India successfully put into orbit the first of its second generation navigation satellite NVS-01 Monday in a copy book style.

The Election Commission has asked chief electoral officers of poll-bound states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Rajasthan and Mizoram to carry out a fresh special summary revision to update the electoral rolls.

In a bid to boost rural connectivity, the state government is planning to construct 1,500 new bridges under Biju Setu Yojana (BSY) with an outlay of Rs 6,000 crore in the next 5 years. This was revealed during a review meeting taken by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here Monday

To woo voters ahead of 2024 elections, the state government Monday announced a new rural housing scheme ‘Mo Ghara’. Approximately 4 lakh people will be covered under the new scheme for which the government will bear `2,150 crore in two years

The Rath Yatra, important rituals like Nabajauban Darshan June 19, Bahuda Yatra June 28, Suna Besha June 29 and Niladri Bije July 1 will attract large number of devotees.

The executive committee of Orissa Environmental Society has decided to felicitate distinguished people from the state who have made significant contributions in different areas of environment protection.

The Delhi High Court Monday dismissed a plea challenging the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and State Bank of India (SBI) notifications, that permits exchange of the withdrawn `2,000 notes without any identity proof.

The Delhi High Court Monday issued a notice to separatist leader Yasin Malik, who is presently serving a life term, on a plea by the National Investigation Agency seeking death penalty for him in a terror funding case.

The solar capacity addition in India fell by 48 per cent year-on-year to 1.9 GW in January-March period of 2023, according to Mercom India Research.

 India has reclaimed its spot as the world’s fifth largest stock market after losing that status to France in January, as foreign investors snap up the Asian nation’s shares, as per reports Monday.

 The state government has decided to develop the Konark temple complex under the Integrated Development of Heritage & Monuments and Tourist Destination Scheme. The project would be implemented with an expenditure of Rs 209.73 crore.

Tarun Ranjan Nayak, working as OAG-III, O/O GRF, TPCODL at Nayapalli in the capital city here and his associate Sailaja Muduli were apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and accepting Rs10,000 as bribe from a person.

The Congress' lone Lok Sabha member from Maharashtra, Balu Dhanorkar, died at a private hospital in the National Capital Region Tuesday early morning, a party leader said.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin congratulated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on their historic win in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and credited the team's victory to its captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Seven people died after a bus carrying pilgrims to the Vaishno Devi shrine skidded off a bridge and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said today.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Monday said that Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will contest the Maharashtra assembly and Lok Sabha polls together to defeat the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance.

As many as 396 MLAs on Monday cast their votes in the bypoll to two vacant seats of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council for which both the ruling BJP and the Samajwadi Party have fielded candidates.

 India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra has denounced the police action against the country’s top wrestlers at Jantar Mantar, saying the “horrifying images” had left him “sleepless” and “haunted”.

Back on her “favorite court in the world,” Sloane Stephens looked sharp in her opening match at the French Open with a 6-0, 6-4 win over two-time major finalist Karolina Pliskova.

Batting mainstay Virat Kohli joined the national team’s training session Monday at the picturesque Arundel Castle Cricket Club along with leftarm seamer Jaydev Unadkat, who seemed to have recovered from left shoulder injury. India will play Australia at the Oval in the one-off Test from June 7 to 11.