The 123rd State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA), chaired by Chief Secretary PK Jena, Tuesday approved 12 industrial projects spanning across diverse sectors worth `2,794.47 crore which would generate employment opportunities for 4,715 people of Odisha.

The Odisha government Tuesday appointed AM Prasad as DG (prisons) and director (correctional services). According to a notification by the state home department, Arun Kumar Ray has been posted as director (printing, stationery and publication) while Lalit Das has been appointed as additional DGP of Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC).

The number of road accidents in India went up by an alarming 12 per cent to over 4.6 lakh in 2022, resulting in death of 19 persons every hour, according to a report by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).

Several Opposition leaders Tuesday claimed they received an alert from Apple warning them of ‘state-sponsored attackers trying to remotely compromise’ their iPhones and alleged hacking by the government, a charge IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw rejected but assured a thorough probe.

People buying essentials from the newly-opened Urban Haat at Chhatra Bazar in Cuttack.

Forty paperless courts were inaugurated in virtual mode by Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi, Acting Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, Tuesday, in the presence of Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra, chairperson of Artificial Intelligence & Information Technology Committee of the HC, Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi, member of the committee, and other judges of the court.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday launched the ‘Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha’ initiative for Balasore and Bolangir to boost rural infrastructure and promote Jagannath culture. Under the scheme, each Gram Panchayat of both the districts will get Rs 50 lakh for infrastructure development.

Dengue spread in West Bengal seems to be heading for an alarming proportion as the total number of affected people in the state has crossed 76,000 mark.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Tuesday, attended her office at the state secretariat of Nabanna at Mandirtala in Kolkata adjacent Howrah district after a gap of 50 days,

The West Bengal government has earned a whopping state excise income of `600 crore through sale of liquor during the four days of the just concluded Durga puja festival in the state.

A senior police officer of Manipur was shot dead by suspected tribal militants in Tengnoupal district Tuesday prompting the state government to recommend declaring World Kuki-Zo Intellectual Council (WKZIC) as a banned group under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu walked out of the Rajamahendravaram central prison Tuesday and thanked all his supporters from across the spectrum, spanning IT professionals to political parties.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Centre on former JNU student Umar Khalid's plea challenging various provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. A bench of justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi also said it would hear similar petitions on the issue on November 22.

Haze enveloped Delhi and its suburbs Tuesday, with the capital recording 'very poor' air quality for the fourth day on the trot.

The Congress Tuesday released a fourth list of candidates for the Rajasthan assembly elections, naming 56 leaders including national spokesperson Gourav Vallabh from Udaipur and Manvendra Singh, son of the late BJP stalwart Jaswant Singh, from Siwana.

Two coaches and the engine of the Suhaildev Express train, which runs between Anand Vihar in Delhi and Ghazipur city in Uttar Pradesh, derailed at the Prayagraj railway station at around 9 pm Tuesday, the North Central Railway said.

Israel said its forces fought Hamas gunmen inside the militants’ vast tunnel network beneath Gaza as a hospital director said more than 50 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike on a refugee camp in the besieged enclave.

Muslim Americans and some Democratic Party activists say they will work to mobilize millions of Muslim voters to withhold donations and votes towards President Joe Biden's 2024 reelection unless he takes immediate steps to secure a Gaza ceasefire.

The country’s cotton production is estimated at 29.51 million bales in the 2023- 24 marketing season, the lowest in 15 years on less planting amid the El Nino effect, the Cotton Association of India said Tuesday. The cotton marketing season runs from October to September.

The Reserve Bank of India Tuesday said all entities facilitating cross border payment transactions for import and export of goods and services will be directly regulated by it. Such entities will be treated as Payment AggregatorCross Border (PA-CB), the central bank said in a circular.