded to alerts...

Mamata Banerjee (File photo) KOLKATA: The rebel Trinamool bloc led by leader of opposition in the state assembly Ritabrata Banerjee on Monday removed Mamata Banerjee from the post of party’s chairperson and replaced her with former minister and four-time Howrah MLA Arup Roy.The meeting that decided the Trinamool founder’s removal lasted a little more than...