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Bhubaneswar: The Puri administration Thursday held a meeting with entrepreneurs of the district to discuss measures to offer them Fani relief. The meeting follows the publication of an article in these columns June 6. Puri collector Balwant Singh and director of industries, MSME department Pranab...

New Delhi: IT major Wipro founder Azim H Premji, who turned a small maker of vegetable oil into a $8.5 billion software behemoth, will retire as the company head by July-end and hand over reins of the firm to his son, Rishad. Premji, who turns...

New Delhi: Hailing the RBI’s decision to cut lending rate by 0.25 per cent as a welcome step to boost demand and revive economy, industry chambers Thursday said there is more room to slash rates further. The Reserve Bank of India cut the repo —...

Bhubaneswar: Governor Ganeshi Lal Thursday visited Utkal University (UU) and reviewed the situation on its premises after Cyclone Fani damaged the varsity buildings and uprooted trees. The Governor, who is also the UU Chancellor, met Vice-Chancellor Soumendra Mohan Patnaik and discussed restoration work at the...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to encourage investment in tourism sector, state government has allotted land to seven tourism projects to come up in various places of the state. The 7 projects are expected to bring in investment worth Rs 354 crore. The Land Allotment Committee,...

Mumbai: Deepika Padukone rooted for the importance of sleep with a quirky social media post, which got a thumbs up from actors Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan. Deepika posted an image of a chalk board on Instagram which had "Why is sleeping considered lazy but...

New Delhi: Finance ministry has indicated that it will retain the interim budget allocations made to ministries and departments, in the final budget for the current financial year, to presented July 5. In run-up the Lok Sabha elections, the finance ministry came up with an...

Bangalore: Activity in India’s dominant services sector grew at its slowest pace in a year in May, hurt by weak domestic demand, a private survey showed on Wednesday, while a sharp easing in price pressures virtually cemented the case for another rate cut this week....

Bhubaneswar: It has been a month since Cyclone Fani lashed Puri and devastated normal life. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Puri, in particular, were devastated and are just limping back to life. According to the state government, Fani affected 374 SMEs in Puri and...

Bhubaneswar: Mexicans love their culture – their folk music, food, colourful embroidered clothes and last but not the least their Mexican hats. But most importantly, the hockey players adore an Indian star. No, it’s not either Shah Rukh Khan or Salman Khan. He is former Indian...