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LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government has made newspaper reading compulsory for students of all state-run secondary and basic schools to cultivate reading habits, reduce screen time and develop critical, and logical thinking skills among them.An order issued by additional chief secretary (basic and secondary education) Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma, on December 23 says newspapers, both English...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126180509,imgsize-1291554,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-61.jpg" alt="In new social media policy,Army allows limited usage" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo NEW DELHI: Relaxing existing blanket bans on using several social media apps for its over 11.5 lakh soldiers, Indian Army has now come out with a new policy that allows limited usage.Soldiers can now access Instagram but...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126179922,imgsize-15102,width-400,resizemode-4/representative-image.jpg" alt="Odisha: Labelled Bangladeshi, youth lynched in Sambalpur, claim kin; police cite monetary dispute as reason" title=" Representative image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative image SUTI(MURSHIDABAD)/SAMBALPUR: A 20-year-old villager from Suti, who went to work as a mason in Odisha’s Sambalpur five days ago — his first job outside Bengal — was beaten to death...

Representative image MOHALI: CBI has filed a chargesheet in a Mohali court against four Punjab Police personnel in connection with the assault on Colonel Pushpinder Bath, naming an inspector as the prime accused.The central agency has dropped charges of attempted murder and instead invoked charges for ‘causing grievous hurt’ and ‘wrongful restraint’. The chargesheet names...

BHOPAL: On a forested stretch of Bhopal-Jabalpur national highway, the National Highways Authority of India has introduced what it describes as India’s first integrated “wildlife-safe” road corridor, combining speed-calming design, fencing, animal underpasses and electronic monitoring on a section of NH-45 that cuts through a critical tiger habitat in MP. The features, on a 12km...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126178844,imgsize-1139246,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-57.jpg" alt="Karnataka: Balloon cylinder blast near Mysuru Palace kills 1; 4 injured" title=" Balloon cylinder blast near Mysuru Palace kills 1 (Picture credit: PTI) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Balloon cylinder blast near Mysuru Palace kills 1 (Picture credit: PTI) MYSURU: A 42-year-old balloon seller died and four people, including three tourists, were injured after a...

CHITRADURGA/BENGALURU: The passengers who escaped the bus fire after a collision with a truck near Hiriyur, Karnataka, in the early hours of Thursday said surviving the flames was only the first battle; the second was the long wait in the bitter night cold for medical help.While three passengers in the sleeper coach survived serious wounds...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126178809,imgsize-1426359,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-54.jpg" alt="'Had to go for namaz to next village': Around 55km from Chandigarh, Sikh woman donates land for mosque; Hindus give money" title=" Bibi Rajinder Kaur said the Muslims of Jakhwali village had to go for namaz to the next village. ‘I thought of giving them five marlas of land so that they have...

Jordan Spieth’s net worth in 2025: How a three-time golf champion built his fortune (Image Via Getty Images) Jordan Spieth is a famous American golfer known for his calm style and big wins at a young age. He plays on the PGA Tour and was once ranked world number one. Spieth has won three major...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126178788,imgsize-456710,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-50.jpg" alt="Navi Mumbai airport takes off with 48 flights, 4k passengers" title=" Representative image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative image MUMBAI: Marking a long-awaited milestone for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) formally entered India’s commercial aviation map on Thursday with the arrival and departure of its first scheduled passenger...