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PUNE: Omicron's BA.2, which caused the third wave in India, remains the dominant variant of the virus in the country, top officials overseeing genomic surveillance told TOI on Monday.

Dehradun/Uttarkashi: More than 4,700 people have been killed and over 5,000 injured in around 7,000 road accidents that occurred in Uttarakhand between January 2017 and April 2022, as per state government data which TOI got access to on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of women’s Gymnastics World Cup bronze medallist Aruna Budda Reddy alleging she was videographed during her clinical assessment by a National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) coach without her permission, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Monday informed that it has received a complaint…

JAIPUR: With summer vacations being declared in schools, many summer camps are being organised for children in the city. However, due to late session and late final examinations, students' enrolments in these camps has gone down.

BHOPAL: From the Madhya Pradesh government to individuals and private firms, help poured in on Sunday for the Bhopal Class X topper, a Covid orphan who was getting recovery notices from LIC for a home loan her late father had taken.

PANAJI: TOI reporter Paul Fernandes was declared winner of the first 'Green Journalist Award' on Saturday. The award comes after a series of reports highlighting issues related to conservation of shellfish, migrant bird population, threats to bird habitats and wetlands.

NEW DELHI: At a time when Delhi University needs space to expand, it is fighting a battle to get back land allotted to it in 2004. But for the university to get breathing space, it has to pay Rs 38.3 crore to have the squatters removed, having already paid Rs…

AGRA: In congested Shahganj, the house of a retired banker has become a point of attraction for not just local residents but also foreign tourists from countries such as Germany, Japan, and Bangladesh.

GHAZIABAD: A group of five-six men beat up two youths on the suspicion that they were thieves in the Teela Mod area of Ghaziabad.

Guwahati: A work charge employee of the Assam government, whose job has not been regularised even after 35 years, has written to President Ram Nath Kovind, the governor and chief justices of the Supreme Court and the Gauhati high court to allow him euthanasia on the date of his retirement…

HYDERABAD: With bodies being charred beyond recognition, police struggled to ascertain the identity of the victims of the tragic bus accident. The Kamalapur police have decided to conduct a DNA test by collecting samples from the mortal remains of the victims. Some of the survivors assisted the cops in identifying…