Delhi court Friday summoned BJP MP and outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a case of alleged sexual harassment of women wrestlers and said there was sufficient evidence to proceed against him.

The state government Friday appointed Shefeen Ahamed K as Inspector General (IG) of police, CID, Crime Branch. At present, Shefeen is serving as Inspector General of Police (IGP), Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC)

As part of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's ‘zero tolerance’ policy on corruption, the state government Friday cracked the whip on nine officials. While three tainted officials were dismissed from service, the government permanently stopped the pension of six others after they were found guilty of corruption, officials said.

With the rejection of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ remark by Gujarat High Court, the Congress party Friday decided to approach the Supreme Court against the court order.

Restaurants of fast food chain McDonald’s have dropped tomatoes from their burgers and wraps in many parts of India, hit by supply shortages and quality concerns after prices of the vegetable soared to records.

The state government is committed to investing Rs 75,000 crore towards the development of Odisha’s water resources in the next five years, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here, Friday.

As many as 17 districts of the state have received a deficit rain, while only 10 districts registered normal rainfall from June 1 to July 7, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, Friday

 In collaboration with the state government, Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) organised here Friday the CSR Summit-2023, a platform dedicated to discussing corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies, regulations and challenges.

Directorate of Teacher Education and State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) Friday held a counselling session in Krushi Bhawan here for shortlisted teacher educators set for appointment in district institute of educational trainings (DIETs) and block institute for education and training (BIETs) across the state. 108 candidates were shortlisted for 120 notified vacancies in 30 DIETs and 4 BIET.

Orissa High Court has said that if a consensual physical relationship was based on promise of marriage which could not be materialised for some reasons, it cannot be considered rape.

Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, celebrated the grand inauguration and consecration ceremony of the newly-constructed Shree Jagannath Mandir at its township Vedanta Meadows in Jharsuguda.

 Four persons including a Manipur Police commando and a teenager were killed in Kangvai area of Bishnupur district in clashes between the two warring communities in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, officials said.

Five compartments of the Hyderabad-bound Falaknuma Express (HowrahSecunderabad) caught fire near Bommaipalli, about 50 km from here on Friday but nobody was hurt in the incident, officials said.

: The Karnataka High Court has said abusive words used against the Prime Minister was derogatory and irresponsible but it does not constitute sedition, while quashing a case of sedition against a school management.

Vedanta Ltd Friday said it will acquire the semiconductor and display businesses from sister concern Twin Star Technologies Ltd. Twin Star Technologies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volcan Investments Ltd which is the ultimate holding company of Vedanta.

India’s Reliance Retail, run by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, has been valued at $92-96 billion by two global consultants appointed by the company, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Key wickets late in the day provided England a chance of staying in contention in the Ashes series in their mustwin third Test, Australia finishing day two on 116/4 with a second-innings lead of 142

Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen progressed to the quarterfinals of the women’s and men’s singles competitions respectively at the Canada Open Super 500 tournament here

Daniil Medvedev advanced to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-3, 7-6(7-5) win over Frenchman Adrian Mannarino Friday after their match was suspended due to bad light the previous day.

Leading cricketers from across the world, including Indian legends such as Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Virender Sehwag, among others congratulated MS Dhoni as the former India skipper turned 42 Friday