Till May end, the Odisha government received accolades from all quarters for its proactive measures and effective management of the COVID-19 pandemic, and for introducing many new initiatives to meet the pandemic-induced challenges.
The killing of notorious gangster Vikas Dubey in an encounter near Kanpur on Friday morning has triggered a fresh set of controversies with Opposition leaders demanding a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the entire episode involving Dubey.
Nyon (Switzerland): All five former Champions League winners were put into the same half of the draw on Friday, setting up a possible semifinal pairing between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency on Friday registered a case against four people, including a key woman suspect, for their alleged involvement in smuggling 30 kg gold worth ₹14.82 crore in Kerala, an official said.
Kanpur, sometime in 2000
Santosh Shukla slumped into a chair the moment he staggered into the inspector’s room in Shivli police station. Beads of perspiration had trickled down to form an evanescent miasma on his glasses, so Shukla, a BJP leader wit...
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Friday said he would work from home as a precautionary measure after some of the staff in his office-cum-residence here tested positive for coronavirus.
In a statement, Yediyurappa said, "I a...
There is no stopping the meme-makers of the country. Even as news trickled in of the encounter killing of history-sheeter Vikas Dubey, after a dramatic week-long chase, meme-makers were putting together 'various angles' of the story.
With a variety of shows available in languages such as Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam, OTTs such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar and Zee5 among others are giving a tough competition to traditional TV shows, at least in terms of content and engagement. Many believe the COVID-19 lockdown — which has hampered production and shooting activities, and during which audiences have shifted to OTTs for new content — might be a wake up call. Could this COVID break bring about a change in TV content? Click here to know more.
Chennai: In the wake of the custodial death of the father-son duo at Sattankulam in Tuticorin district in Tamil Nadu, at least six cases of police excesses have been taken up for inquiry in the state.
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency on Friday registered a case against four people, including a key woman suspect, for their alleged involvement in smuggling 30 kg gold worth ₹14.82 crore in Kerala, an official said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed that the Indian economy had started seeing “green shoots” of recovery, but one sector has seen more than just green shoots ever since Unlock 1.0. The used-car market has seen huge business ever since the ...
New Delhi: The Indian Railways (IR) seems to have taken some learnings from the hiccups faced by Airports Authority of India (AAI) in privatising airports, by barring a single bidder from bagging all the deals, while inviting bids by private parties to ope...
New Delhi: A finance ministry report on Monday (July 6) said that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) will contract 4.5 per cent as predicted by International Monetary Fund, in the current fiscal due to unprecedented supply-demand shocks induced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Delhi: The CBI has booked Venkata Krishna Reddy Gunupati, the chairman of the GVK Group of Companies and his son GV Sanjay Reddy, Managing Director of Mumbai International Airport Ltd among others for alleged irregularities to the tune of ₹705 crore in...
Indian Railways on Wednesday (July 1) formally started its plans to allow private entities to operate passenger trains on its network by inviting request for qualifications (RFQ) for participation on 109 pairs of routes through 151 modern trains...
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd's (BSNL) tender for 4G upgrade has been cancelled after the Department of Telecom (DoT) asked the state-run firm not to use Chinese telecom gear, according to a source.
The Reserve Bank of India has announced the launch of Floating Rate Savings Bonds 2020 (Taxable) with an interest rate of 7.15 per cent, which will be available for subscriptions from July 1.
Nyon (Switzerland): All five former Champions League winners were put into the same half of the draw on Friday, setting up a possible semifinal pairing between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Naming BCCI president Sourav Ganguly as the favourite captain he had played under, former opener Wasim Jaffer said it was the former Indian skipper who had brought players like Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh to the ...
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry on Saturday removed the ₹2 lakh cap on the salary given to Indian coaches for training elite athletes in a bid to encourage them to produce better results.
Djokovic had tested positive 10 days ago after playing in an exhibition series in Serbia and Croatia with zero social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Nepal's ruling Communist Party has failed to address the intra-party rifts as Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and NCP executive chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda have failed to re...
New Delhi: Some flights are likely to be operated from India to the UAE very soon for Indians having valid residency or work permit for the UAE, its Ambassador Ahmed Al Banna said on Wednesda...
A day after stating that the US was looking at banning Chinese social media apps, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday (July 08) said China’s action along the LAC was "incre...
Mumbai: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has told the Bombay High Court that a decision to declare sanitary napkins as an essential commodity can be taken only after following the due process.
New Delhi: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CICSE) will announce Class 10 and 12 board results on Friday (July 9), Board Secretary Gerry Arathoon said.
New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Thursday said there has been an "uninformed commentary" on the exclusion of certain topics from the CBSE syllabus to portray a false narrative.
New Delhi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) have started using computational methods to understand the factors and impediments in incorporating biofuels into the fuel sector in India, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions from the use of fossil fuels.
New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development on Friday postponed medical and engineering entrance exams NEET and JEE to September in view of the spike in COVID-19 cases.
