The state government has banned consumption of ganja at Shiva shrines across Odisha. Following a request by Ananta Balia Trust, Culture department director Dillip Routray has asked all Collectors and SPs to take necessary measures to stop the consumption of ganja on the premises of shrines of Lord Shiva.

Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for the 28th time Tuesday, beating his own record less than a week after setting it, as two guides compete with each other for the title of most climbs of the world’s highest peak.

Women bagged the top four ranks in the Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2022 with Delhi University graduate Ishita Kishore securing the first spot, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced Tuesday.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday congratulated the candidates from Odisha who cleared the CSE 2022. Over 20 candidates from Odisha cracked the exam. Anup Das with All India Rank-38 emerged as the topper from Odisha.

The Odisha government has now initiated steps to set up smart classrooms in 6,974 elementary and secondary schools of the state. According to sources, the School and Mass Education department has decided to set up 13,948 smart classrooms in these 6,974 elementary and secondary schools.

On the occasion of World Turtle Day, Tuesday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said continuous conservation efforts, unflinching dedication of volunteers and awareness campaigns have made the Odisha coast a favourite rookery for Olive Ridley turtles.

With a view to strengthening road connectivity in rural areas, the odisha state government has constructed 6,800- km roads with an investment of `18,500 crore since 2019.

 Intense heatwave condition continued to prevail in many parts of the state Tuesday with mercury breaching the 42 degrees Celsius mark at eight places. The Met department said that there will be no major change in maximum temperature at many places in Odisha during the next five days.

More than 840 million people worldwide will suffer back pain by 2050, largely due to population increase and the ageing people, according to a modelling study published in the Lancet Rheumatology journal.

The TMC, the CPI and the AAP Tuesday said they will skip the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building even as the war of words over the prime minister and not the president scheduled to do the honours on May 28 continued between the government and the Congress.

A Mumbai Sessions Court has recently ruled that sex work can be termed an “offence” when its done in a public place causing nuisance to others, as it set free a 34-year-old commercial sex worker who was shunted to a shelter home against her wishes.

A court Tuesday issued fresh summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh to appear before it on June 7 in a criminal defamation case lodged by the Gujarat University over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's academic degree.

The Income Tax department has enabled online filing of income tax returns (ITRs) 1 and 4, filed by individuals, professionals and small businesses, for 2022-23 fiscal. In a tweet, the income tax department said, the software/utilities for preparing other ITRs/ Forms will be enabled shortly.

Ishita Kishore, a Delhi University graduate who topped the civil services examination this year, says that she did not expect this result and was feeling on top of the world.

India has recorded 552 new coronavirus infections while the active cases have decreased to 6,591 from 7,104, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

Nineteen opposition parties, including the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Trinamool Congress, the Left,  Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena on Wednesday said they will not be part of the event.

Twenty-six goats taken for grazing were killed due to lightning strikes in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand on Wednesday.

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Tuesday addressed a meeting of senior police officers at Vidhansouda conference hall and instructed the police officials to give priority to solving traffic problems in Bengaluru city and controlling cyber crimes.

As part of his efforts to drum up opposition support for his government's fight against the Centre over an ordinance on the control of administrative services in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal will meet Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday.

The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, today said the media in Union territory is "absolutely free" a matter on which questions have been raised at both national and international level.