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Bhubaneswar: The Odia Language, Literature and Culture Department will organise 'Odisha Utsav' in Kolkata March 8 to promote the rich cultural heritage of the state, an official said Saturday. The event scheduled to be held at the auditorium of the National Library in Kolkata Sunday...

Jaipur: Mild earthquake tremors were felt in parts of Rajasthan early Saturday morning after a low-intensity earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale struck near Sikar district, officials said. According to the National Center for Seismology, the earthquake occurred at around 6.30 a.m. The epicentre was...

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 murder case of a journalist, sect head's lawyer Jitender Khurana said Saturday. The court acquitted the Dera chief more than seven years after he was...

New Delhi: Top government sources on Saturday allayed fears that current global energy situation can become a crisis for India, saying that the country currently holds over 250 million barrels (around 4,000 crore litres) of crude and petroleum products, providing about 7-8 weeks of buffer...

New Delhi: The prices of domestic LPG and commercial cylinders were hiked by a steep Rs 60 and Rs 114.5, respectively, amid rising energy costs linked to the West Asia conflict. Non-subsidised LPG, the one that common household users other than the Ujjwala beneficiaries use...

Moscow: Russia will not disclose the data on crude oil export to India and keep it secret from "too many ill-wishers", the Kremlin said Friday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's comments came hours after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Washington has issued a temporary...

New Delhi: India has allowed the urgent docking of an Iranian ship in Kochi and provided accommodation to its 183 crew members, government sources said Friday. The ship, IRIS Lavan, developed urgent technical issues and was granted emergency docking approval on March 1, following a...

New Delhi: Opposition parties on Friday accused the government of ceding diplomatic space after the US announced a temporary waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, a step that the ruling BJP hailed as a success of "strategic oil diplomacy" under Prime Minister...

New Delhi: Domestic airlines are scheduled to operate 96 flights to and from the Middle East Friday while the carriers have cancelled 278 international services for the day, the government said Friday amid the conflict in the region. The situation in the Middle East has...

New Delhi: A finance ministry report Friday cautioned that prolonged crisis in the Middle East can have adverse implications on the exchange rate and may stoke inflationary pressures on account of rising prices of petroleum goods and fertilisers. Besides, subdued capital flows, accentuated by a...