Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday handed over land ownership certificates to 65,000 poor families living in slums under Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur, and Rourkela municipal corporation areas at a programme organised at the Kalinga Stadium here. Incidentally, Odisha is the only state in the country to give land rights to slum dwellers.

After Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission’s success, ISRO Monday announced that India’s first solar mission Aditya-L1 to study the Sun will be launched September 2 at 11.50am from Sriharikota spaceport

With 65,000 poor families living in urban slums across the state receiving land ownership certificate from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday, the total number of beneficiary families covered under the Jaga Mission programme, which started in 2018, stands well over 2,40,000 at present.

Union Education and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will launch an innovative comic book titled ‘Let’s move forward’ which is developed jointly by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR against Enforcement Directorate (ED) assistant director Pawan Khatri in connection with an alleged payment of `5 crore bribe by liquor businessman Amandeep Dhall who wanted help in the Delhi excise policy scam case, officials said.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday announced a cash reward of `25 lakh for javelin thrower Kishore Jena who is the first athlete from Odisha to represent India at the finals of the World Athletics Championship.

Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena inaugurated the office of Centre for Good Governance, Odisha (CGGO) in the presence of GAA Director General Raj Kumar Sharma at the premises of Gopabandhu Academy of Administration here Monday.

At a time when people are battling inflation and finding it hard to make both ends meet, the Rajasthan government has brought much needed relief for the citizens by providing gas cylinders for Rs 500.

The Nuh administration Monday allowed 15 seers and leaders of rightwing groups to offer prayers at the Shiva temple in Nalhar area of this district in Haryana which has been turned into a fortress in view of the Sarv Jatiya Hindu Mahapanchayat’s call for a ‘shobha yatra’.

Police in Uttar Pradesh have filed a FIR against fact-checker and Alt News cofounder Mohd Zubair for social media posts allegedly revealing the identity of the Muslim boy slapped repeatedly by his classmates on the orders of their school teacher who also appeared to make communal remarks.

 The Supreme Court Monday was told by the Union government that nobody except it is entitled to conduct a census or any exercise akin to a census.

Supreme Court Monday disposed of a plea related to the demolition drive to clear alleged illegal constructions near Krishna Janmabhoomi in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, and granted liberty to the petitioner to seek relief before the civil court.

 China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result for incoming travellers starting Wednesday, a milestone in its reopening to the rest of the world after a threeyear isolation that began with the country's borders closing in March 2020.

An investigation of India’s Adani group by the market regulator has uncovered violations of rules on disclosures by listed entities and limits on the holdings of offshore funds, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Solar capacity addition in the country declined 58 per cent to 1.7 gigawatt in the April-June period, mainly due to land and transmission-related issues, Mercom India said Monday.

Leading bourse NSE’s exchange-traded currency derivatives, which completes 15 years Tuesday, witnessed close to 2,000 crore contracts worth Rs 609 lakh crore transactions during its journey.

The situation in Manipur is "firmly under control", Union Minister B L Verma said on Monday and stressed there should be no politics on the issue.

A Delhi court sentenced former MLA Rambeer Shokeen to four months in jail for failing to appear before it despite repeated summons.

Neeraj Chopra has arguably become India’s greatest sportsperson of all time but the slightest reference makes the newly-crowned World Champion uncomfortable.

The Indian team entered the final of the Women’s Asian Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifier after defeating Malaysia 9-5 in Salalah, here Monday. India will now play the Final Monday. The victory also helped them seal a berth in the FIH Women’s Hockey 5s World Cup.