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Omarion Hampton has remained missing from the field for two months.(Image via Getty Images) Omarion Hampton, the Los Angeles Chargers’ star player, suffered a brutal ankle injury in Week 5 and has not been able to return full fledged to the field, even though he has made appearances in a few practice sessions.As the Los...

SRINAGAR: A 29-year-old Chinese national accused of violating visa rules by travelling to J&K and Ladakh without permission was questioned for a second day on Monday, before being released in the evening. Meanwhile, fresh police searches revealed more foreign nationals staying in Kashmir Valley’s hotels, homestays and houseboats that had failed to report their stay...

NEW DELHI: Amid reports of widespread non-compliance of safety norms in sleeper coach buses, road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday directed officials to carry out checking of all such buses by govt-approved testing agencies — ARAI, CIRT and iCAT — and ensure compliance.He was chairing a review meeting on the recent bus fires in...

JAMMU: Dense smoke continues to billow up along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Bhimber Gali-Balakote areas of Rajouri and Poonch districts in Jammu & Kashmir after a massive forest fire broke out on Sunday, which is spreading across large swathes in the border districts.Officials said the fire started on the zero line ahead...

A tsunami warning is displayed on a television in Yokohama, near Tokyo (AP photo) A strong 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, triggering a tsunami of up to 70 centimeters along the Pacific coast and prompting warnings of potentially higher surges. Several people were injured, and tens of thousands were advised to evacuate...

More than 50.14 lakh Central government employees and around 69 lakh pensioners are set to be covered under the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC), with the government saying the timing of implementation and funding will be decided later.The update was shared in the Lok Sabha on Monday in a written reply by Minister of State...

TOI correspondent from Washington: A resurfaced video of an Indian-American immigration attorney unleashing a profanity-laced attack on President Donald Trump at an Indian IT lobbying group conference has ignited a furious MAGA backlash, intensifying scrutiny of the H-1B visa system and prompting entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to drop out of the group’s 2025 conference in Puerto...

Chaos at airports amid flight cancellations NEW DELHI: India’s largest airline IndiGo is scrambling to restore stability after a week of unprecedented operational chaos sparked by the rollout of revised Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) for pilots. The disruption, which began on December 2, quickly snowballed into one of the worst aviation meltdowns the country...

NEW DELHI: A special discussion may have been held on 150 years of Vande Mataram on Monday, but the Bengal assembly elections – scheduled next year – took centre stage as slogans like “Bihar ki jeet hamari hai, ab Bengal ki baari hai” were raised by NDA MPs in the Parliament as Prime Minister Narendra...

NEW DLEHI: The Lok Sabha on Monday held discussion on the country’s national song – Vande Mataram’ – on its 150th anniversary. Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla opened the special discussion, calling the national song a powerful symbol of India’s harmony, strength and freedom struggle, and said the debate aims to honour the sacrifices of...