New Delhi: The Congress Sunday accused the government of misleading people in the name of an economic package and said the measures announced by the Centre amounted to only 1.6 per cent of India’s GDP, i.e. worth Rs 3.22 lakh crore instead of Rs 20...
Washington: For the second time in a week, former US president Barack Obama has made a veiled attack on his successor Donald Trump. Barrack Obama has said that the pandemic had shown many officials ‘aren't even pretending to be in charge’. Obama criticised the handling...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department Sunday said that 24 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered. “Another 24 patients have recovered from COVID-19 and are being discharged. 19 are from Ganjam. 3 are from Jajpur. 2 are from Balasore. The number...
New Delhi: BJP president JP Nadda Sunday said the additional allocation of Rs 40,000 crore for the rural employment guarantee scheme (MGNREGS) will provide adequate work and earning opportunities to migrant families returning home, as he hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “concern and...
Singapore: Singapore Sunday reported 682 new COVID-19 cases with a vast majority of them being foreign workers living in dormitories, taking the country’s total to 28,038, the health ministry said. A 67-year-old Singaporean man, who had a history of heart disease, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia, died...
Balasore: A sarpanch in Balasore district has tested positive for the COVID-19. He is one of the 17 fresh COVID-19 cases the district reported Sunday. The sarpanch who has contracted the disease belongs to Kanchapada panchayat under Simulia block. Along with him, two other villagers...
Cuttack: As many as 326 people were booked in last 24 hours for violating various lockdown guidelines in Cuttack, police said Sunday. The violators were booked under the provisions of the Odisha Urban Police (OUPA) Act-2003. According to a senior police officer, a number of...
New Delhi: The government will promulgate an Ordinance to amend the companies law to decriminalise various provisions, permit direct overseas listing for Indian corporates and changes to further improve the ease of doing business. Addressing a press conference here Sunday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said...
Sambalpur: A major fire broke out at Samaleswari temple in Sambalpur town at 8:40 am Sunday, local administration said. According to Sambalpur police, at least 16 shops were gutted in the fire mishap. Properties worth lakhs are said to be destroyed in the incident. That...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday termed the meeting of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with the migrants in Delhi a 'dramabaazi"' and said the Congress should 'be more responsible' and work together with the Centre in the current scenario. Sitharaman, while addressing the media...
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