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New Delhi: On the misinformation being spread about Level-1 results of the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), the Board has clarified that no new method of result preparation was introduced for Level-1 results. As per Centralised Employment Notification, marks secured by candidates are subjected to normalization and subsequently, marks secured by a candidate can become more […]

Within a few weeks, Dance Deewane 3 has already managed to keep the audience hooked to the show, thanks to the mesmerizing performances by contestants. However, due to the halt…

Birmingham: Star shuttler Saina Nehwal lost in straight games to World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan in the quarter-finals of the All England Open badminton championships at the Birmingham Arena on Friday. Saina lost 15-21, 19-21 in just 37 minutes to register her 13th straight loss against the World No.1. Saina gave it her […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the general elections, BJD continues to reinforce its arsenal by bringing new faces into its fold and as a part of this strategy, the ruling-BJD today welcomed former Works department secretary, Nalini Kanta Pradhan to the party. Apart from Pradhan, former additional commissioner of Cuttack Municipal Corporation and SC/ST Development department director, […]

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Bhubaneswar: Recently we saw on our TV screens disturbing visuals of a bunch of hoodlums ransacking a police station in the state capital and attacking the men in khaki. Some of the accused, who are believed to have political connections, have since been arrested. It is reassuring that Police Commissioner has promised action against all […]

Bhubaneswar: Farmer outfit, Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) has threatened non-cooperation during the upcoming general elections alleging insensitivity of the BJD-led state government towards their demands of fair price, prestige and pension. Addressing a presser in Bhubaneswar today, the national convener of NNKS, Akshay Kumar said that the farmers will lie down on the roads […]

Bhubaneswar: Country’s biggest public transporter, the Indian Railways has now decided to offer train tickets printed in Odia language for the welfare of passengers traveling to and from Odisha. The new tickets to be printed in local vernacular language-Odia apart from Hindi and English, will be available from April 1 on the occasion of Utkal […]

Mumbai: The CBI has arrested a former Mumbai Customs officer who was impersonating as a doctor in an Uttar Pradesh medical college, 20 years after he disappeared, an official said on Friday. Abhinav Singh was caught after he was found impersonating and working as a ‘Dr Rajeev Gupta’ and a Professor in a medical college […]

Bhubaneswar: State Health Minister Pratap Jena today inaugurated a new Cancer ward along with an operation theatre (OT) for eye patients at the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar. Following the inauguration, Jena said, “An exclusive Cancer ward along with a separate building was inaugurated at the Capital Hospital today. The ward will provide treatment to all […]

New Delhi: The government Friday gave out the 7-croreth free cooking gas (LPG) connection as the scheme to make available cleaner fuel in every household kitchens runs ahead of schedule. Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said 7 crore connections have been realised in last 34 months under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) which translates into […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to confer the nation’s highest military honour, Param Vir Chakra, on Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman. In a letter to Modi, the text of which was released to the media here, Palaniswami said Abhinandan who piloted a MiG 21 Bison was taken […]

Koraput: The students of Koraput Kendriya Vidyalaya along with their guardians complained of gross mismanagement by the school authorities during the Mathematics examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) held on Thursday. As per the allegations of the guardians, the school authorities initially provided an answer sheet to the students but after about […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Nari Shakti Puraskar to 44 women, including an acid attack survivor and India’s first woman marine pilot on Friday. The awards were given at a special ceremony organised at the Rastrapati Bhawan in the presence of Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi. To acknowledge women’s achievements, […]

New York: Using e-cigarettes can significantly raise the risk of depression, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin who found that switching to e-cigarettes does not eliminate health risks. The study, by a team from the University of Kansas in the US, showed that e-cigarette users were twice as likely to suffer from depression, anxiety and […]