Bhubaneswar: As many as 41 government employees have been dismissed from service following their conviction in corruption cases, while the pensions of 91 retired employees have been stopped, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Tuesday. Highlighting the state government’s action against corruption over the past...
Washington: US President Donald Trump defended renovations at the White House after former president Barack Obama compared its interiors to those of the restaurant chain Cheesecake Factory, known for its ornate decor. Trump spent considerable time at an election rally in Mississippi and in interactions...
Visakhapatnam: Very severe cyclonic storm ‘Arnab’ in the Bay of Bengal has disrupted air services in Andhra Pradesh, with airlines cancelling several flights at Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram near Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada International Airport Tuesday. With heavy rains accompanied by gusty winds...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance has achieved record performance in cash recovery, case disposal, prosecution sanctions and convictions, Director of Vigilance Y K Jethwa said Tuesday, highlighting the state’s intensified efforts to strengthen its anti-corruption mechanism. Speaking after the state-level Vigilance Awareness Week programme, where Chief Minister...
New Delhi: Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has apologised to Chinese fans over his comments about a meme featuring former Chinese leader Mao Zedong, following an apology from Spanish football league La Liga, with three Chinese companies reportedly ending their commercial partnerships with the French...
Betul (South Goa): Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri Tuesday said the Centre has no immediate plan to increase the ethanol blending in petrol above the current level of 20 per cent. During an interaction at the inauguration of the 29th Energy...
Bhubaneswar/ Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh and Odisha have set up nearly 4,000 cyclone shelters, moved thousands of people to safer locations, and put disaster management personnel on standby ahead of the "very severe" cyclonic storm Arnab, which is expected to make landfall near Visakhapatnam in the...
Wellington: Abhishek Sharma credited "preparation" behind his masterful knock of 113 from 38 balls during the third T20I against New Zealand, which the Southpaw stated he "manifested" to play. Abhishek slammed his 11th T20 hundred to help India hunt down 199 in just 13.2 overs...
New Delhi: Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh hailed Abhishek Sharma’s explosive century and praised Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s contribution as India crushed New Zealand by six wickets in the third T20I to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. Abhishek, who has flourished under Yuvraj’s...
Mumbai: Hindi film actor Imran Khan secured interim relief from the Bombay High Court Tuesday as the court stayed the implementation of a 'Leave India' notice issued against him by the Centre. A division bench of the High Court, hearing Khan's petition challenging the notice,...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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