- The much awaited 12th edition of Indian Film Festival Bhubaneswar (IFFB) was flagged off here at Odissi Research Centre Auditorium, Monday. Organised by Film Society of Bhubaneswar (FSB) in collaboration with Kerala State Chalachitra Academy (KSCA) and Collective Crafts, the event is set to showcase diverse art, lifestyle and culture of India.
- Police crack the murder case of a man, whose body was found stuffed in a trolley bag in Khurda, with the arrest of 3 persons.
- At least two persons were killed and 17 others were injured when the tourist bus in which they were travelling fell off a bridge near Panchupati on National Highway-55 under Sadar police limits in the district Monday morning.
- South Korea stunned 2016 Olympic champions Argentina in the penalty shootout to book a quarterfinal berth, while Germany also reached the last eight stage after an easy 5- 1 win over France in the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup (WC) here Monday.
- Minister of State (MoS) for Home Tusharkanti Behera Monday said that police officials and lawyers were taking ‘commission’ in cases involving the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
- As judges are not elected, they do not face public scrutiny but people watch them and make assessment about them from the way they deliver justice, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said Monday.
- Sambhab Mishra, along with 10 other children, bagged the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar-2023 at an award ceremony held here in presence of President Droupadi Murmu Monday. Sambhab, who hails from Cuttack, was given the award in the field of art and culture.
- Students of the government-run ITI here have built a sixfoot-high statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose using automobile scraps after making one of Mahatma Gandhi. The 1.5-tonne statue was installed at the campus of the institute Monday, on the occasion of 126th birth anniversary of the nationalist leader, as a tribute to him.
- Named U-WIN, the programme to digitise India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) has been launched in a pilot mode in two districts of each state and Union Territory.
- Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, who has been in the line of Opposition fire over his remarks on Chhatrapati Shivaji, Monday said he has expressed desire before Prime minister Narendra Modi to quit the post.
- The Assam Cabinet Monday decided to book men who marry girls below 14 years in the state under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
- Entities are required to obtain residents' informed consent either on paper or electronically before carrying out Aadhaar authentications, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said in its new guidelines for Requesting Entities (REs).
- Modi, on the occasion of Netaji's 126th birth anniversary, also named 21 islands of the Union Territory after Param Vir Chakra (PVC) awardees."Today, it is a proud moment for me as I address the people of Andamans because this is the land, where Subhas Chandra Bose unfurled the national flag for the first time in 1943," the prime minister said.
- The “UT Level Food Processing Programme for Development of Clusters for Specific Products of J&K” is a Rs 879.75 crore initiative that aims to maximise farmer income and minimise post-harvest losses, an official statement said Sunday.
- Punjab’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Monday targeted the BJP-led central government for “rejecting” the state’s tableau for the Republic Day parade.
- The Shiv Sena (UBT) and Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi Monday announced an alliance ahead of civic polls in several cities in Maharashtra, the move coinciding with the birth anniversary of Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray.
- India on Monday reported 94 new coronavirus infections, taking the total number of cases to 4,46,82,015.
- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday opposed the Centre's 'One Nation, One Election' proposal, alleging that it is a ploy of the ruling BJP to "legalise sale and purchase" of elected representatives under its "Operation Lotus".
- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday secured a majority in 11 urban local bodies spread across five districts in Madhya Pradesh, while the Congress managed to get a majority in eight others, according to results.
- The Law Commission has sought fresh views from various stakeholders, including political parties and the Election Commission, on simultaneous elections on six questions flagged by the previous panel in its draft report.
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