In a major setback to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plans of making India a chip-manufacturing hub, Taiwanese chip-making giant Foxconn Monday announced that it has withdrawn from a USD 19.5 billion joint venture with India-based industrial giant Vedanta.

The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA), chaired by Chief Secretary PK Jena, Monday approved `3,266 crore worth 11 industrial projects that, if grounded, would generate employment opportunities for at least 9,146 persons in Odisha

The state Cabinet Monday approved the Chief Minister’s Power Development Programme (CMPDP) under which `1,284.49 crore will be spent during 2023- 24 and 2024-25 financial years to address low voltage issues in rural areas.

 Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved Odisha Rural-Urban Transition Policy aiming at removing rural-urban divide in providing essential urban infrastructure, amenities and services to all citizens residing in the fast-growing rural areas adjoining the cities.

The Orissa High Court Monday asked the state government to formulate rules for implementing the Apartment Ownership and Management Act within three month.

The Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited (OSMCL) godown at Mancheswar Industrial Estate, where a major fire broke out late Sunday night reducing medicines and medical equipment worth lakhs of rupees to ashes, lacked adequate fire safety measures, said a Fire official, Monday.

Himachal Pradesh has not witnessed such ‘widespread heavy rains’ in the past 50 years and the state has suffered a loss of about Rs 3,000 crore in this monsoon season so far, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said Monday

For the first time in Jaipur, two temples in the Rajasthan state capital have introduced dress codes for devotees.

The Supreme Court Monday refused to grant an interim stay on the Centre's recent ordinance on control over services in Delhi, while it agreed to consider the AAP government’s submissions July 17 on a decision by the lieutenant governor to fire 437 independent consultants hired by the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation.

A total of 69.85-per cent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in 696 booths in 19 districts of West Bengal, where polling for the panchayat elections was declared void, officials said.

Continuing global macroeconomic uncertainties and geopolitical headwinds, along with tight credit markets, pulled down private equity investments into the country by 61 per cent in the first half of 2023 to $6.1 billion, according to a report.

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the benched chief of the country's Wrestling Federation accused of sexual harassment, has refused to step down despite the chargesheet filed against him by the Delhi Police.

Net direct tax kitty swelled 16 per cent to `4.75 lakh crore so far this fiscal, a reflection of economic activity gaining traction.

The Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the validity of two central laws and the corresponding rules that provide for a maximum tenure of five years for the directors of the CBI and Enforcement Directorate.

Himachal Pradesh received 249.6 mm average rainfall from July 1 to July 11 against a normal rainfall of 76.6 mm, an excess of 226 per cent, said the weather department.