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Columbia: President Joe Biden easily won South Carolina's Democratic primary, clinching a state he pushed to lead off his party's nominating process after it revived his then-struggling White House bid four years ago. Biden on Saturday defeated the other long-shot Democrats on South Carolina's ballot,...

Bhubaneswar: Three-day long ‘Biswa Odia Bhasha Sammilani’ (World Odia Language Conference) was inaugurated Saturday by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar. The conference was inaugurated with the singing of 'Bande Utkala Janani', the state anthem of Odisha. All the Odias in...

Jharsuguda: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday reached Jharsuguda airport at around 1 pm and headed to the IIM-Sambalpur campus where Odisha Governor Raghubar Das, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will join him, officials said. “On the way to Sambalpur, Odisha....

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Saturday that BJP stalwart and former deputy prime minister LK Advani will be conferred the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award. "One of the most respected statesmen of our times, his contribution to the development of India...

New Delhi: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Friday said a special session of the assembly has been convened to discuss the draft uniform civil code (UCC) presented to him by a committee headed by Justice (retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai. Addressing a press conference at...

Ranchi: JMM legislature party leader Champai Soren Friday took oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. He was administered the oath of office by Governor CP Radhakrishnan at the Raj Bhavan here. Along with Champai Soren, senior Congress leader Alamgir Alam and RJD leader Satyanand...

New York: Police in the US are investigating the death of an Indian-American student in the state of Ohio, the fourth such case within a month in the country. The Consulate General of India in New York said Thursday that no foul play is suspected...

New Delhi: Finance Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Interim Union Budget 2024-25 in Parliament Thursday. Some of the key highlights of the budget are social justice, Garib Kalyan, Desh ka Kalyan, Welfare of ‘Annadata’, and Momentum for Nari Shakti. On Infrastructure, she said that the capital...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman decided to stick to the path of fiscal consolidation path as she pushed for economic growth and inclusive development in the interim Budget 2024-25 presented in Parliament Thursday. The Finance Minister has reduced the fiscal deficit target to 5.1...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has begun her Budget speech as she presents her sixth straight Budget ahead of the Parliamentary elections, matching the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. Sitharaman in her pre-election Budget, which technically is a vote on account and...