Three Rajya Sabha members from Odisha, including Union Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, are completing their tenure in April this year. Apart from Vaishnaw, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MPs Prasanta Nanda and Amar Patnaik are completing their tenure this year.

As many as 68 Rajya Sabha members, including nine Union ministers, are completing their tenure in 2024.

The beautifully crafted Odisha tableau showcasing women empowerment in Raghurajpur heritage village has been selected for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi this year, the Ministry of Defence said, Thursday

The Odisha Real Estate Regulatory Authority (ORERA) has issued show-cause notices before imposing penalty on 285 builders in the state on their failure to submit quarterly progress reports (QPRs) in respect of their ongoing real estate plotting and housing projects.

In order to ensure equity and promotion of Higher Education in uncovered blocks, the state government has decided to open Government Degree (Plus III) colleges, in Arts stream, in 18 blocks of the state from 2024-25 academic session.

The results of annual bird census conducted in Chilika Lake were out Thursday revealing presence of altogether 11,37,759 birds in the largest brackish water lagoon of Asia. Significantly, the census saw appearance of Pallas fish eagle after a gap of about 10 years.

The second leg of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ will enter Odisha in the month of February and cover a distance of 341 km in around four days.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged Thursday the newly-appointed junior engineers (Civil) to serve the people in a proper manner. A total of 441 junior engineers joined the Water Resources department of the state government.

The 12- hour bandh called by the BJP in Kalahandi district in support of farmers hit normal life Thursday, with markets and educational institutions remaining shut and vehicles off the roads, police said.

For the first time, Artificial Intelligence (AI) surveillance will be introduced for the security of the Ram temple, where pilgrim footfalls are expected to increase sizeably after the January 22 inauguration.

Y S Sharmila, the daughter of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and founder of YSR Telangana Party, joined the Congress here Thursday.

The eight jailed former Indian Navy personnel in Qatar have been given 60 days’ time to appeal against the varying prison terms handed by a Qatari court last week that came following commutation of their death sentences, the Ministry of External Affairs said Thursday.

Four days after a Punjab Armed Police (PAP) deputy superintendent was found dead in Jalandhar, the police have arrested an autorickshaw driver for his murder, officials said Thursday.

President Vladimir Putin issued a decree Thursday allowing foreign nationals who fight for Russia in Ukraine to obtain Russian citizenship for themselves and their families.

The United States and 12 allies issued what amounted to a final warning to Houthi rebels Wednesday to cease their attacks on vessels in the Red Sea or face potential targeted military action. The Yemen-based militants have carried out at least 23 attacks in response to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza since December 19.

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded nearly 1 per cent Thursday after sliding for the past two sessions, propped up by bargain hunting in realty, power and financial stocks

Polling for the Karanpur Assembly seat in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district began at 7 am on Friday, an official said.

India's "celestial surya namaskar" is about to reach its climax. India's first space-based solar observatory -- the Aditya-L1 satellite -- is going to check-in to the home it is likely to occupy for the next five years.

Backing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over Enforcement Directorate summoning him, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar said Centre was misusing power to discourage those who do not have similar political views.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday launched PM SHRI schools in the state under which 928 schools will be upgraded.