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Here is good news for taxpayers. In a much-needed relief, the Finance Ministry has extended the deadline for filing income tax return (ITR) for the financial year 2018-19 by individuals to August 31, 2019, from July 31, 2019. July 31 was…

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Tuesday released a list of 23 fake institutions operating in the country. The list has two such institutes from Odisha They are: Nababharat Shiksha Parishad, Anupoorna Bhawan,…

Bhubaneswar: Shefali Udgata and Satabdi Suryasnata brought laurel to Odisha by winning the champion trophies in Opera Miss and Mrs India Global at Opera Miss/Mrs India Global, 2019. They were crowned at the grand finale held in New Delhi…

India's moon mission Chandrayaan-2 lifted off from Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) at 2.43 pm on Monday. ISRO's scientists had only a one-minute window for the second launch attempt. Last week, the mission was called off 56 minutes before its…

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the ruling BJP at the Centre of adopting coercive means against Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders to make them join the saffron party. She alleged that they are being…

I admire Vir Sanghvi’s writing for its centrality. He is never pungent, acrimonious or strident in his views, always choosing a middle path. That in itself is a rare art. In the write up, 'Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Why fight over food', I…

Cuttack: Do you think that broken plastic chairs can’t be repaired? That’s what I also thought till a few years ago. The thing is, we have a few awesome plastic chairs which are till date the best I have ever seen or sat on. Made in…

Raipur: The Ambikapur Municipal Corporation, ranked second cleanest city in India, has hit upon an ingenious idea to clean the city of plastic waste. The civic body has targetted ragpickers who make a living out of selling garbage.…

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit, who was the longest serving chief minister of Delhi, died at a Delhi hospital on Saturday. She was 81. Dikshit died at 3.30 pm, her family has confirmed. The Congress leader had served as…