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New York:  Singer, actor, producer and activist Harry Belafonte, who spawned a calypso craze in the U.S. with his music and blazed new trails for African-American performers, has died of congestive heart failure at his Manhattan home,…

Singapore: A 46 year-old Tamil man, who was convicted of abetting trafficking of more than 1 kg of cannabis to Singapore, is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, amid calls by activists to halt the capital punishment. The Singapore…

Hyderabad: YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) leader Y.S. Sharmila clarified on Tuesday that she pushed some policemen in "self-defence" during an incident that occurred outside her house on Monday. Soon after release from Chanchalguda Jail,…

Imphal: The Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, Anurag Thakur, on Tuesday inspected the ongoing construction work of the new campus of National Sports University in Imphal and directed the construction company to speed up the…

New Delhi: Even as INS Sumedha evacuated the first batch of 278 Indian citizens from violence-hit Sudan on Tuesday, another Indian Navy warship INS Teg has also joined Operation 'Kaveri'. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam…

Panaji: With incidents of water tankers transporting sewage 'caught red-handed' by people in South Goa, Congress on Tuesday served two weeks ultimatum to BJP government to enquire and act, failing which they will agitate. Goa Pradesh…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday queried the petitioners' counsel, seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriages, how far can the court go to allow recognition of same-sex marriages as only Parliament is empowered to legislate on…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday emphasised that the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) should ensure timely action on all applications filed by tax payers and desired that a reasonable time frame should be set…

Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Tuesday faced the ire of the Calcutta High Court for the delay in removing illegal constructions from within the heritage Jorasanko campus of the Rabindra Bharati University, which is…

ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱର: ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ନବୀନ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ ଆଜି ୫-ଟି ସ୍କୁଲ ରୂପାନ୍ତରଣ ଅଭିଯାନର ତୃତୀୟ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟର ଶୁଭାରମ୍ଭ କରିଛନ୍ତି । ଏହି ପର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟର ପ୍ରଥମ ଦିନରେ ଆଜି ୪ଟି ଜିଲ୍ଲାର ୩୫୭ଟି ରୂପାନ୍ତରିତ ସ୍କୁଲକୁ ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଲୋକାର୍ପିତ କରିଛନ୍ତି । ଏଥିରେ ଗଞ୍ଜାମ ଜିଲ୍ଲାର ୧୦୬ଟି…