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Bhubaneswar/Bolangir: The Bolangir Sadar police on Tuesday nabbed dreaded criminal Timan Kumbhar and his three associates- Dharmendra Jali, Anirudh Dalbehera and Trinath Sagar near Patia area in the capital city. This apart, five mobile phones were seized from the possession of the arrestees, informed Sadar SDPO Srimant Barik at a presser today in Bolangir. According […]

New Delhi: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday blamed stiff competition, high employee cost and no 4G services for the poor financial state of BSNL and MTNL. Absence of 4G services and high employee costs are hitting at the competitive strength of the public sector companies – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar […]

Bhubaneswar: Students aspiring to pursue higher studies at different universities of the State following completion of graduation are in quandary now due to overlapping of entrance exam dates for admission into post-graduation courses. Reportedly, most of the varsities have fixed same date for conducting PG entrance test for same subjects. This has left the students […]

Birmingham: Babar Azam’s maiden World Cup century and Shaheen Afridi’s performance with the ball helped Pakistan secure a seven-wicket win over New Zealand at Edgbaston on Wednesday. Chasing a target of 238 on a tricky pitch, Babar ended unbeaten on 101 off 127 balls. Babar shared a 126-run stand with Haris Sohail, who was dismissed […]

New Delhi: Indian Olympic Association (IOC) President Narinder Batra was on Wednesday elected a member of the International Olympic Committee, a statement said. He secured 58 votes out of 62, while four votes went against him. The announcement was made at the IOC session in Luasanne. Batra is the president of the Indian Olympic Association. […]

New Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad launched its new budget phone Cool 3 in India on Wednesday. The phones starts at Rs 5,999 for the 2GB RAM + 16GB storage variant, while its 3GB RAM + 32GB storage option has been priced at Rs 6,499 and will go on sale on July 2. “We are […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the US would impose “very substantial” tariffs on China if the two countries were unable to reach a trade deal during his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan. “I would do additional tariffs … very substantial […]

San Francisco: The current dominance in online commerce enjoyed by Amazon could be endangered if Instagram, with its one billion users worldwide, pushes ahead with its plans to enter that space, as its new chief, Adam Mosseri, has said he intends to do. In his first public interview on the company’s future strategy since taking […]

Mumbai: Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar is set to take her movie “Gully Boy”, starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, to the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2019. Now in its 10th year, the festival will host the director and will be showcasing her film. The director will also be having an elaborate conversation on Indian cinema […]

Osaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived here in Japan for the G20 Summit during which he will attend important plurilateral meetings and meet with the world leaders including US President Donald Trump. “Early morning arrival in Osaka. The #G20 Summit, bilateral and multilateral interactions await PM @narendramodi in the coming two days. He […]

Porto Alegre (Brazil): Arena do Gremio in Porto Alegre is ready to host the upcoming Copa America quarterfinals match between host Brazil and Paraguay, with management working to address the criticism of the facility leveled by Argentine superstar Lionel Messi. The field was in bad shape on Sunday, when Argentina defeated Qatar 2-0, with dry […]

London: Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi is set to appear via videolink from prison for a routine remand hearing before Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Thursday. The 48-year-old, who has been lodged at Wandsworth prison in south-west London since his arrest in March in connection with the nearly USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) […]

Mumbai: Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened higher. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 39,592.08 points on Wednesday, opened higher at 39,633.97 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 39,660.66 points, up by 68.58 points, or 0.17 per cent. At […]

Birmingham: Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed seemed to a happy man after his team registered a comfortable win over New Zealand and kept their hopes alive of making it to the semifinals of the ongoing World Cup. Pakistan had to face a lot of criticism, both from fans and former cricketers, post their 89-run defeat to […]

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has invited applications from interested candidates for the post of Social Security Assistant. The recruitment to the post will be done on basis of an online exam which will be held on August 31 and September 1, 2019. Candidates holding a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised university are eligible […]