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MUMBAI: A delayed rescue operation in inclement weather may have cost four lives after a Pawan Hans helicopter made an emergency landing near an ONGC rig last month, reports Manju V. When the chopper landed off Mumbai High on a rough sea, the occupants managed to unfasten seat belts, open…

PUNE: It is highly possible a few more "fitter", or more transmissible, sub-lineages of BA.2 are already circulating in India, scientists from the INSACOG lab network told TOI on Monday.

DEHRADUN: A car ferrying a group of people from Punjab and Delhi-NCR was swept away in the gushing waters of the Dhela river early on Friday in Ramnagar, Nainital district. Nine persons were declared dead later. Only a 22-year-old woman, a local resident, survived miraculously and was rescued.

MUMBAI: A Pune resident was stopped from boarding a flight to the Maldives on Thursday after officials at the Mumbai International Airport's immigration counter found a few pages missing from his passport which he had allegedly torn and destroyed.

NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented development which may lead to his disqualification, independent MLA Jignesh Mevani was appointed working president of Gujarat Congress Pradesh Committee (GPCC) on Tuesday.

MUMBAI: The Future Tours Programme (FTP) cycle from 2024-2032 for men’s and women’s international cricket, and deciding on the hosts for ICC Women’s events from 2024 onwards will be up for discussion when Board members meet for the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Annual Conference in Birmingham from July 23-26, TOI…

CHENNAI: The name Brazil evokes passion among millions of football fans from across the world. The South American giants are one of the favourites for the football World Cup in Qatar later this year, but Brazil isn’t a mug on the 64 squares either.

NEW DELHI: Nine months after he relinquished T20I captaincy, Virat Kohli finds himself in a situation where he may have to fight hard to retain his place in the upcoming T20 World Cup in October. On Wednesday, the national selectors picked an ODI team for three matches in West Indies…

KOLKATA: In the tony neighbourhoods of Loudon Street, Rawdon Street and Shakespeare Sarani, the names, Raju-da or Basu-da, should not ring a bell. But ask any parent of a child who studies in one of the schools in this belt and he or she will tell you they are among…