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Bhubaneswar: In a tragic incident on New Year, one person was killed and twenty injured in a road accident near Khallikote PS in Ganjam. The incident took place when the bus headed towards Bhubaneswar from Aska turned turtle, killing the helper of the bus and injuring twenty others. The deceased was identified as Simanchal Patra […]

Bhubaneswar: It was indeed a special moment for the proud parents of the babies born on first day of the New Year 2011. Because of the numerical symmetry, many believe children born on 01/01/11 would be blessed but astrologers have their own viewpoints. As per a section of astrologers, there is no scientific explanation on […]

Puri: For majority of people, the beginning of a New Year brings festivity, hope, fortitude and of course resolutions.  Though people plunged into celebrations since Friday night, lakhs of devotees on Saturday thronged the pilgrim city to lay pious foundation to start the fresh year. Besides this, people also descended at the Chandrabhaga beach near […]

New Delhi: The Department of Post will collaborate with leading banks — IDBI, HSBC and ICICI Bank– to provide cards (on the line of credit cards) to rural people in order to facilitate non-cash transactions for purchase of products and services. The card will come with pre-determined amount in rupees and could be operated at […]

Chennai: An all-Indian encounter is in the offing with the posibbility of country`s two best players, Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna facing each other in the second round of the Aircel ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament if they clear their first hurdle starting here on January 3. According to the draw announced here today, Somdev, […]

New Delhi: NDA leaders on Saturday held a meeting here to discuss the confabulations held separately by some of its members with Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and the government on the JPC issue and decided to remain firm in their demand and carry on the agitation against corruption. "The NDA meeting was held in […]

New Delhi: Avalanche threat loomed large over some areas in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday as heavy snowfall affected life in the state, while thick fog was back at many places in Punjab and Haryana on New Year`s day. Himachal Pradesh remained under the grip of cold wave as mercury dipped after snowfall in mid and […]

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party on Saturday said the UPA government should not shy away from the opposition demand of setting a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for probing the 2G spectrum scam. Blaming the Union government for stalemate in the Parliament SP president Mulayam Singh Yadav said, "We are in favour of a smooth conduct of parliamentary […]

Cape Town: Temperamental paceman S Sreesanth was on Saturday rebuked by his own captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his verbal spat with rival captain Graeme Smith, who accused the Indian speedster of crossing the line by "bringing in family and personal things". While Dhoni said that Sreesanth should learn to control himself and not cross […]

New Delhi: Within two months of taking charge, Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday set about putting his house in order by announcing work on a new telecom policy for greater transparency, tackling cyber crime and leveraging the vast postal network for rural services. Sibal, who was given charge of the ministry after […]

New Delhi: Finding itself on the backfoot in the wake of a rash of scams, Government plans to come out with an Ordinance to put in place a mechanism to fight corruption among public servants including politicians. Sources said the issue was discussed at a meeting of the Congress Core Group here on Friday in […]

Cape Town: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni reckons that the dressing room atmosphere of this current Indian team has been "the best" during his five years in international cricket. "It`s the best dressing room atmosphere, I have felt in the last five years that I have played international cricket. Most of the guys have achieved […]

Jerusalem: Egypt has given clearance to a Gaza aid convoy, which started from India last month and has a strong Indian contingent, to dock at the Egyptian port town of El-Arish and enter the coastal strip from Rafah, a media report said on Saturday. Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram reported that Palestinian lawmaker, Khaled Abdel Mejid, was […]

New Delhi: The government has collected Rs 73.73 crore as penalty from new telecom operators for missing the network roll-out deadline, but is still keeping open the option of cancelling the licences. “Total penalty is about Rs 219 crore for missing roll-out obligations. We had generated demand for over Rs 78 crore of which the […]

Badaun (UP): Senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh has said that the Congress was holding Sanjay Gandhi responsible for the emergency as his wife and son are now in the saffron party. "Indira Gandhi and her government were responsible for emergency as her membership in the Parliament was under threat at that time," Rajnath told reporters […]