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NEW DELHI: With 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha MPs having signed the notice seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the Opposition is likely to submit it to the presiding officer through the secretariat of one of the two Houses of Parliament on Friday.It was not clear till late on...

NEW DELHI: A Liberian-flagged ship, “captained by an Indian national”, loaded with crude oil from the Saudi port of Ras Tanura has arrived at the port of Mumbai, via the Strait of Hormuz, Mumbai Port Trust has informed.Tanker Shenlong Suezmax, allegedly carrying approximately 135,335 metric tonne (or roughly 1 million barrels) of crude oil, had...

A US-owned oil tanker Safesea Vishnu, sailing under the Marshall Islands flag, was attacked near Basra in Iraq on Wednesday, claiming the life of an Indian crew member. Another ship, Malta-flagged ‘Zefyros’ owned by a Greek entity, was also attacked.Safesea Vishnu was chartered by an Iraqi company contracted with the State Organisation for Marketing of...

AMRITSAR: The LPG crisis triggered by the West Asia conflict has not yet slowed down the world’s largest community kitchen — the ‘Guru Ka Langar’ at Golden Temple that serves nearly 1 lakh devotees every day. The shrine’s management, which requires 25 LPG cylinders daily, is expecting a fresh delivery of 100 cylinders on Friday...

Mojtaba Khamenei There are several media reports that the new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is said to be in a coma after being critically wounded in an air strike.Sources told The Sun that Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, the second son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, lost at least one leg and suffered serious...

NEW DELHI: Govt has asked states and UTs to lift from the Central Pool rice and wheat under the free foodgrain scheme for three months in advance (till June) and distribute them to beneficiaries immediately. This directive comes as govt warehouses are brimming with rice and wheat stocks and little space is available for storing...

NEW DELHI: Kerosene oil, which has made a comeback for household use across several states and UTs, will be primarily made available through ration shops and, in some cases, from retail outlets of public sector oil marketing companies for cooking and lighting purposes. The Centre on Thursday allocated 48,000 kilolitres (kl) of additional kerosene to...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell may be on the “same page” about the Pentagon’s decision to cancel Anthropic’s deal. Dell recently said that companies that work with governments cannot dictate how their technology is used. His statement came as a response to the ongoing dispute between AI startup Anthropic and...

PILIBHIT: Multiple cracks and potholes were found to be present on a stretch of National Highway-74 where a critically ill woman from Pilibhit was revived, as per her family, after the ambulance carrying her home hit a bump.Following a report by TOI on the woman’s recovery, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had disputed...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a telephonic conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian amid the ongoing Middle East crisis.In a social media post on X, PM Modi said that he expressed “deep concern” over the escalation of tensions in the region and reiterated India’s commitment to peace and stability. “Public Interest...