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Washington: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has rejected a US lawmaker's call to break his company, saying he's not going to sell WhatsApp or Instagram at any cost. Senator Josh Hawley (a Missouri Republican) tweeted that he met Zuckerberg during his visit to Washington, DC Thursday,...

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police Friday busted a gang of conmen who have duped several people on the pretext of disposing of black money and gold. The accused were handing over bundles of plain papers covered with two genuine notes each and fake gold biscuits in exchange...

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police Friday organised a sensitisation programme on traffic rules at Rama Devi Women’s University. Addressing the seminar, twin-city Commissioner of Police (CP) Sudhansu Sarangi said “Making a habit is very important. If every student makes the habit of obeying traffic rules, we won’t...

Bhubaneswar: State government has put two more mineral blocks for auction in accordance with the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 2015. The Directorate Mines has floated Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) for auction of one block of Graphite and one block of Limestone for...

  Kabul: The death toll from a massive Taliban bomb attack which flattened a hospital in southern Afghanistan earlier this week has risen to at least 39, officials said Friday. The jump in the toll from the blast, which took place in the town of...

Puri: The Puri district administration is gearing up to organise probably the largest beach cleaning exercise in the world involving about 10,000 volunteers. The cleaning operation will start from Arakhakuda beach near Chilika to Astaranga covering over 100 km along the coastline of Puri Saturday...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Thursday, issued a notice to Hotel Swosti Premium for not using the parking space allotted by the civic authorities leading to traffic congestions around the area. Sources at the BMC said the management has been tactfully avoiding parking at...

New Delhi: India’s aviation safety regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) may ask Boeing to set up simulators in India to help train pilots on the 737 MAX planes once it clears the aircraft as safe for flying, a senior official with direct knowledge...

New Delhi: The government is reworking its strategy to boost revenue collection from direct taxes which has been lagging behind so far, a senior CBDT official said Thursday. The government has set a direct tax collection target of Rs 13.35 lakh crore for the current...

New Delhi: In its bid to make the Internet more accessible, inclusive and empowering for everyone in India, Google Thursday announced a slew of products, including an artificial intelligence (AI) lab in Bengaluru, BSNL partnership, 'Google Pay for Business' app for merchants along with expanding...