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Bhubaneswar: On the eve of his 76th birthday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sprang a surprise Saturday by announcing total abolition of contractual recruitment system in the state. Naveen Patnaik made this announcement in a video message to the people of Odisha after the approval of...

Sylhet: India maintained their dominance in the Women's Asia Cup with an eight-wicket demolition of a self-destructing Sri Lanka in the final here Saturday for their seventh title in eight editions. Sri Lanka, who were playing their first tournament final in 14 years, imploded after...

New Delhi: India ranked 107 out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2022 with its child-wasting rate at 19.3 per cent, being the highest in the world. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global,...

New Delhi: India’s strategic strike submarine ‘INS Arihant’ has carried out successful launch of a ballistic missile Friday, the Defence Ministry said in a release. The ballistic missile was tested to a predetermined range and it impacted the target area in the Bay of Bengal...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that it would not use its power under Article 142 to annul a marriage, when the wife is willing to give the marriage one more "try", however the husband claimed an irretrievable breakdown of marriage. A bench comprising...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday delivered a split verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court judgement refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions of the state. While Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the appeals against the high court...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court said Wednesday it is aware of the "Lakshman Rekha'' on judicial review of the government's policy decisions but will have to examine the 2016 demonetisation decision to come to a conclusion whether the issue has become a mere "academic" exercise....

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the Union Budget for 2023-24 would be 'carefully structured' where the focus would be on maintaining growth momentum. Speaking at an event organised by the Brookings Institute in Washington, during the course of her five-day US...

Saifai: Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav was cremated with full state honours at his native Saifai village in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday afternoon. His son and party chief Akhilesh Yadav lit the funeral pyre. The former Uttar Pradesh CM had died aged 82 at a...

Saifai (UP): People in large numbers were headed Tuesday for the last rites of veteran socialist leader Mulayam Singh Yadav at his native village Saifai in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh, the intermittent morning drizzle adding to the sombreness. The Samajwadi Party founder and former...