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New Delhi: India on Friday rejected as “totally unfounded” Pakistan’s allegations of chemical weapons’ use by Indian security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. “We completely reject allegations made by Pakistan about the reported use of chemical weapons by the Indian security forces against Indian citizens,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in response to […]

Dubai: Opener Mohammad Shahzad’s entertaining century and sensible innings from Mohammad Nabi helped Afghanistan post 252/8 against Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led India in the final match of the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. Right from the start Shahzad (124) played freely and punished Indian bowlers […]

Cuttack: Guess what! The Indian cricket players have made a wish list of typical Odia cuisines like ‘santula’ and ‘machha  besara’ that they want to relish during the T20 match to be played at Barabati stadium tomorrow. Official sources said, Odisha’s ‘Santula’ and ‘Chuna macha Besar’ will be among the special local dishes which will […]

Bhubaneswar:  Sixty-year-old Prahalad Prusty, a retired Government servant from Kendrapara can now increase his frequency to fly as Air India has revised the age limit for senior citizens to avail discounts in air tickets. Official sources said the age limit for senior citizens to avail discounted tickets has been revised from 63 years to 60 […]

The 28-member European Union has temporarily banned the import of Alphonso mangoes, the king of fruits, and four vegetables from India from May 1, sparking protests from the Indian community, lawmakers and traders

India on Saturday successfully conducted two rounds of trials of its indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash missile as part of a user trial by the air force from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near Balasore in Odisha

The Supreme Court on Friday referred the matter on remission of life imprisonment of seven convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to a Constitution Bench and said its interim order staying the Tamil Nadu government's decision to free them will continue

Former Coal Secretary P C Parakh, booked for allegedly abusing his official position to grant a coal block to Hindalco, has made a written request to the CBI for postponing questioning scheduled for Friday to first week of May

India's foreign exchange reserves jumped by US Dollar 2.797 billion to US Dollar 309.444 billion in the week ended April 11 on the back of a healthy rise in currency assets

Indian-American hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal on Friday pleaded guilty at a court here to violating federal election campaign laws by using straw donors to secretly funnel money to political campaigns and will pay a million dollars to the US as part of his plea agreement

The government on Friday said that companies engaged in defence manufacturing will not be allowed to further increase foreign portfolio investment beyond August last year level

Silver has added a sparkle to assets declared by many women leaders in fray for Lok Sabha elections, including biggies like Sonia Gandhi and Sushma Swaraj, as a spike in the price of white metal has pushed up their wealth

As the world's biggest election process continues, the number of registered political parties in fray for Lok Sabha polls 2014 has grown to a record number of 1,687 and many of them have made unusual promises like helping lovers to get married and ending ministerial system

After feeble signs of a recovery, industrial production once again slipped into negative territory and contracted 1.9 per cent in February due to poor performance in manufacturing, especially capital goods

Demo ballot boxes are being sold at markets here among various other innovative products like bindis, mangalsutras, masks and mobile covers to help political parties add zing to their campaign