Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik disbursed `900 crore for 44.56 lakh farmers under Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme on the occasion of Nuakhai, Wednesday. “`2,000 each was transferred to the bank accounts of 43.88 lakh small and marginal farmers, and 68,750 landless farmers under KALIA scheme for Rabi crop,” an official said.

The Allahabad High Court has raised doubts over the fairness of examinations conducted to recruit staff for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Council and directed the CBI to conduct a probe.

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Wednesday named senior leader and Revenue Minister Pramila Mallik as its candidate for the Speaker post of Odisha Assembly

With the two nations in the middle of a diplomatic faceoff, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Wednesday advised Indians living in Canada and those contemplating travelling there to exercise ‘utmost caution’ in view of growing anti-India activities and ‘politically-condoned’ hate crimes in the North American country

The Lok Sabha Wednesday passed the historic Bill granting reservation to women on one-third seats in Lok Sabha and state Assemblies with near unanimity amid demands from the Opposition to extend similar benefits to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and immediate implementation of the measure before the elections next year

With the two nations in the middle of a diplomatic faceoff, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Wednesday advised Indians living in Canada and those contemplating travelling there to exercise ‘utmost caution’ in view of growing anti-India activities and ‘politically-condoned’ hate crimes in the North American country.

A wave of immense pride has gripped Odisha after the World Food Prize Foundation (IOWA, USA) announced Odia scientist Dr Swati Nayak as the recipient of prestigious Norman Borlaug Field Award, 2023. 

Several trains under the purview of South Eastern Railway (SER) and East Coast Railway (ECoR) were cancelled or diverted Wednesday, including the premium Rajdhani Express and Vande Bharat Express, owing to the blockade by members of Kurmi community in Jharkhand and Odisha, officials said

The low pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal (BoB) and adjoining West Bengal-north Odisha coasts and the associated cyclonic circulation extending up to 7.6 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height persists. It is likely to move northwestwards across Jharkhand during the next 2 days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Wednesday in its mid-day bulletin.

Senior leaders from both Sharad Pawarand Ajit Pawar-led factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have said that there is no split in the party.

As many as 36,000 women chanted ‘Atharvashirsha’ at the famous Dagdusheth Ganapati pandal in Maharashtra’s Pune Wednesday morning, on the second day of the 10-day Ganeshotsav.

Nearly 25 years after the JMM bribery scandal rocked the country, the Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to reconsider its 1998 judgment granting MPs and MLAs immunity from prosecution for taking bribe to make a speech or vote in Parliament and state legislatures, saying it is an important issue having a significant bearing on "morality of polity". A five-judge bench of the apex court referred the issue to a larger seven-judge bench.

The Supreme Court Wednesday asked whether convicts have a fundamental right to seek remission, as it heard petitions challenging the premature release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Wednesday informed that 155 women 'Agniveers' are presently undergoing training at the Indian Air Force (IAF) training centre in Belgaum, Karnataka.

Retirement fund body EPFO has recorded the highest net member addition of 18.75 lakh in July 2023, according to the payroll data released Wednesday. The labour ministry in a statement said that the addition of 18.75 lakh during the month is the highest since the first publishing of EPFO payroll data from April 2018 covering the period of September 2017 onwards.

The Delhi High Court has directed WhatsApp and Telegram to deactivate all the groups and channels circulating and selling pirated copies of Shahrukh Khan's movie Jawan.

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia along with Chief Minister Pema Khandu will inaugurate the newly-developed infrastructure at the Tezu Airport in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh on September 24.

The Railway Board has increased by 10 times the relief payments made in case of death or injury to anyone in train accidents. The relief payments were last revised in 2012 and 2013. In the previous scheme, this amount was ₹ 50,000, ₹ 25,000 and ₹ 5,000 respectively.

Indian men’s volleyball team Wednesday stunned last edition silver winner South Korea in a five-set thriller to top the group and reach the knock-out stage of the Asian Games here.

The ICC Wednesday confirmed New York, Dallas and Florida as the three venues for the USA-leg of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024