The first C-295 medium tactical transport aircraft was inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) Monday, boosting its logistics capabilities. The induction ceremony took place at the Hindan Air Force Station here in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday asserted that no ministers-versus-officers issue exists in the state, dismissing criticisms from various quarters over holding of people’s grievance meetings by a controversial CMO official.

Monsoon started withdrawing from India Monday, eight days after the normal date of September 17, the India Meteorological Department said.

Ending its four year-old ties with the BJP, the AIADMK Monday announced walking out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and said it would lead a separate front for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Odisha recorded 1,771 deaths due to drowning in rivers and other water bodies in the last three years, with an average of 590 fatalities annually, Minister of State (MoS) for Home Tusharkanti Behera told the Assembly while replying to a question by BJD MLA Mousadhi Bag.

The Commissionerate Police has collected `91,26,01,740 from the twin city of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar as penalty from traffic offenders in three years – 2020, 2021 and 2022, Minister of State (MoS) Home Tusharkanti Behera told the House Monday. Responding to a query of Choudwar-Cuttack MLA Souvic Biswal, Behera said `14,52,18,800 has been collected from violators in Bhubaneswar and `76,73,82,940 from Cuttack during the period.

The HR head of EML/Sambad Baijayanti Kar moved the Orissa High Court Monday seeking anticipatory bail to evade arrest in connection with the loan fraud case which is being investigated by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch.

Health and Family Welfare Minister of State SP Singh Baghel urged the state government to join the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPMJAY) scheme for the benefit of the state’s poor people.

The Gujarat government Monday sought time from the high court to submit before it the final report of the special investigation team (SIT) probing the collapse of a suspension bridge at Morbi town in October last year, in which 135 people were killed.

Ahmedabad, a city where time seems to stand still, boasts of rich history, culture, and architecture. Cross the Sabarmati River, and you find yourself in old Amdavad, a place where every lane whispers tales of the past.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday ruled out returning to the NDA, an alliance he parted with a year ago, to which the BJP retorted he would not be welcome even if he begged for another chance.

Gujarat was born liquor ‘dry’ and remains so till this day. That is for the record. In actual fact, it remains as ‘wet’ as a watermelon fuelling a multi-crore rupee, wholly illegal, black money spewing industry that oils cop capers and political ‘padrones’ besides lots others.

India’s top oil firm IOC Monday unveiled the nation’s first green hydrogenpowered bus that emits just water as it takes the lead in bringing out unrivaled tools to replace fossil fuels.

Moody’s Investors Service Monday upgraded Tata Steel’s long-term issuer rating on the back of the company’s solid market position and expectation of an increase in profitability

S&P Global Ratings Monday retained India’s growth forecast for current fiscal at 6 per cent citing slowing world economy, rising risk of subnormal monsoons and delayed effect of rate hike.

The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted bail to gangster-politician and former MLA Mukhtar Ansari in a 2007 case registered under the Gangsters Act.

Indian shooters made a telling statement at the Asian Games, winning three medals, including a team gold, as the country’s marksmen asserted their class by grabbing five podium finishes in just two days of competition here.

Online submission of documents for admission to World Skill Center (WSC) 2023-24 Batch will start from 11.00 AM of September 26 (Tuesday) and continue till 11.00 PM of September 30.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has approved the extension of Varanasi-Sambalpur Express up to Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to enhance train services in western and southern Odisha.

As many as 355 Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor posts are currently lying vacant in government medical colleges in Odisha, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Niranjan Pujari in the Assembly