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Al Rayyan: Croatia knocked Brazil out of the World Cup Friday, beating the five-time champions 4-2 in a penalty shootout to reach the semifinals for the second straight time. Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved a penalty attempt by Rodrygo and Marquinhos later hit the post....

New Delhi: The central government Friday sought the approval of Parliament to spend an additional Rs 3,25,765 crore for the remaining period of this fiscal. Minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary tabled the first batch of supplementary demands for grants in the Lok Sabha...

New Delhi: The number of Indians renouncing citizenship has gone up significantly in the last few years. The number of Indians, who renounced their citizenship was 1,33,049 in 2017, and after five years it has increased to 1,83,741 till October 31, 2022. As per the...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD steamrolled to victory in Odisha's Padampur bypoll, after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik unleashed his charisma on the tribal-dominated constituency by personally going down to campaign for his party's rookie candidate Barsha Singh Bariha, who won the electoral battle against BJP's Pradip Purohit...

Bhubaneswar: BJD candidate Barsha Singh Bariha has secured an unassailable lead in  Padampur byelection in Odisha by securing over 57.80 per cent of the votes polled and is leading over her nearest rival Pradip Purohit of BJP by over 38,252 votes. Bariha, who has maintained...

Bargarh: Ruling BJD candidate Barsha Singh Bariha is leading by a comfortable 27,533 votes over Pradip Purohit, her nearest rival of the BJP, after the 15th round of counting for Padampur assembly by-poll in Odisha, an EC official said. Bariha has maintained her lead right...

Bargarh: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) extended its lead to 15,541 votes over the BJP after the eighth round of counting for the by-poll to the Padampur assembly seat in Bargarh district Thursday, an official said. Barsha Singh Bariha, the daughter of late MLA...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar in his maiden speech in the House Wednesday criticised the judiciary for scrapping the NJAC bill, terming it as an instance of "severe compromise of parliamentary sovereignty", and said the government's three organs should respect the "Laxman Rekha"....

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Wednesday raised the benchmark lending rate by 35 basis points to 6.25 per cent in a bid to tame inflation, which has remained above its tolerance level for the past 11 months. With the latest hike, the repo...

New Delhi: The border situation with China, the alleged misuse of government agencies, price rise and unemployment will dominate the proceedings of the Winter Session of Parliament starting Wednesday. The results of the Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh are also likely to play...