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London: It was reminiscent of the Australian swagger of yore as Aaron Finch’s pacers bossed arch-rivals England on their way to the World Cup semifinals with a 64-run victory here Tuesday. While Australia became the first team to reach the semifinals of the showpiece, England’s defeat, their second straight following the stunning reverse to Sri […]

New Delhi: A concerned India wants de-escalation of tensions in the Persian Gulf, amid indications that Indian companies have stopped import of oil from Iran for the “time being” after the US lifted the waiver on sanctions last month. The issue, along with cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan and bilateral aspects of the Indo-US relations, […]

Bhubaneswar: Saheed Nagar police on Tuesday busted an extortion gang in the capital city and arrested six members of the gang. As per reports, the extortionists were involved in the Tankapani Road firing incident, where a security guard deployed outside the office of Khatta-Meetha catering service had sustained bullet injuries after two unidentified miscreants opened […]

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday said it has several schemes for cow welfare but does not have any current scheme for setting up new ‘Gaushalas’ or cow shelters. The various schemes including Rashtriya Gokul Mission, National Dairy Plan-I, Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme, Livestock Health and Disease Control, National Livestock Mission and Breed Improvement Institutes. […]

Amaravati: Authorities in Andhra Pradesh Tuesday night began demolition of a building adjacent to former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s residence on the banks of the Krishna river here. Hours after Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s first-ever meeting with district collectors and superintendents of police concluded at ‘Praja Vedika’ and called it an […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s temple architecture is the most important reminder of its glorious past. Temples with intricate carvings and great miniature works are scattered across the state. Old Bhubaneswar houses some of these architectural marvels located mostly in its narrow lanes and by-lanes. The sad part, however, is that we have utterly failed […]

New Delhi: With an aim to provide single window information on best practices and rulings in the housing sector, the government will soon come up with a platform that will integrate Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) of all the states. Officials said the common platform would provide suggestions about the real estate properties and projects […]

New Delhi: India on Tuesday offered to host the 2023 International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Mumbai, a gathering where the host city for the 2030 Winter Olympics is expected to be chosen. The formal bid submission was done by Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra and IOC member Nita Ambani to International Olympic […]

Srinagar:  A militant was killed on Wednesday morning in a gunfight with the security forces in Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A Defence Ministry statement said: “A terrorist has been killed in Branpathri forest area encounter today. Arms and ammunition have been recovered. The operation is still going on”. Police sources said […]

Washington: The Trump Administration wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lower trade barriers and embrace fair and reciprocal trade, the United States said Tuesday hours after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in New Delhi on a three-day visit. “There is enormous potential to grow our trade relationship and create the high-quality jobs that Prime […]

Mumbai: The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) opened on a negative note during the morning session of the trade on Wednesday. Opening at 39,379.13 points, the BSE Sensex touched a high of 39,413.14 points and a low of 39,319.64 points. On Tuesday, the Sensex closed at 39,434.94 points. The Sensex is trading at 39,426.74 down by […]

Bhubaneswar: The registration process and counselling for admission into MBBS and BDS programmes in various government and private medical and dental colleges of Odisha for qualified NEET (UG) 2019 students through OJEE (www.ojee.nic.in) has been extended. As per a notification issued by OJEE Chairman, the deadline of registration for the successful NEET (UG) 2019 candidates […]

London:  In order to improve women’s lives and household nutrition and health outcomes in rural India, policies need to be context-specific, taking into consideration factors such as caste and location, says new research led by an Indian-origin scientist from University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, England. Recognition of Indian women’s roles in both agriculture […]

San Francisco: Facebook has rolled out its transparency tools globally for advertisers wanting to place ads about social issues, elections or politics. The social networking platform already requires that advertisers get authorized and add disclaimers to political ads in over 50 countries and territories, including in India. “Now we’re expanding proactive enforcement on these ads […]

Bhubaneswar: Reliance Jio has once again topped with net addition of 3.03 lakh subscribers in April, revealed a recently released telecom subscriber data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). As per this TRAI subscriber data for April, the net subscriber addition by Reliance Jio in the State stood at 3.03 lakhs followed by […]