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The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its audit report on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) revealed irregularities in the rural job's scheme in India. The report shows sharp decline in rural…

“The Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.5 per cent in the current fiscal. If India grows at 8-9 per cent per annum, we will graduate to the level of a middle income country by 2025", said the Chairman of Prime minister's Economic…

As per the previous announcement made by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the government is likely to give free laptops with data cards to meritorious tribal and dalit Plus students within next 60 days, eyeing the upcoming polls in the state.…

Odisha government will set up its own sports body in the state to provide better facilities to the sportspersons. The Sports Authority of Odisha will be based on the model of Sports Authority of India (SAI). The decision was taken at a…

Indian teenager Prayag Chauhan has won the Gold in the 60kg event at the ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships in Kazakhstan. In the lightweight category final, the 16-year old beat local boy Azat Ilyubayev by displaying…

The BJP MPs continued to create ruckus in both the Houses of Parliament today over the coal scam demanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation. They alleged the government of suppressing the truth. BJP demanded PM and Law…

Nokia, which is striving hard to regain its market share in India, on Monday, launched its most affordable phone “Nokia 105” to attract customers from the low-income group. Nokia 105, priced at Rs.1,249, is the lowest priced colour…

Veteran Carnatic violinist-composer Lalgudi Gopala Iyer Jayaraman passed away on Monday evening in Chennai following cardiac arrest. He was 82. His contribution to Carnatic music is immeasurable. Born in Lalgudi in Trichy in 1930, he was…

Former Chief Justice of India Jagdish Sharan Verma, who headed a three-member panel to examine laws on crimes against women, passed away in New Delhi last night, after a multi-organ failure. He was 80. Justice Verma was admitted to…