The Centre tabled Monday the new telecom bill in the Lok Sabha. The Telecommunications Bill, 2023, proposes that the Centre will take temporary possession of telecom networks in case of any public emergency or in the interest of public safety. The Bill was tabled by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

Enforcement Directorate issues fresh summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning him December 21 in the excise policylinked money laundering case.

A total of 78 Opposition MPs were suspended Monday from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for raising slogans and demanding a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah on the security breach in Lok Sabha, December 1

The body of a youth was found hanging from one of the galleries of Eden Gardens here Monday, police said. The deceased was identified as 21-year-old Dhananjay Barik, son of a groundsman, they informed. Police said that the deceased was a resident of Bhadrak district.

Orissa High Court-appointed amicus curiae NK Mohanty Monday told the court that the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) needs 120 days to fix the cracked beam of Srimandir Natamandapa.

The Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) has produced over 30 million tonnes of ores in the last fiscal with a turnover of over Rs 14,000 crore, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said while laying foundation for the corporate office of the state PSU in the Capital city here, Monday.

With almost 50 per cent of Class X students dropping out in Odisha, the state recorded the highest dropout rate for 10th standard in the country as per data for the 2021-22 academic year shared by the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Lok Sabha Monday.

The sleuths of West Bengal Forest department Monday arrested three people from Odisha and seized leopard skin worth `10 lakh in Madhyamgram in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.

The National Federation of State Cooperative Banks (NAFSCOB) has allowed District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) to enroll as its associate members. This was stated here by Ambika Prasad Das, one of the directors of NAFSCOB.

 The leaders of various political parties held a meeting here Monday and later staged a demonstration, demanding immediate restoration of statehood, assembly elections and extension of Article 371 to Jammu and Kashmir.

To promote self-employment opportunities in Himachal Pradesh and to provide livelihood to the local youth by encouraging entrepreneurship, the state government has initiated the Rajiv Gandhi Swarozgaar Yojna 2023 (RGSY) with an outlay of Rs 680 crore, a statement said.

 Delhi Police has written to Meta to access social media accounts of the six accused arrested in the Parliament security breach case and details of the now-deleted Facebook page 'Bhagat Singh Fan Club', where they met each other, according to sources.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Monday announced a 4 per cent hike in dearness allowance for government employees with effect from December 1. With this, the DA has increased from 34 per cent to 38 per cent. A decision in this regard was taken following a meeting with the representatives of Punjab State Ministerial Services Union (PSMSU) here.

A day before opposition INDIA bloc's meeting here, AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee and Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray Monday. Kejriwal did not comment on the discussions at the around 45- minute meeting at the residence of Abhishek Banerjee.

CBI Director Praveen Sood reached Imphal Monday to take stock of the investigations related to the Manipur ethnic violence, officials said. The agency had taken over 27 cases of violence that were earlier probed by the state police, they said and added that the violence has claimed over 175 lives and left thousands displaced since May.

 The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) Monday submitted a survey report in a sealed cover on the Gyanvapi mosque complex in the district court, which scheduled the next hearing for December 21

Over 7.40 crore persons filed income tax returns in the 2022-23 fiscal, of which 5.16 crore showed zero tax liability, the Finance Ministry said Monday. Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary informed the Lok Sabha there has been an increase in the number of returns filed in the last five years. The number of persons filing ITRs increased from 6.28 crore in fiscal 2018-19, to 6.47 crore in 2019-20, to 6.72 crore in 2020-21

 Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has been the major driving force in the overall growth of digital payment, and helped in reducing bank notes in circulation to 7.8 per cent in the last financial year, the government said Monday.

 Reigning champions Odisha FC were Monday clubbed with last edition runners-up Bengaluru FC (BFC) in the same group for the Super Cup football tournament to be played in Bhubaneswar from January 9 to 28.

Mansi Joshi and Thulasimathi Murugesan emerged champions in women’s doubles, while Tokyo Paralympic champion Pramod Bhagat signed off with two silver medals at the 5th Fazza Dubai Para Badminton International 2023 here. The event was held in UAE from December 11 to December 17.