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New Delhi: Terming the slowdown in May industrial output as "not encouraging", Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government was in the process of taking steps to enhance the productivity of the manufacturing sector. "It (the Index of Industrial Production) is not encouraging…," he told reporters at a meet organised by Nabard here. Mukherjee, […]

New Delhi: In a substantive yet incomplete exercise, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today dropped seven ministers, inducted V Kishore Chandra Deo and seven other new faces, and elevated three others including Jairam Ramesh from whom Environment and Forests has been taken away. In the much-talked about revamping of his ministry, Singh did not touch the […]

Mumbai: The Indian rupee fell by 16 paise to Rs 44.63 per US dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Tuesday amid dollar gains against the euro and other currencies overseas and a weak trend in the equity market. Forex dealers said dollar strength against the euro on lingering concerns over the euro […]

In a major achievement for Odisha police, top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda wanted in over 60 criminal cases, has been arrested prompting Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to appeal to naxals to eschew violence and join the mainstream

Roseau: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni might be content with it but off-spinner Harbhajan Singh finds it incomprehensible that West Indies managed to force a draw in the third and final Test here. "I took four but could have had six or seven. That`s fate," rued Harbhajan even as the two centurions, Kirk Edwards and […]

New Delhi: Collating discarded wrappers of biscuits, popcorn, fast food, tobacco and sundry other branded items to demonstrate growing intimacy between nations surely need the imagination of an artist!   Delhi-based American artist Zachary Becker has salvaged used packaging material to create 11 flags of countries belonging to emerging `BRIC` economies – Brazil, China, India […]

Bhubaneswar: The much-awaited reshuffle of the Union Cabinet will take place today evening, with Shri Srikant Jena to be appointed Ministers Of State(Independent Charge). Jairam Ramesh will be the new Rural Development Minister, while Jayanti Natarajan will replace Ramesh at the Environment Ministry. According to reports, the Prime Minister has written to the President recommending […]

Pune: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Monday sympathised with scam-tainted party leaders — MP Suresh Kalmadi and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan saying he felt both of them were innocent. "We feel sorry for Suresh Kalmadi who is suffering hardships, and also for Ashok Chavan. In my personal opinion, both of them are […]

All 295 people on board a Malaysia Airlines plane were killed on Thursday after the aircraft was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine near the Russian border, nearly four months after the mysterious disappearance of MH370 in the Indian Ocean

Lucknow: A one-man judicial panel on Monday submitted its report into the mysterious death of Uttar Pradesh deputy Chief Medical Officer YS Sachan in jail on June 22. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow, Rajesh Upadhayay submitted his report to the Sessions Judge Lucknow, District Magistrate and SSP, Lucknow, court sources said. There was no official word […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Odisha Police rescuing a 22-day-old infant allegedly sold by his parents to a couple, the Odisha Assembly today witnessed noisy scenes leading to adjournment of the House for ten minutes. The issue was raised in the Assembly by Congress member Naba Kishore Das during the Zero Hour. “Odisha has in the past […]

New Delhi: The money trail in the 2G telecom spectrum scam has led the Income Tax Department to 19 “non-genuine” companies in Kolkata allegedly used by Kalaignar TV to return Rs. 230 crore, taken as “loan”, to Cineyug, after a probe was initiated into it. During its probe into the spectrum allocation scam, the I-T […]

Ahead of the Lord's Test beginning here on Thursday, an atmosphere of confrontation was building up between the cricket teams of India and England with the hosts filing a counter-charge against Ravindra Jadeja whose complaint has led to English fast bowler James Anderson being accused of violating the ICC Code Of Conduct

Bhubaneswar: It seems the bikers gang is on the prowl as two incidents of loot have been reported on Monday. In full public glare, miscreants looted nearly Rs eight lakh and gold ornaments from a rural bank and an NGO employee in two separate incidents in this capital city and at Haldia near neighbouring Khurda […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will take up tomorrow Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata`s plea on the right to privacy after the leakage of his telephonic conversations with corporate lobbyist Niira Radia tapped by the Income Tax Department. A bench headed by Justices G S Singhvi will examine the issues raised by Tata, including the […]