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Islamabad: The IMF has advised cash-strapped Pakistan against creating a group of preferred investors or distortions in the country under the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) and to ensure transparency and accountability in its business deals, according to a media report Wednesday. Deputy Chairman Planning...

New Delhi: The Indian Navy has been keeping a close watch on the movement of a Chinese submarine and warships that are participating in a naval exercise with Pakistan, government sources said Wednesday. The Navy is monitoring the Chinese platforms from the moment they entered...

Aizawl: Two more Myanmarese soldiers crossed over to Mizoram after militia group People's Defence Force overran their camp in the neighbouring country's Chin state, a police officer said Wednesday. With these, a total of 45 Myanmarese soldiers have fled to Mizoram, the police officer said....

New Delhi: The draft prison law prepared by the home ministry has suggested a host of steps like three years jail for possessing a phone, segregation of prisoners like drug addicts, first time offenders, high-risk, foreigners, and grant of leave on wearing electronic tracking devices...

New Delhi: As many as 417 infrastructure projects, each entailing an investment of Rs 150 crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns of more than Rs 4.77 lakh crore in September this year, an official report said. According to the Ministry of Statistics...

Beijing: China Friday asserted that any successor to 88-year-old Dalai Lama should be from within the country and his heir needs to have its approval, as it projected the strategically-located Tibet region as the gateway to South Asia by highlighting the infrastructure development close to...

Bhubaneswar: Mortal remains of fallen jawan Pratap Ranjan Parida from Malla village under Badatara Panchayat of Gop block in Odisha’s Puri district will be consigned to flames Monday, a source said. The body reached Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar and was accorded with guard...

New Delhi: The ongoing quarterly earnings report card of corporates, global trends and trading activity of foreign investors are key factors to drive the momentum in the equity markets this week, analysts said. Moreover, markets would also focus on global oil benchmark Brent crude and...

Nayagarh: Body of a farmer was found hanging from a tree near a farmland at Ostapada village under Chandpur police limits in Ranapur block of Nayagarh district Sunday. The farmer has been identified to be Gobinda Sahu (65). A family member of the deceased farmer...

Bhubaneswar: Family members of a brain-dead woman in Odisha donated her organs that would save lives of seven patients, a source said Sunday. The woman has been identified as Krishna Panda (56) who was from Berhampur town in the state. Panda was admitted to a...