Days before Chandrayaan-3’s lander ‘Vikram’ attempts a soft landing on the surface of the Lunar South Pole, ISRO Monday said it has established a twoway communication with the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter ‘PRADAN’.

Of the 2,426 dengue cases detected in Odisha so far, Khurda district alone accounts for 1,220 patients. In Bhubaneswar, which is part of Khurda district, 1,164 dengue cases were detected, including 300 last week, officials said.Director, Public Health Niranjan Mishra.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet in a special court against the chief managing director and other directors of ARSS Infrastructure Projects Limited and its subsidiary companies, seeking their conviction in connection with a case registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, an official said, Monday

The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA), chaired by Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena, Monday approved nine projects worth `873.57 crore that would create employment opportunities for 2,516 persons in Odisha

 As per the direction of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Secretary to CM (5T) VK Pandian interacted with the college students of Khurda district Monday

Indian nationals, who were held captive by an armed group in Libya, have been rescued and brought back to India following sustained efforts by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), people familiar with the matter said Monday

 A wanted former block development officer (BDO) of Narayanpatna block under Koraput district was arrested Monday by the sleuths of Odisha Vigilance Directorate for his alleged involvement in multiple cases of misappropriation of government funds to the tune of `34 lakh

The Odisha Police STF seized 1,100 gm of brown sugar worth `1 crore from Balasore town and arrested four persons in connection with it, police said Monday.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was among nine MPs who took the oath as members of the Rajya Sabha Monday. The oath was administered by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar in the Rajya Sabha chamber in Parliament House.

Enrolment under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in the state has gone up from about 11 lakh in the previous year to 23.50 lakh in the current Kharif season.

A local court here Monday framed charges against Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy, former IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak’s son Akash Pathak and Panigrahy’s close aide V Sarveswar Rao in connection with a case related to the duping of job aspirants through impersonation and forgery.

The Assam government has sought public opinion on a proposed law to end polygamy in the state, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Monday

 Even as the tunneling operation has picked up momentum in the vicinity of the Agra Fort, the Taj City Metro rail project has been hit by an unexpected controversy.

Assam government employees will stage a two-day protest from Tuesday demanding re-introduction of the old pension scheme (OPS) and threatened to intensify their agitation if their prayer is not heard, the apex body said Monday.

Ruling BRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Monday stole a march on the opposition Congress and BJP, announcing 115 candidates for the total 119 seats in the upcoming Assembly polls, and choosing to contest in two seats himself -- Gajwel and Kamareddy.

As many as 6,841 corruption cases probed by the CBI were pending trials in different courts, 313 of them for more than 20 years, according to the latest annual report of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)

Observing that pregnancy in cases of sexual assault is a cause of stress and trauma to the victims, the Supreme Court Monday allowed a rape survivor to undergo medical termination of her over 27-week foetus after noting that she is clinically fit for the procedure which will not adversely affect her child bearing capacity

 Nurse Lucy Letby was Monday sentenced to a whole-life term by a UK court for killing seven babies and attempting to murder at least six others while working at a hospital in northern England

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a crowd in Denmark Monday that promised deliveries of US-made F-16 fighter jets had made him confident Ukraine could end Russia’s invasion.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma wants his middle order batters to show flexibility as no one in the national team owns any particular batting position.