The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) Friday notified that the annual Higher Secondary Exanimations (Practical/Projects) 2024 will be held from January 2 to12 in all higher secondary schools/colleges affiliated to the council.

Odisha registered a phenomenal growth rate of 100.77 per cent in State GST with a collection of `2,791.45 crore in November 2023 against a collection of `1,390.36 crore in the corresponding month last year, an official said.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday approved establishment of an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Lakhanpur in Jharsuguda district.

National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), headed by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Friday reviewed preparedness of central departments and state governments, including Odisha, for the impending cyclone ‘Michaung’ in the Bay of Bengal.

Inching a step forward in digitisation of judicial infrastructure, 20 paperless courts were inaugurated recently by Acting Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi through virtual mode.

The AAP Friday launched the ‘Mai Bhi Kejriwal’ signature campaign to get people’s feedback on whether Arvind Kejriwal should resign as Delhi chief minister if he is arrested under a “conspiracy by the BJP”

The Governor of a state cannot refer bills passed by the legislature and readopted by it for presidential assent, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday, and asked Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi to hold a meeting with Chief Minister M K Stalin in an effort to end the impasse over 10 such pending bills.

The country’s power consumption grew nearly 8.5 per cent to 119.64 billion units (BU) in November, showing a surge in electricity demand due to festivities and increased economic activities.

Impressed with his captaincy at the ODI World Cup, former captain Sourav Ganguly Friday threw his weight behind Rohit Sharma, saying he should lead India at least till the T20 World Cup (World T20/WT20) in June next year.

Assam government has suspended 21 state civil, police and allied service officers for their alleged involvement in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) 'cash for job' scam, official sources said on Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the sidelines of the World Climate Action Summit of the Conference Of Parties-28 in Dubai.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today provided financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh each to the Odia labourers, who were rescued from a partially-collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand recently.

The Customs Department last night seized more than 5 kg of brown sugar from a ship anchored at the Paradip Port in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district, reports said.

Amid tension between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh at the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) reached the dam in Telangana’s Nalgonda district on Friday.

The Customs department has seized at least 22 kg of cocaine from a ship berthed at Odisha’s Paradip port on the intervening night of November 30 and December 1.