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New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been ranked fifth among states in NITI Aayog's recent Investment Friendliness Index, which Chief Minister Mohan Charan Maji termed a reflection of his government's commitment to transparent governance, industry-friendly policies and efficient service delivery. With an overall score of 52.4, the...

New Delhi: India Friday yet again slammed Pakistan for its support and sponsorship of cross-border terrorism while using it as an instrument of state policy. Addressing a bi-weekly media briefing in New Delhi Friday, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the...

New Delhi: India got its first hydrogen-powered train Friday, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged the passenger service from Haryana's Jind railway station. The train will run between the Jind and Sonipat railway stations and cover the 89-km distance in two hours, with halts at...

New Delhi: The health of three All India Students' Association (AISA) activists, who are on an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar to protest alleged irregularities in competitive examinations, deteriorated further Friday, with doctors advising one of them to be hospitalised immediately due to severe...

New Delhi/Anugola: More than 750 hectares of forest land in Odisha's Anugola district is likely to be diverted for mining at the proposed Alakananda coal mine, allotted to Rungta Sons Private Limited. The mining site is about 4.9 kilometres from the Similipal-Satkosia Gorge tiger corridor...

New Delhi: Congress, RJD and AAP leaders Friday questioned actor Aamir Khan's statement that his character in the film 3 Idiots was not based on education reformer Sonam Wangchuk, suggesting he was unwilling to take a stand out of fear of the ruling establishment. RJD Rajya...

Kolkata: The death toll in the tragic incident at Karnasubarna in West Bengal's Murshidabad district earlier in day, when a train collided with a van at a railway crossing, has risen to five, with four being school children and one an adult. Meanwhile, both the...

Bengaluru: In a major administrative intervention aimed at safeguarding India's ambitious space programmes, the Department of Space (DoS) has tightened rules governing resignations and voluntary retirement of scientists working on mission-critical projects, following reports that more than 100 personnel have left the Indian Space Research...

New Delhi: The Joint Committee of Parliament examining the Bill that seeks to remove Prime Minister, Union Ministers and Chief Ministers detained for 30 straight days on serious charges decided Friday to put on hold the adoption of its draft report. The decision came after...

New Delhi: Congress Friday expressed solidarity with activist Sonam Wangchuk and other members of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesting at Jantar Mantar here over alleged examination irregularities and reminded the government of its "Raj Dharma". Congress leader Pawan Khera met Wangchuk and other CJP...