Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Parliament building here Sunday morning and expressed hope that it will become a cradle of empowerment, igniting dreams and nurturing them into reality.

The inauguration of the new Parliament building Sunday was marked with a boycott by 21 opposition parties which accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of treating the event like his "coronation", and said democracy is run by people not by buildings.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi received a new ordinary passport Sunday, two days after a local court granted its no objection to the issuance of the same, sources said. They said the passport office had assured Gandhi in the morning that the passport would be issued to him Sunday and he got it in the afternoon.

The decadal Census, which was postponed for an indefinite period due to the pandemic, is unlikely to be held before the next Lok Sabha elections that are due in AprilMay 2024, officials said.

The Bhubaneswar Zonal Unit of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Sunday seized 273.8 Kg of ganja during a raid in the City. The NCB has apprehended two persons including the driver of the vehicle carrying the contraband items. Both the accused persons are residents of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

: Remains of an ancient temple belonging to medieval period were retrieved Sunday during the de-silting of a pond at Dadpur village about 12km from Bhawanipatna Sadar block of Kalahandi district, sources said Sunday. As a result, District Collector P Anvesha Reddy had to issue orders to stop the work and seal the area to prevent people from barging into the site.

Punjab has set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for investigating cases of human trafficking, especially women from Punjab to Middle East countries under visit and employment visas, who are being exploited, an official said Sunday.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh Sunday said nearly 40 armed militants involved in torching houses and firing at civilians have been killed by security forces since they began an operation to bring peace to the north eastern state beset by ethnic rioting.

To mark the inauguration of the new Parliament building and honour the workers who made it possible, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Sunday announced an increase of the scholarship of the children whose parents are registered with the state Labour Welfare Board.

The global electric vehicle (EV) market reached 11 million units last year with a penetration rate of 14 per cent, as more countries double down on electrification, connection, autonomous driving and sharing in the automobile industry.

Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which is driving the digital payments revolution, accounted for about 75 per cent of the total transaction volume in the retail segment during 2022-23, said the PwC report titled “The Indian Payments Handbook – 2022-27”.

Favourites Uttar Pradesh Hockey won the 13th Hockey India Sub-Junior Men’s national championships Sunday defeating Hockey Odisha 7-1 in the final played at the iconic Birsa Munda Stadium here. In another match played on the day Hockey Haryana beat Hockey Madhya Pradesh 4-2 finish third.

Congress leaders from Delhi and Punjab met the party leadership here in separate meetings on Monday, and suggested them not to support the Aam Aadmi Party on the Delhi services Ordinance issue, sources said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena to take strict action over the murder of a minor girl in Shahbad Dairy here and said it was his responsibility to maintain law and order in the city.

The Congress bit the Rajasthan bullet today, summoning Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to Delhi for a parley with Rahul Gandhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge.