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2 India-flagged ships carrying crude crosses Strait of Hormuz NEW DELHI: Amid escalation of US-Iran conflict, Indian ship Lila Vadinar, carrying 2.7 lakh tonnes of Kuwaiti crude, crossed the Strait of Hormuz on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. Earlier, it was asked to turn back by Iran’s Sepah Navy from the tip of...

Citadel of Aleppo, Syria (Image Credit: Canva) Through the ages, fortresses have been regarded as monuments of strength, endurance and exceptional engineering feats. Constructed to safeguard kingdoms, protect trade passages and repel invading forces, these grand edifices were mostly built at places such as hills, deserts and mountain passes where the surrounding landscape became an...

Union home minister Amit Shah (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry on Thursday said the Modi government is building a strong four-layer security grid by bringing together border guarding forces, state and district administrations, other central government agencies, and local people to strengthen border security.The ministry said the government’s vision of a...

One Walmart heiress rules the sea aboard a $300 million megayacht, while her billionaire older sister commands a Texas ranch 13 times the land area of Washington, D.C., where helicopters herd cattle and private roads disappear into the horizon. The Walton family is no stranger to extraordinary wealth, but two billionaire sisters have chosen very...

Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photo) Shreyas Iyer continued an unusual streak of success ahead of India’s fourth T20I against England on Thursday, winning his sixth consecutive toss as captain to equal Virat Kohli for the second-longest run by an Indian skipper in T20Is.Iyer’s remarkable run now leaves him just one toss win away from matching MS...

‘We don’t wear rose-tinted glasses’: Kremlin says it’s under ‘no illusion’ over US Patriot licence for Ukraine (AP image) Russia on Thursday reacted to US President Donald Trump’s decision to grant Ukraine a licence to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors, saying Moscow was under ‘no illusion’ about continued American military support for Kyiv.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov...

Graham Platner The TOI correspondent from Washington: The abrupt collapse of Democrat Graham Platner’s Senate campaign in Maine has thrown one of America’s most closely watched midterm contests into turmoil and revived a recurring question in US politics: how much do allegations of sexual misconduct still matter to voters?Platner, a 41-year-old oyster farmer, harbormaster and...

Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev, Prakash Chik Baraik (L-R) NEW DELHI: Hours after formally joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Prakash Chik Baraik were on Thursday named as the BJP’s candidates for the upcoming bypoll elections.The announcement came shortly after the three leaders were...

US launched fresh strikes on Iranian military and strategic sites, while Iran retaliated by targeting US-linked military facilities across the Gulf The fragile ceasefire between United States and Iran effectively collapsed after both countries launched fresh military strikes on Thursday, expanding the conflict across the Gulf and raising fears of a wider regional war.The latest...

Sanju Samson (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson‘s childhood coach, Biju George, has strongly criticised the selectors after the star wicketkeeper-batter was left out of India’s squad for the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. The decision came as a surprise because Samson had played a key role in India’s T20 World Cup triumph earlier this...