Mohan Yadav, the BJP legislature party leader and MLA from Ujjain South, was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh here Wednesday.

Investors are placing significant bets on systematic investment plans, or SIPs, with inflows rising to Rs 1.66 lakh crore in the first 11 months of 2023, while Sebi’s decision to lower the ticket size to Rs 250 will further boost investment.

In a significant ruling, the Orissa High Court has directed the Puri Municipality to pay a compensation of `10 lakh to the family members of a 4-year-old minor boy who was killed by a pack of stray dogs in Puri district in December 2016.

The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to monitor conduct of the annual High School Certificate (HSC) Examination for Class X that will begin February 20 and conclude March 4, 2024, BSE president Ramashis Hazra said here, Wednesday.

The Supreme Court organised a sports and cultural meet this week to build camaraderie between the judges and all the employees that work in the registry.

IGP (Central Range) Ashish Kumar Singh and Puri SP KV Singh review the progress of an AC tunnel in Puri.

Former Governor of Odisha Ganeshi Lal had issued 319 grants from his discretionary funds totalling more than Rs 6 crore to Haryanabased recipients between FY 2018-19 and FY 2023-24, according to an RTI response received from the Governor's office.

To make bus travel more convenient, Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC), a state government undertaking, Wednesday introduced digital transactions with the launch of LAXMI QR Code for bus services available under the Location Accessible Multi-modal Initiative' (LAccMI) initiative.

The Additional District and Sessions Court Judge Abhijit Palai here convicted a youth for raping a nine-year-old girl and sentenced him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) Wednesday. The judge also slapped a fine of `70,000 on him and in default the convict has to undergo additional 21 months in jail, the judge observed.

As tributes were paid Tuesday to five persons killed during an anti-CAA stir in Assam four years ago, various organisations have resolved to again build up a movement against the law if the government tried to implement it.

Parliament Wednesday passed a bill to repeal 76 redundant and obsolete laws with the government saying the move is part of its continuing efforts to improve the ease of living and doing business.

The home ministry was Wednesday asked to launch a security review of Parliament as members of opposition at an all-party meeting demanded a through probe into the incident of two persons jumping into the Lok Sabha chamber and also sought action against BJP MP Prathap Simha who felicitated their passes.

 In a significant development, the Supreme Court Wednesday ordered transfer of over 40 FIRs related to the Bitcoin cryptocurrency scam to the CBI for further investigation and shifted the trial to a Delhi court.

The swearing-in ceremony of Bhajan Lal Sharma, the Chief Ministerdesignate in Rajasthan, and his deputies Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa will be held December 15.

The Supreme Court Wednesday said crop residue burning, which affects air quality in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), “must stop”, and underlined the need for judicial monitoring to ensure people do not face the same scenario every winter.