Cuttack: As the holy month of Kartika ended with a colorful ritual of ‘Boita Bandana’ (worshipping of boats) this morning, the annual ‘Balijatra festival began on the banks of river Mahanadi here at Gadagadia ghat in the evening.

Odisha Health and Law minister Pratap Jena along with Culture minister A

New Delhi: The Congress today hit out at the BJP citing a news report which alleged a “prospect of conflict of interest” in National Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s son Shaurya running the ‘India Foundation’ think tank that has four Union ministers on its board, a charge rejected by the organisation a

Varanasi: A court today fixed November 22 for hearing a complaint against actor Kamal Haasan for allegedly hurting Hindu sentiments with his recent remark that “right- wing groups can’t deny existence of Hindu terrorism”.

The application was moved in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate S

New Delhi: India offers “golden opportunities” for global investors in sectors such as infrastructure, transport, agriculture and food processing, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said today.

Not only the country is going to offer a world class infrastructure in highways in two years, waterways and agriculture

Pardi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the party was going to win the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections because it has the truth on its side.

“This is a fight between truth and falsehood. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has the police, the Army as well as the government in Gujarat, Centre, Utta

New Delhi: The newly issued Rs 50 currency notes cannot be differentiated from others by visually impaired persons, a PIL today claimed in the Delhi High Court which sought the RBI and the Centre’s stand on the issue.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the matter needed ur

New Delhi: Top officials from India and the US today deliberated extensively to boost cooperation under various aspects of aircraft carrier technology.

The issue was discussed during the concluding session of 4th meeting of the Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Cooperation (JWGACTC) here, the defe

Nirbhaya’s younger brother is flying high — literally. He has joined a private airline after completing his commercial pilot training and his parents cannot stop thanking Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for making it possible.

Badrinath Singh told a news agency that the Congress leader helped the grief-stricken family

A brief lull after the two day unprecedented rains that lashed the Chennai city and several others parts, yet again may face the rain God’s wrath today, according to Met office.

Sharp showers resumed in parts of Chennai like Kodambakkam, Perambur, Guindy, Ennore and T Nagar, besides nearby areas such as A