Nitesh Kumar Sahoo

New Delhi: 2020 was a hard year for most, especially when it came to money. In a new survey, 47 per cent people say that 2020 was a difficult year for them financially and over...

Actor, singer and comedian Sugandha Mishra made viewers of The Kapil Sharma Show laugh their hearts out with her inimitable comedy, mimicry and performances. In fact viewers were left shocked after the actress, who was...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Abhay on Sunday claimed that the state police has brought over 80 per cent area of Maoist hotbed ‘Swabhiman Anchal’ in Malkangiri district under police cover. He said...

New Delhi: Two days after the farmers’ unions expressed that they are ready to hold talks with the government again over the three agricultural laws, the government, while accepting their proposal, has fixed December 30...

New Delhi: Pune-based Serum Institute of India on Monday expressed hope at the possibility of Covid-19 vaccine – Covishield receiving the regulatory approval in “few days”, while emphasising that the company has a massive stockpile...

Mumbai: The coronavirus pandemic scripted a tale of unprecedented challenges for the flourishing industry that came to a screeching halt in 2020. The Hindi film industry hit a pause button in the year 2020 as...

New Delhi: The Modi government aims to provide post-matric scholarship to over four crore students belonging to the Scheduled Castes category over the next five years, raising the number from existing 60 lakh beneficiaries, senior...

Many refer the year 2020 as a curse! Undeniably, many lost their near and dear ones and livelihood as COVID-19 pandemic struck the world. Of course, 2020 left a deep scar in the minds and...

Thiruvananthapuram: China’s persecuted Uyghurs expect India to give up its silence and step in to prevent the “genocide” of the community, unlike other major powers, including Islamic nations, which are silent on the issue, a...

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Of the 16,833 police stations in India, 143 including three from Odisha do not have wireless or mobiles while 257 PS including 4 from the State operate without any vehicles, reveals BPR&D’s latest...

New Delhi: All international passengers who arrived in India during the 14 days, from December 9 to December 22, if symptomatic and tested positive, will be subjected to genome sequencing in a bid to find...

New Delhi: The government on Thursday kept the interest rates on small savings schemes, including PPF and NSC, unchanged for the January-March quarter amid moderating bank deposit rates. Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings...

New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO on Thursday started crediting 8.5 per cent rate of interest on employees’ provident fund (EPF) for 2019-20 for its over six crore members, a senior official said. A large...

New Delhi: Founder of bottled water company Nongfu Spring, Zhong Shanshan has overtaken Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani as the richest person in Asia, with a net worth of $77.8 billion. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index...

New Delhi: The government on Thursday appointed Suneet Sharma, the General Manager of the Eastern Railways, as the new Railway Board Chairman and CEO of the Indian Railways. An official notification said: “The Appointments Committee...

New Delhi: In a bid to build trust and enable confidence in the Covid-19 vaccine amongst people, the Union Health Ministry will rope in celebrities, faith leaders, media, and RWAs to disseminate accurate and transparent...

New Delhi: Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria launched an e-governance portal for the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday in order to promote a paperless office, an official statement said. The launch of e-governance in...

Chhindwara (MP): An elderly man from Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district has willed half of his property to his pet dog. The 50-year-old man, identified as Om Narayan Verma is a resident of Badibaba village in...

Peshawar: Over 30 people, mostly members of a radical Islamist party, were arrested after a Hindu temple was vandalised and set on fire by a mob protesting against its expansion work in northwest Pakistan. The...

Mumbai: Actor Ranbir Kapoor started the new year with a new film announcement. Ranbir will soon be seen in the crime drama titled Animal, which also stars Parineeti Chopra, Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol. The...