Bhubaneshwar: As the burning of paddy fields by farmers spread to new areas, agriculture minister Damodar Rout today said that the farmers who set on fire their crops will not get any compensation.

Farmers who have suffered more than 33 percent crop loss due to pest attack or any natural calamity will get compensation

New Delhi: World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva on Saturday lauded India’s progress in the ‘Ease of Doing Business’ report, as she highlighted that the jump made has been extraordinary.

“India’s jump of 30 places in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business report is very rare. In refor

Rajkot: India captain Virat Kohli praised New Zealand for their impressive effort but also admitted that his batsmen “were not good enough” on the day as they lost the second T20 International by 40 runs.

“Eventually, we were not good enough with the bat. When you are chasing 200, all the batsmen need

Rajkot: Colin Munro stood tall with a century and one wicket as New Zealand beat India by 40 runs in the second Twenty20 international to level the series at 1-1 in Rajkot on Saturday.

Chasing 197 for victory, India finished on 156-7 in their 20 overs despite a 42-ball 65 from skipper Virat Kohli. Paceman Trent Boult t

Sirsilla district collector suspended a government school teacher in Telangana district for being caught on a camera performing surgery in a private hospital. The video went viral on social media with a post ‘government teacher donned the role of a surgeon.’

The teacher, Racharla Venkat alias Venkanna, was suspended by the

Washington: The US unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in nearly 17 years in October while job creation resumed climbing after the two late-summer hurricanes, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Analysts said the rebound was smaller than expected but upward revisions to job creation in the prior months meant t

Rawat Belgavi (Karnataka): Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said that both Indian and Chinese troops were present in Dokalam, but were not in an “eyeball-to- eyeball” contact.

General Rawat said there had been a disengagement of troops of both countries in Dokalam, where the two sides were locked in a stand-o

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, who has been named among the world’s most powerful women in Forbes magazine’s 2017 list, says she feels honoured.

Priyanka is at number 97 in the list, which also features personalities like Ivanka Trump, Indra Nooyi, Oprah Winfrey, Queen Elizabeth II, Beyonce Knowles, J.K. Rowling and Tay

Bengaluru: In an interesting development, the state Department of Public Instruction has issued a closure notice to eight Kannada medium schools in city, in spite of an assurance given by none other than the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, just 48 hours ago.

Less than 25 students norm was followed by the department.

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who would not like to hold back his views, on Friday praised those colleagues who are performing well and chided others.

What message he would like to convey by saying so? Many feel, a mild ‘warning’ or ‘caution’ to those complacent