The Ministry of Defence on Thursday signed contracts with Indian shipyards for acquisition of 11 next generation offshore patrol vessels and six next generation missile vessels at a cost of nearly ₹ 19,600 crore.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday attended the ceremonial distribution of financial incentives to around 370 tea gardens under the Assam Tea Industry Special Incentive Schemes 2020 at a function held at Janata Bhawan in Guwahati.

As many as 35 people have been killed after the roof of a stepwell collapsed at a temple in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Thursday.

A tweet on the official handle of the Prime Minister's Office read; "An ex-gratia of ₹ 2 lakh (each) from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each deceased in the unfortunate tragedy in Indore today. The injured would be given ₹ 50,000.

The Cuttack railway station will be modernised as a world-class facility at an expenditure of `303 crore, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Thursday during a programme here.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the state government to pay Rs 1.84 crore for the remediation of huge legacy waste dumped by Bargarh Municipality in Ward No.15 of the town during last 10 to 15 years.

The Supreme Court has rejected the petition of Odisha government against the Orissa High Court order that junked a penalty slapped by the state ‘unilaterally’ on a contractor while extending the work period.

In Odisha to enhance the quality of early childhood education for children aged between 3 to 6 enrolled in a thousand Anganwadi centres of the state, Sesame Workshop India Trust, a non-profit educational organisation, and LTI Mindtree, an Indian multinational, have joined hands under the initiative “Learn. Play. Grow.”

The Central Bureau of Investigation Thursday arrested a neurosurgeon of Safdarjung Hospital here and his four accomplices for allegedly forcing patients into buying surgical equipment from a particular store at exorbitant prices for early dates of their surgery.

India has unveiled a state-of-the-art design lab in Ahmedabad to enable space sector start-ups to transform their innovative ideas into implementable models at a faster pace.

Food safety regulator FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) Thursday revised its order and allowed the use of regional names in printed labels of curd packets amid political controversy in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) launched a poster campaign with the slogan “Modi Hatao, Desh Bachao” Thursday and banners in several languages have been put up across 22 states, the party’s national convener Gopal Rai said.

Nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk helicopters in Kentucky, a military spokesperson said.

India will unveil its much-awaited new Foreign Trade Policy 2023-28 Friday, with a view to boost exports amid slowing global trade.

Hardik Pandya’s youthful leadership template will meet its match in MS Dhoni’s time-tested improvisations as defending champions Gujarat Titans clash with eternal title contenders Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) opener here Friday.