The southwest monsoon hit India on Thursday with its onset over Kerala, a week later than normal, the IMD said. The southwest monsoon normally sets in June 1 over Kerala with a standard deviation of about seven days. In mid-May, the IMD had predicted that the monsoon may arrive in Kerala by June 4.

As the deadline for affixing High Security Registration Plates (HSRPs) on old vehicles registered prior to April 1, 2019, has ended February 28, 2023, and still many vehicles are spotted on roads without the new number plates, the State Transport Authority (STA) has decided to conduct a special drive from June 23, 2023, to detect such vehicles and impose penalty.

The Odisha  State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) led by Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena has approved 18 industrial projects worth `3,457 crore, which will generate employment opportunities for 14,436 persons.

Goa Police Thursday arrested a native of Odisha for allegedly possessing 3.5 kg ganja. The raid was conducted in Margao-South Goa.

In a bid to connect the remote villages of Keonjhar district, which is surrounded by hills and forests, the district administration has taken up road connectivity projects with support from Odisha Mineral Bearing Areas Development Corporation (OMBADC).

‘Agni Prime’, the new-generation ballistic missile, was successfully flight-tested from an island off Odisha coast Thursday, officials said.

Dropout rate of students in tribal dominated Mayurbhanj district is very high as many of them give up studies due to poverty and a variety of other reasons, a report said.

Release of untreated effluents and drain water straight into the rivers has polluted the water bodies and led to a decline in fish population, thereby causing loss of livelihood for fishermen in riparian villages here.

A Thane court Thursday sent Manoj Sane, who allegedly killed his live-in partner at their rented flat in Mira Road town, to police custody till June 16 even as it emerged that he is reportedly suffering from AIDS, while his “house of horror” revealed more macabre secrets.

The father of the minor wrestler told PTI Thursday that they deliberately filed a false police complaint of sexual harassment against WFI chief because they wanted to get back at him for the perceived injustice against the girl.

The Tata-owned Air India Thursday said that the airline will fully refund ticket fare to 216 passengers of a Delhi-San Francisco flight that made an unscheduled two-day stop at Magadan in Russia after the aeroplane developed a technical issue.

India is set to host the Miss World 2023 competition, as the coveted international beauty pageant makes its return to the country after nearly three decades.

India's mission to send a manned submersible vehicle to a depth of 6,000 metres to explore the sea, as part of the Samudrayaan project, is progressing as scheduled and the vehicle will be ready soon, Union Minister for Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju said Thursday.

After the collapse of the four-lane SultanganjAguwani Ghat Bridge in Bhagalpur, the Bihar Engineering Services Association (BESA) has demanded a structural audit of all recently completed and under-construction bridges in the state.

After the underconstruction bridge collapsed in Bihar's Bhagalpur on June 4, concerns are rising about a number of old bridges, some of which are British-era ones, including the 161-year-old Abdul Bari bridge in Bhojpur district.

The Valparai municipality in Tamil Nadu is in the dock after plastic waste was found in the dung of wild elephants in Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR).

The Tamil Nadu forest department has appointed a five-member research team for the protection and conservation of the state animal, Nilgiri tahr

India Thursday warned Canada against giving space to separatists and extremists elements, saying it was not good for the bilateral ties, days after a video of a float, depicting the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, at a parade in Brampton went viral on social media.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi's standing committee will have three members each from the AAP and the BJP as the results of the poll held on February 24 to elect members of the key panel were declared Thursday. The results were declared days after the Delhi High Court set aside the decision of Mayor Shelly Oberoi to call for a repoll and directed her to declare forthwith the results of the poll.

Margins on petrol and diesel have turned positive following softening of international oil prices but a revision in retail prices may happen only after state-owned oil firms recoup losses they incur red last year, officials said.