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Bhubaneswar: The Centre has agreed to take up 300 km 8-lane integrated economic corridor from Paradip to Barbil consisting 6 stretches in Odisha. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday proposed the project during a discussion on several…

It is ironic that the colonisers who ruled us for 200 years, should today recognise Indian English words and include them in their most well-known dictionary. Hinglish or Indian English has come to be recognised both in India and the…

Chennai: With the whole sea as a mandap and sea creatures as the 'baraatis', a couple from Tamil Nadu tied the knot 60 feet underwater off the coast of Neelankarai in Chennai. Chinnadurai from Tiruvannamalai and his fiance Shwetha from…

Kolkata: The corona pandemic claimed 1,54,486 persons as on Tuesday. Relatives of many, whom COVID took away in the early months after the virus struck, are still going through the emotional trauma for not being able to give their dear ones…

New Delhi: Oxford Languages has selected ‘Aatmanirbharta’ (self-reliance) as its Hindi word of the year 2020. The Oxford Hindi word of the year is a word or expression that reflects the ethos, mood or preoccupations of the passing year,…

Yavatmal: In a major goof-up, as many as 12 kids were given hand sanitisers instead of  oral polio vaccine drops at a Primary Health Centre in Ghatanji’s Kapsi-Kopari village here on Monday, the officials said. The district health…

Bathinda: Terming the budget a “bitter harvest”, farm groups said that to double the farmers’ income by 2022 is an implausible target. They accused finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman of making misleading claims like MSP being 1.5 times the…

New Delhi: Hours after blocking nearly 250 Twitter accounts in India for spreading hate, the microblogging website restored the accounts. The decision to restore the accounts was taken after a meeting with the officials Ministry of…

Pune: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla gave a thumbs up to the ₹35,000 crore allocated for COVID-19 vaccination by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget 2021. "We welcome Finance Minister's…

New Delhi: The Mumbai-bound Punjab Mail was on Monday diverted from Rohtak to Rewari, thus skipping Delhi. Since around 1000 farmers were on board that train, there was widespread speculation on social media that the Punjab Mail had been…