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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday said the state's urbanisation rate is expected to more than double to 40 per cent by 2036, and asserted that the BJP government has already commenced developing state-of-the-art infrastructure and establishing modern institutions to support this growth....

Baku: India and Uzbekistan discussed key issues on their bilateral agenda and stressed the need for timely implementation of agreements reached at the highest level during a meeting between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Uzbek counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov in Azerbaijan's Baku. Jaishankar was...

Moscow/New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin have directed their governments to further expand bilateral cooperation, as India and Russia aim to increase bilateral trade to USD 100 billion by 2030, Ambassador Vinay Kumar has said. In an interview with Russian...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the Reserve Bank of India’s Rs 169-crore data centre at Info Valley-II, Jatani, in Odisha’s Khordha district October 25, 2026. The data centre, located near Bhubaneswar, is designed to operate as a secondary backup to the...

New Delhi: Gold prices dipped 3.28 per cent on a weekly basis, while silver prices declined 7.83 per cent this week, as rising crude oil prices heightened inflation fears. The rising inflation concerns reinforced expectations that global interest rates will stay higher for longer, prompting...

Mumbai: The macroeconomic environment remains challenging, with crude oil emerging as a key source of uncertainty for domestic markets, analysts said Saturday, as Indian equities endured a challenging, holiday-shortened week, with benchmark indices extending their losses. Nifty 50 and Sensex recorded weekly declines of approximately...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: Odisha has secured investment proposals worth Rs 53,893.51 crore with the potential to generate 20,210 jobs during India Chem 2026 in Mumbai, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Friday. Majhi, who led the state’s delegation to the event, announced after arriving...

Bhubaneswar: The 19th Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference 2026 kicked off in Bhubaneswar Friday, with Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Tokhan Sahu inaugurating the two-day event. The two-day conference, being held October 23–24, is organised by the Ministry of Housing and...

New Delhi: Jio Platforms' initial public offering closed with bids for 22.19 times the shares on offer, as total demand across the public issue and anchor investor placement crossed Rs 7.4 lakh crore and applications approached a world-beating 1.39 crore in an unprecedented response to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday held discussions with top executives of South Korean steel major POSCO and domestic steelmaker JSW Group on the proposed 6 MTPA greenfield steel plant in the state. The meeting took place in Mumbai, where CM Majhi is...