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Authorities shifted rescue personnel from across the country to the hardest-hit regions, particularly La Guaira state on Venezuela’s northern coast, where numerous buildings collapsed. Rescue teams intensified operations across Venezuela on Thursday after two powerful earthquakes struck the country on Wednesday evening, killing at least 164 people, injuring nearly 1,000 and trapping an unknown number...

Usha Vance in $8.75 maternity dress from Old Navy TOI correspondent from Washington: In a city where political leanings are routinely gleaned from coffee orders and canine ownership, America has now arrived at the logical next frontier of cultural analysis: the symbolism of an $8.75 maternity dress from Old Navy, a family-oriented retailer which is...

Banks will remain closed in several parts of the country on Friday, June 26, on account of Muharram (Yaom-e-Shahadath), Last Day of Moharam and Ashoora. However, bank branches will continue to operate in some cities, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) holiday calendar.Banks will remain open on June 26 in these citiesBank branches...

Ahl-e-Muslimeen Kabristan secretary Shariq Hussain showing the damaged mosque MATHURA: The committee managing Kabristan Ahle Muslimeen in Mathura’s Manoharpura area has questioned the administration’s assessment of Rs 100 per damaged grave after a JCB attached to Mathura-Vrindavan Nagar Nigam allegedly entered the waqf graveyard in April and damaged nine graves, calling the compensation “shocking” and...

Shafali Verma (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India kept their Women’s T20 World Cup semifinal hopes alive with a convincing five-wicket victory over Bangladesh at Old Trafford on Thursday, overcoming yet another disappointing fielding display to register a crucial win in Group A.Chasing a modest target of 137, India rode on a blistering knock from...

Investigations suggest Goyal (R) masterminded the plan, with Chaudhary (L) allegedly assisting in the fatal push, killing Ketan (M) PUNE: During custodial interrogation, Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary blamed each other for masterminding the murder of Ketan Agrawal.According to a Pune Rural police officer, Goyal told investigators that she had informed Agrawal she did not...

Sharad Pawar has asserted that Nationalist Congress Party (SP) will remain united NEW DELHI: “None of our MPs will split. Not a single one of our MLAs is going anywhere … ” this was Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar’s confident, if not bold, assertion that his party remains united and will not tread...

Muskan, Now A Counsellor For The Campaign, Gets Rs 5K Monthly Honorarium RAIPUR: When a heavily drunk groom arrived with his wedding procession, 22-year-old Muskan Pradhan quietly removed her bridal veil, looked at her family and said, “If he cannot handle himself on his wedding day, how will he handle me?”Dressed in bridal finery and...

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday accused Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government of “protecting big fish” after an FIR was registered against eight persons over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.In a social media post on X, Akhilesh alleged that all the evidence may have been cleaned...

The revised fee structure was notified through the Passports (Amendment) Rules, 2026 that replaces Schedule IV of the Passports Rules, 1980 NEW DELHI: The Centre has announced an increase in passport and related travel document fees, with the revised rates set to come into effect from July 1, according to a notification issued by the...