State junks Centre’s plan to post ‘prabhari’ babus
Bhubaneswar: The state government has turned down the Modi government’s unilateral decision on appointment of bureaucrats as prabhari (in-charge) officers ...
Day: January 1, 2018
Nov Core sector output up 6.8pc
united news of indiaNew Delhi, Jan 1: The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stands at 123.9 in November, 2017, ...
Fundamentals unaddressed
In Iran, there are signs of an unrest that has been primed by some of the very factors that stare ...
Anderson quashes tampering claims
Sydney: England pace bowler James Anderson has described accusations as ridiculous that he was involved in tampering with the ball ...
Vidarbha claim maiden Ranji title, outplay Delhi in final
Indore: Vidarbha claimed their maiden Ranji Trophy title after beating Delhi by nine wickets in the final of the ...
Irregularities galore in housing scheme
Kendrapara: The Centre-sponsored Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) has become a mess in this district with many genuine beneficiaries being denied ...
1,400 cars ruined in Liverpool car park fire
London, Jan 1: An estimated 1,400 cars were destroyed in a huge fire that raged through a multi-story parking garage ...
India, Pak swap 27th list of nuke installations
Islamabad/New Delhi, Jan 1: India and Pakistan Monday exchanged, through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad, a list ...
China’s surveillance network can easily locate targets in Indian Ocean
Beijing, Jan 1: China has established an underwater surveillance network which will help its navy track target vessels more accurately ...
Vehicles worth Rs 25L completely gutted
Baripada: Properties worth Rs 25 lakh were destroyed in a fire which broke out in Madhuban, Garage Sahi in the ...
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Win for Yechury
The Left movement has been passing through a bad patch for some years; a situation that got heightened by the...
Towards Day Zero
Deus ex machina. The only thing that has saved Cape Town, the famed tourist destination in South Africa, from endless...
I-T should cut both ways
Filing Income Tax (I-T) returns is an annual ritual for many. Around this time every year, people find themselves headed...
Missile ‘mis-adventures’
India is on a new adventure, namely, to enter the global weapons market. The Make in India programme supposedly had...
Hide and seek
Discipline and integrity were supposed to be the hallmarks of the bureaucracy when, 70 years ago, India stepped into its...
Nepal’s Oli
Nepal’s relations with India have not been seeing the best of times. This has been so ever since the exit...
Muzzling the media
Good news is that the Union Government has taken a step back, and decided not to proceed with its just-announced...
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Mushrooming kilns threaten Satiguda dam
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