Centre likely to extend lockdown with more relaxations

During his interaction with the chief ministers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured that more economic activities would resume; he also said that zone identification may be left to the states.......

How Odisha is winning the coronavirus fight

From announcing a lockdown and extending its tenure, setting up the country’s first two exclusive Covid-19 hospitals, creating a hotspot zone, providing doorstep medical service and making......

After LS election, Modi-Shah engaged in 'another war'

In the Narendra Modi-Shah masterminded regime, organisational elections have acquired the gravity, authority and colour of a national or state poll, reports Radhika Ramaseshan.  On July 7,......

WATCH: At 175 kmph, Cyclone Fani makes landfall

Cyclone Fani made a landfall near Odisha’s Puri on Friday as the government evacuated more than a million people from districts likely to be affected by India’s most severe cyclonic......

Job creation will be a big challenge in urban India

The situation could become more acute as millions of migrants who had returned to their villages during the lockdown come back to the towns for higher wages and better livelihoods. Illustration:......

A few facts about the potato crisis in Bengal

A sudden rise in potato prices late last month in West Bengal, a traditionally surplus state, caused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to take over the agricultural marketing department and take two......

Phailin takes a toll on industries in Ganjam

While cyclone Phailin has passed off without causing too many casualties, major industries in south Odisha’s Ganjam district, the worst-hit by the storm, took a hard knock. Orissa Sands......

Cyclone Phailin flattens Puri as a tourist destination

Cyclone Phailin has wiped out Puri from tourist itineraries this winter season. Not only are there no new enquiries; those who’d planned a vacation in the coming season seem to be looking at......

Ranji Roundup: Gujarat in command against Goa

IMAGE: Bengal players celebrate the dismissal of Odisha’s player Biplab Samantray during the second quarter-final match of Ranji Trophy, in Cuttack, on Saturday.Photograph: PTI Medium-pacer......

Mushtaq Ali T20: Binny stars in Karnataka's thrilling win over Mumbai

Karnataka bowlers held their nerves to eke out a hard-fought one-run victory against a formidable Mumbai side in a Group D match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Cuttack on Sunday. Chasing 163 for......

Ranji Roundup: Baroda thrash Punjab by an innings & 116 runs

IMAGE: Railways's Saurabh Waraskar celebrates against Mumbai at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday. Photograph: PTI Baroda inflicted a massive innings and 116 runs defeat on Punjab on the back of an......

Ranji round-up: Mumbai avoid follow-on embarrassment vs Railways

Tail-ender Javed Khan, batting with a finger injury, saved Mumbai from following-on while chasing Railways' first innings score of 242 in the rain-truncated Ranji Trophy match, in Delhi, on......