Finance Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha tabled a supplementary budget of `28,200 crore for 2023-24 fiscal in the Odisha Assembly on the first day of the Monsoon Session Friday, with the highest allocation of `4,697.62 crore towards disaster management.

The Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and others over his “eradicate Sanatan Dharma” remark, which the petitioner likened to ‘hate speech’.

In a boost to the BJP in Karnataka ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Janata Dal (Secular) has decided to ally with the party following a meeting of its leader H D Kumaraswamy with Home Minister Amit Shah and party president J P Nadda.

A family court here Friday quashed petitions filed by actor turned-politician Anubhav Mohanty and his spouse Varsha Priyadarshini who are locked in a protracted marital dispute. The court dismissed the divorce petition filed by Anubhav and another plea by Varsha seeking restitution of her conjugal rights.

Thousands of Anganwadi workers demonstrated outside the Assembly here Friday over a host of issues, including a hike in pay and retirement benefits, as the proceedings began for the Monsoon Session.

Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Pramila Mallik was Friday elected unopposed as the Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly (OLA), becoming the first woman to occupy the prestigious post.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Friday forecast some parts of Odisha will experience heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning.

The diagnosed prevalent cases of heart failure are set to register an annual growth rate of 1.68 per cent from 13.76 million in 2022 to 16.07 million in 2032, according to a report released Friday.

The southwest monsoon is likely to begin its retreat from northwest India around September 25, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Friday. It starts retreating from northwest India around September 17, withdrawing entirely by October 15

A parliamentary panel has underlined that a large number of historical monuments are "not under any sort of protection" and asked about the procedure through which requests for restoration of "unprotected monuments" is made to the ASI.

ISRO Friday said it has made efforts to establish communication with its lunar mission Chandrayaan-3’s lander Vikram and rover Pragyan to ascertain their ‘wake-up condition’ after they had been put into sleep mode early this month -- but no signals have been received from them as of now.

The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking an independent audit of source code of the electronic voting machines (EVMs) used by the Election Commission, saying no “actionable material” was placed to indicate that the poll panel was in breach of its “constitutional mandate”.

A small but restive volcano near the Philippine capital Manila spewed above average sulfur dioxide and volcanic smog Friday, prompting authorities to close schools in dozens of cities and towns and to urge people to stay indoors.

JPMorgan will include India in its widely tracked emerging market debt index, setting the stage for billions of dollars of inflows into the world’s fifth-largest economy and helping it finance its current account and fiscal deficits.

The finance ministry Friday exuded confidence that the country will achieve 6.5 per cent growth in FY24 on the back of improved corporate profitability, private capital formation and bank credit growth, notwithstanding the risks of rising crude oil prices and monsoon deficit.

Odisha FC will host Chennaiyin FC (CFC) for their electrifying home opener of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 season at the Kalinga Stadium here Saturday.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said that it has filed a Prosecution Complaint in a special PMLA court here against GDS Builders Pvt Ltd Director Uma Sankar Patro, Union Bank of India Nayapally Branch’s erstwhile Assistant Manager Ashwini Kumar Patra, and Dwarka Jewellers.

The cinematic image of a "hero cop" delivering quick justice without bothering about the due process of law, as shown in blockbuster films like "Singham", sends out a very harmful message, Bombay High Court said here on Friday.

The strong remarks came a day after Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar raised the Kashmir bogey at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

BJP leader Vasundhara Raje met with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot after the inauguration of the Constitution Club of Rajasthan in Jaipur.