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Om Birla, second-time BJP MP from Rajasthan's Kota-Bundi, is set to be elected Lok Sabha Speaker on Wednesday. Birla, a three-time Rajasthan MLA, is a well known figure in saffron circles following his rise from the BJP youth wing. His 25-year experience of legislative procedures equips him as Speaker, especially in a House dominated by NDA.

Following the instruction of PM Narendra Modi, Union ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Ram Vilas Paswan have rescheduled their morning engagements in order to reach their offices by 9.30am. TOI found that several ministers have made it a point to reach office by 9.30am since Modi advised all ministers to be in office in time and avoid doing office work from home.

Fourteen years after the makeshift Ram Lalla temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya was attacked allegedly by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a special court in Allahabad on Tuesday convicted four of the five accused and sentenced them to life imprisonment. The fifth accused in the attack was acquitted due to lack of evidence.

"Rinse my lunch box." This order allegedly from the captain to a flight purser on an Air India flight about to take off from Bengaluru for Kolkata on Monday triggered a major fight. They almost came to blows in full view of passengers. Air India immediately grounded both, and the flight was delayed by two hours as a replacement captain and purser had to be found.

Taking off from where they had left on Monday, BJP MPs shouted "Jai Shri Ram" every time an opposition member prepared to take oath. TMC MPs countered with slogans of "Jai Hind", "Jai Bengal" and "Jai Ma Durga". AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi chanted "Jai Bheem, Jai Meem, Takbeer Allahu Akbar, Jai Hind" as BJP members greeted him with "Jai Sri Ram and Vande Mataram".

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Tuesday said the rise of populism presents a challenge to independence of courts and asked the judiciary to stand up to populist forces and protect constitutional ethos. Gogoi referred to the growing trend of populists disparaging judges as the "unelected who overturn acts of elected majority".

A week after sacking 12 senior income tax officers, the Modi government has "compulsorily retired" 15 senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers belonging to the customs and GST, both wings of the central board of indirect taxes and customs. Among them is AK Srivastava, head of IRS (Customs and Central Excise) Officers' Association.

The Jaish-e-Muhammed overground worker who provided the vehicle for the February 14 Pulwama bombing, was killed along with another terrorist in a gunfight with forces on Tuesday in south Kashmir's Anantnag. The overground worker, Sajad Maqbool Bhat, had bought on February 4 the Maruti Eeco van that was used for the deadly ambush.

Stalled by cyclone Vayu after a much-delayed onset, this year's monsoon has so far been the slowest progressing monsoon in at least 12 years, Met department records show. It has currently reached just about 10-15% of the country, whereas two-thirds of India is normally under the spell of monsoon by this time of the year.

Tom Holland on being Peter Parker

The revenge drama will turn into a love story soon.

The actress didn't want to play a mother on the show.

The government is seriously exploring a plan to induct private operators to run passenger trains on low congestion and tourist routes and will invite bids in the next 100 days, a Railway Board document shows. To begin with, the railways will experiment by offering two trains to its tourism and ticketing arm, IRCTC, to operate.

The US issues 1.40 lakh employment-based green cards annually but not more than 7% can go to nationals of any one country. With a high influx of the Indians in the US, it has resulted in a heavy backlog. Now the bill called 'The Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act (S.386)', has been amended to not only clear the backlog but to protect interests of American workers.

To strike a balance between those standing in queue for decades for employment-based green cards and the need to protect American workers, a bill has been recently amended. The bill, introduced in the US Senate on February 7, sought to remove the per country cap on employment-based green cards and shorten wait time for the vast majority of applications in the backlog.​

Boeing announced at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday that International Airlines Group, the parent company of British Airways and other carriers, signed a letter of intent for 200 Boeing 737 aircraft. Boeing said it's the first sale of the jet since the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max in March.

This pet shelter is monsoon ready

US President Donald Trump is threatening to remove millions of people living in the country illegally on the eve of formally announcing his re-election bid. Trump, in a series of tweets, said US Immigration and Customs Enforcement would next week "begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the US."

Bella Thorne shares private pictures after hacker's threat

Confirmed: Urvashi Dholakia to be a part of dance reality show ‘Nach Baliye’

More Mexican troops arrive at Guatemalan border

England captain Eoin Morgan smashed a world record 17 sixes in his blistering 71-ball-148 as the hosts crushed Afghanistan by 150 runs in a World Cup encounter at Old Trafford in Manchester on Tuesday. England scored their highest World Cup total 397 for 6 riding on brilliant batting performances of Morgan, Joe Root (88 off 82) and Jonny Bairstow (90 off 99).

England captain Eoin Morgan smashed a world record 17 sixes in his blistering 71-ball-148 as the hosts crushed Afghanistan by 150 runs in a World Cup encounter at Old Trafford in Manchester on Tuesday. England scored their highest World Cup total 397 for 6 riding on brilliant batting performances of Morgan, Joe Root (88 off 82) and Jonny Bairstow (90 off 99).

On cam: Roof plaster falls in Ulhasnagar school, 3 students injured