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New Delhi: Sixty-six inmates and 48 staffers of three jails in Delhi have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Tuesday. "None of those infected is serious. We are taking all precautions related to COVID-19," Director General (Delhi Prisons) Sandeep Goel said. According to data shared...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the panchayat elections in the state, the Odisha Cabinet Monday decided to raise the upper age limit for government job aspirants of the general category by six years - from 32 years to 38 years, a senior official said. The upper age...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation stone for the construction of two barrages on Ib river in Sundargarh district through virtual mode Monday. The barrages will come up on Ib river at Kopsingha and Kudabanga under Sadar block in the tribal-dominated district at...

New Delhi: Total employment in nine sectors rose to 3.10 crore during the July-September period of 2021, an increase of 2,00,000 compared to June quarter last year, according to a quarterly employment survey released Monday by the Union Labour Ministry. The higher employment number also...

Melbourne: Tennis star Novak Djokovic won a court battle Monday to stay in Australia to contest the Australian Open despite not being vaccinated against Covid-19. However, the drama might not be finished, with the Australian government threatening to cancel his visa a second time and...

Melbourne: An Australian judge has reinstated tennis star Novak Djokovic's visa, which was cancelled after his arrival last week because he is unvaccinated. Circuit Court Judge Anthony Kelly also ordered the government Monday to release Djokovic from Melbourne hotel quarantine within 30 minutes of his...

Bangkok: A court in Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison Monday after finding her guilty of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and violating coronavirus restrictions, a legal official said. Suu Kyi was convicted last month on two...

Ahmedabad: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) apprehended a Pakistani boat with 10 crew members on board in the Indian waters off the Gujarat coast, a state defence spokesperson said Sunday. The boat, named 'Yaseen,' was caught by an ICG ship during an operation Saturday night,...

New Delhi: Spanned over seven phases, the elections to five states Assemblies -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gao, Punjab and Manipur -- would be held from February 10 to March 7, and the counting of votes will take place on March 10, the Election Commission of...

New Delhi: The Election Commission will announce the dates for assembly polls in five states at 3.30 pm Saturday. The poll body has convened a press conference in which it will declare the schedule for the polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur...