The Odisha government appointed Wednesday IAS officer, Dr Noonsavath Thirumala Naik as the additional chief electoral officer of the state.

The Odisha government has banned any kind of strike or ceasework by staff of the Health department in the state for a period of six months.

The Union Home Ministry said Wednesday that more than 100 websites that were being operated from overseas and involved in organised illegal investments and parttime job frauds have been blocked and banned.

Though severe cyclonic storm ‘Michaung’ made a landfall in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh coast, widespread rain due to its impact caused damage to standing crops in southern Odisha forcing the state government to seek damage assessment reports from district Collectors.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday called the newly recruited state civil services officers as agents of transformation for a new Odisha and asked them to work towards the betterment and welfare of people.

The state government has decided to distribute sample question papers to Class X students who will appear in the annual High School Certificate (HSC), Examination 2024 conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha.

Odisha has introduced two new contraceptives - sub-dermal implants (single rod) and subcutaneous injectable contraceptives (Antara) – as part of the state’s Family Planning roadmap 2030 (FP2030), which is in line with the country’s FP2030 vision.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan Wednesday said he was open to advice from the state government, but not pressure from them.

Crimes against senior citizens in Karnataka increased by 86 per cent from 2020 to 2022, latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau a few days ago showed.

Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Singh Patel resigned from Lok Sabha on Wednesday as the BJP decided that all of its 12 MPs recently elected to state assemblies will quit Parliament, amid strong indications that they may join the new governments in Madhya Pardesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

The Lok Sabha Wednesday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to nominate two members from the Kashmiri migrant community and one representing the displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to the legislative Assembly.

UNESCO has approved the inclusion of Gujarat's traditional Garba dance in its ‘Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced here Wednesday.

The Reserve Bank-led Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is unlikely to tweak repo rates till June next year, according to a foreign brokerage report.

Chhattisgarh recorded the highest rate of accidental deaths at 56.4 and was placed third in rate of suicides among states in the country in 2022, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data.

Adani Group has plans to invest $75 billion in energy transition initiatives by 2030, its chairman Gautam Adani said .

The richest MLA in the newly elected Madhya Pradesh Assembly has declared assets of ₹ 223 crore. Somewhere on the other end of the spectrum is Kamleshwar Dodiyar, who worked as a labourer and tiffin delivery boy to fund his education.

A 32-year-old Maoist carrying a reward of ₹ 2 lakh on his head was arrested in eastern Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on Wednesday, a police official said

The Centre assured the Supreme Court on Wednesday that guidelines would be framed soon to regulate the seizure of phones or other digital devices belonging to individuals, particularly media professionals

Young Indian leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi Wednesday rose to the top spot in the ICC T20I bowling chart on the back of his recent player of the series-winning performance against Australia.

 India failed miserably in all departments of the game as they suffered a comprehensive 38-run defeat against England in the first T20I of the three match series here Wednesday