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Pakistan isolated by all countries in FATF; on verge of being put in ‘Dark Grey’ list
Paris: Pakistan is on the verge of strong action by the international terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the country may be put in the ‘Dark Grey’ list, the last warning to improve. Officials attending the ongoing...
Odia girl’s directorial debut soon
After enjoying success and recognition on the small screen, Debamitra Biswal is ready with her directorial debut in ‘Motichoor Chaknachoor’ starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Athiya Shetty BHUBANESWAR: Disheartening setbacks can have an adverse effect on the motivation of even highly...
Air India pilots demand reduction of notice period
117 candidates for Haryana Assembly polls have criminal cases against themselves
India not underestimating Russia in Olympic Qualifiers: Manpreet Singh
Bangladeshi terror group JMB has infiltrated state: NIA
New Delhi: The Bangladesh-based terror outfit Jamat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) is attempting to spread its bases in coastal states including in Odisha to attack Buddhist installations in the country, asserts intelligence agencies. Addressing an annual conference of chiefs of anti-terrorism squads and special task forces, National Investigation Agency (NIA) chief YC Modi...
Read moreAbhijit Banerjee hours after winning Nobel Prize, says Indian economy is ‘doing very badly’
New York: Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, who jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize with his wife Esther Duflo and Harvard’s Michael Kremer, said Monday that the Indian economy is ‘doing very badly’ even as the government is increasingly recognising that there is a problem. “The (Indian) economy is doing very badly in my view,” Abhijit Banerjee told a press conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after winning the Nobel Prize....
Read moreRoad toll revenue to swell to Rs 1,00,000 crore per annum in next five years: Nitin Gadkari
New Delhi: India’s toll revenue is likely to swell to Rs 1,00,000 crore annually in the next five years on the back of initiatives like electronic toll collection programme, which is being implemented pan-India to remove bottlenecks, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Nitin Gadkari said Monday. Gadkari minister said that of the total 1.4 lakh km highways under National Highways Authority of India (NHAI),...
Read moreNo other provisions but open field for Army job seekers
Bhubaneswar: Following the widespread concern over the plight of the job aspirants roaming on the streets of the Capital city, the Commissionerate Police, Monday, provided an open field to the Army for setting up temporary accommodations for the aspirants. Earlier, several alert denizens posted on social media the sorry sight of the aspirants sleeping on footpaths and railway platforms. They also tagged the state government authorities including the Commissioner of Police...
Read moreCM unveils aid to boost health infra
Bhubaneswar: Acting on feedback received from patients and doctors, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday announced additional facilities to improve healthcare facilities in three districts. “About 10 days ago on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, Mo Sarkar was launched. We focussed on police and health. I have made 120 calls and the response has been overwhelming. As part of our strategy, I had sent senior officers across the state with a directive to...
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GANDHI’S SUICIDE
Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi has been made to scurry for cover; and that too, in his own homeland of Gujarat. A man of Gandhi’s reputation has been shamed by his own countrymen by stamping him with indignity – of having committed suicide. In reality, as is well-known around the world, he was shot down while...
NRC threat unnerves Kendrapara Bengalis
Kendrapara: In the wake of implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, the Bengali-speaking people residing in coastal Kendrapara are apprehensive of their futures. It is being speculated that the process of identification of illegal immigrants will begin soon here also. They are afraid, as the Assistant Commandant (Legal), Ministry of Home Affairs, Shakti...
58 arrested in New Delhi gambling racket bust
New Delhi: Fifty-eight people involved in a gambling racket were arrested from a hotel in Vasant Kunj here, police said Monday. The arrests were made Sunday during a raid conducted at the hotel on the Mehrauli-Gurgaon road following a tip-off, they said. “During the raid, 58 people, found to be involved in gambling activities, were arrested from...
Pope Francis’s personal bodyguard Domenico Giani resigns over leak scandal
Vatican City: Pope Francis’ main bodyguard Domenico Giani, the Vatican’s security chief, resigned Monday over a leak to the media of details of a financial wrongdoing probe. Francis accepted Domenico Giani’s resignation while noting he ‘bears no personal responsibility’ for the leak, the Vatican said. The Argentine pontiff was furious over the publication of an internal police...
Abhijit Banerjee hours after winning Nobel Prize, says Indian economy is ‘doing very badly’
New York: Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, who jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize with his wife Esther Duflo and Harvard’s Michael Kremer, said Monday that the Indian economy is ‘doing very badly’ even as the government is increasingly recognising that there is a problem. “The (Indian) economy is doing very badly in my view,” Abhijit Banerjee told...
Pakistan isolated by all countries in FATF; on verge of being put in ‘Dark Grey’ list
Paris: Pakistan is on the verge of strong action by the international terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the country may be put in the ‘Dark Grey’ list, the last warning to improve. Officials attending the ongoing plenary of the FATF here said Monday that as per indications, Pakistan will be isolated by all...
After World Cup controversy, ICC tweaks super over rule
Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) tweaked Monday the super over rule for all its major events following the uproar over the outcome of the men’s World Cup final in July when England were declared winners against New Zealand on boundary count. New Zealand and England had headed into the super over after scores in the World...
Two students killed in road accident in Balasore district
Remuna: Two students died after the motorcycle they were riding was hit by a dumper near Shergad under Khantapada police limits in Balasore district Monday. The deceased were identified as Chandrkant, 22, son of Jagabandhu Mahalik and Lamboder, 20, son of Gadadhar Mahalik. They were students of the Odisha Polytechnic College. The two were returning from their...
Donald Trump wants identity of whistleblower revealed
Washington: Donald Trump demanded Monday that a whistleblower whose warning about the US President’s call with Ukraine triggered the impeachment inquiry against him be identified and testify before the Congress. As the president menaced the person who exposed his potential wrongdoing, Donald Trump faced a new setback with his former top Russia advisor, Fiona Hill, sitting for...
I am happy and delighted for Abhijit Banerjee’s Nobel: Amartya Sen
Kolkata: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen Monday said he was “very very happy and delighted” over Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee jointly winning the Nobel in Economics. Sen had won the same award in 1998 for his contribution to welfare economics. Speaking from Boston, Sen said, “I’m very, very happy and delighted that Abhijit Banerjee along with others have been...
