Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday flagged off a Vande Bharat Express on the Puri–Rourkela route through video conferencing from Delhi. This was Odisha’s second Vande Bharat Express as the first semi-high-speed train service from Puri to Howrah was inaugurated in May.

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Unique Identification Authority of India and the Manipur government to take steps to ensure that Aadhaar cards are provided to people displaced due to the ethnic conflict.

The AIADMK-BJP alliance has been on the brink last after the Tamil Nadu party's anger over BJP state boss K Annamalai's comments about late former chief ministers CN Annadurai and J Jayalalithaa.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday travelled by a train from Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district, where he addressed an event, to state capital Raipur and interacted with passengers on board.

The centre is considering spending ₹ 60,000 crores ($7.2 billion) to provide subsidised loans for small urban housing over the next five years, two government sources told Reuters.

Rajasthan’s Bharatpur and Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura have replaced Jharkhand’s Jamtara and Haryana’s Nuh as the infamous hotspots of cybercrime in India, according to a new study by an IIT Kanpur-incubated start-up. The study also revealed that just the top 10 districts collectively contribute to 80 per cent of cybercrimes in the country.

NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey.

Alleging medical negligence, an irate mob Sunday vandalised a community health centre in Jajpur district after the death of a five year-old girl.

Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Sunday heaped praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and appreciated his ‘steps to eradicate corruption’. Patnaik was participating in an interactive session at the Odisha Literary Festival organised here by The New Indian Express group.

Another wet spell is likely in the state next week due to the formation of low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal (BoB), according to the India Meteorological Department forecast Sunday. The low pressure area is likely to cause a fresh cyclonic circulation over the north Andaman Sea and neighbourhood September 29.

Kendrapara has an agrarian economy. Nowadays, kharif paddy is being cultivated here widely, while in the past, during this time of the year, one could see wide swathes of white jute and tossa jute cultivation. However, jute farming is at an all-time low this year in the coastal district.

when the Sunderbans National Park in West Bengal received the status of natural UNESCO World Heritage Site, many were unaware of the technical reasons behind this pride of Bengal getting the prestigious accreditation.

A local court in Vijayawada Sunday extended TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu's judicial remand in the Skill Development Corporation Scam case till October 5, following the expiry of judicial remand and police custody.

The Reserve Bank is likely to maintain status quo on policy rates for the fourth time in a row at its bi-monthly monetary policy review meeting early next month, as retail inflation continues to remain high and the US Federal Reserve has decided to keep a hawkish stance for some more time, according to experts.

To mark its 24th Foundation Day September 27, which is also coinciding with the World Tourism Day, IRCTC will be offering a slew of offers to customers booking air tickets from it. IRCTC will not be charging any convenience fees from the customers booking international as well as domestic flight tickets on its website from September 25 to 27.

In a rematch of the World Championship final, top Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen outclassed Vietnam’s Thi Tam Nguyen 5-0 to move to the women’s 50kg pre-quarterfinals while Preeti Pawar (54kg) sealed a place in the quarterfinals of the Asian Games here Sunday. Zareen controlled the proceedings from the word go to emerge winner by a unanimous verdict.

Authorities in Iran have neutralised 30 bombs meant to go off simultaneously in Tehran and detained 28 terrorists linked to Islamic State, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported Sunday, citing the intelligence ministry.

YSR Telangana Party founder YS Sharmila on Monday said any possibility of working with the Congress will be finalised by the end of this month.

The Supreme Court for the first time heard a case argued by a deaf and mute lawyer via an interpreter using sign language.

The Supreme Court on Monday extended further interim bail granted to former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain on medical grounds till October 8 in a money laundering case.