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Puttaparthi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday paid homage to Godman Satya Sai Baba here this evening. Both the leaders stood in silence in front of the glass casket containing the body of the spiritual leader, who died on Sunday, and placed wreaths at his feet and sat for a […]

Bhubaneswar: Ten persons including eight call girls and two youths were apprehended after commissionerate police busted a sex racket here on Tuesday.

Bhubaneswar: In a stinking case of human trafficking, a husband has sold his wife to flesh traders in Jhansi, Madhya Pradesh, official sources informed on Tuesday. However, the deserted wife has managed to escape the clutches of the traffickers and is on her way back to the state. According to reports, one Ranjan Jena hailing […]

New Delhi: A day after his arrest on corruption charges, Suresh Kalmadi`s 15-year tenure as the IOA president came to an abrupt end after he was sacked from the post and veteran sports administrator VK Malhotra was `unanimously` named as the acting president. The swift action to end Kalmadi`s reign as the supremo was taken […]

Mumbai: Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif has slammed rumours that she approached actor-director Pankaj Kapoor for a role in his directorial debut  Mausam. "This is entirely untrue," Katrina, who is currently working on Zoya Akhtar`s Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara  and Yash Raj`s Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, said in a statement. Added a source: "The news is […]

Los Angeles: Hollywood starlet Mischa Barton has received a very unwelcome Easter gift, a bill of USD 95,000 bill from a private nursing company. The `OC`  actress who has been out of work for the past year, has been ordered to pay the private nursing company for services rendered back in 2009, reported TMZ. The […]

New Delhi: The four nations involved in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project began discussing gas sales and other details of the $7.6 billion project in New Delhi but are unlikely to conclude any agreement at the end of four day talk this week. India is hosting the official-level dialogue which among other things is to […]

Berhampur: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday said the state needs more technocrats and skilled manpower to meet the demand of upcoming industries. "Orissa needs more technocrats, scientists and skilled persons to meet the demand for upcoming industries," Patnaik said at the annual function in Parala Maharaja Engineering College at Sitalapalli on the outskirts of […]

Bhubaneswar: State owned Grid Corporation of Odisha (Gridco) on Tuesday signed a power purchase agreement with NTPC in order to avail 10 MW of solar power. Gridco entered into agreement with NTPC as part of its Solar Purchase Obligation, said P K Pradhan, director (commercial) who signed PPA on behalf of the corporation. Gridco would […]

Bhubaneswar: Though mega steel projects like Posco and ArcelorMittal were yet to take off due to different problems, the state had achieved 8.66 mtpa steel production at an investment of Rs 56,090 crore in the private sector by March, 2011, official sources said on Tuesday. The assessment came during a review of 50 MoU signing […]

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha High Court judge A S Naidu was on Tuesday appointed as the judicial commissioner to probe the alleged assault on a first class judicial magistrate by police at Rourkela, official sources said. "Retired Orissa High Court judge A S Naidu will head the judicial commission to probe the alleged assault on judicial […]

New Delhi: A day after the arrest of its influential president Suresh Kalmadi, IOA officials have started informal stock-taking exercise to decide the future course of action though no date has yet been finalised for a meeting. Secretary General Randhir Singh, who is out of station, is expected to return to Delhi tonight and will […]

New Delhi: As one `Major Iqbal`, believed to be a Pakistan Army officer, and three other Pakistani conspirators were charged by US prosecutors in connection with 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, the US today said these were the people both India and America were “interested in”. “The US and India share common targets and common goals […]

New Delhi: Sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, arrested on charges of cheating, conspiracy and corruption in connection with awarding some Games contracts, was on Tuesday remanded in CBI custody for eight days by a Delhi Court for custodial interrogation. The other two arrested OC officials Surjeet Lal, Deputy Director General (Procurement), and […]

Nagrota: Around 450 militants staged in training camps and launching pads across the Line of Control (LoC) are waiting to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir, an Army official said on Tuesday. “As per intelligence reports, there are about 42 training camps across the LoC. 450 odd terrorists are lodged in camps and launching pads, and […]