The Delhi High Court Friday refused to entertain a petition filed by the Odisha Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Jatin Mohanty against the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Odisha government for using the ‘conch’ symbol in advertisements of various state government schemes.

Acting on the direction of the Orissa High Court, the state government has instructed doctors in the state to write post-mortem reports, prescriptions and medico legal reports in block letters or legible handwriting or typed form only so that their handwriting doesn’t create any confusion.

India Friday conducted a successful flight test of the new generation AKASH missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha, officials said.

The wreckage of a transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has been located at the depth of around 3.4 km in the Bay of Bengal, nearly seven-and-a-half years after the plane with 29 personnel on board went missing.

The Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal Friday continued the cross-examination of the witness produced by Odisha on the aspect of socio-economic development in Mahanadi basin of the state.

Rituals for the grand opening of the Srimandir Parikrama Prakalpa began here Friday with Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb inviting priests for the ‘Maha Yajna’ which will begin January 15.

A team of Vigilance sleuths has recovered approximately `24.24 lakh cash among other valuables, from the possession of an OMVD traffic inspector.

Over 1.40 lakh overage vehicles were scrapped in the financial year 2022-23 as against 4,923 deregistered vehicles in the 2021-22 fiscal, according to the Statistical Handbook-2023.

The Delhi government launched the 'Sugamya Sahayak' scheme to empower the persons with benchmark disabilities by providing them aids and appliances, Social Welfare Minister Raaj Kumar Anand said Thursday.

The AAP’s Rajya Sabha nominees in Delhi -- Sanjay Singh, ND Gupta and Swati Maliwal -- have been elected unopposed, officials said Friday. No candidate from any other party filed nomination for the elections.

The ED resumed its raids Friday and searched the residences of state Fire and Emergency Services Minister Sujit Bose, TMC MLA Tapas Roy and another TMC leader in connection with the alleged irregularities in civic body recruitments.

The Supreme Court Friday took cognisance of termination of the services of six women civil judges by the Madhya Pradesh government for their unsatisfactory performance and issued notice to the registrar general of the high court seeking a response.

Japan successfully launched a rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite Friday on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea and to improve responses to natural disasters.

 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Friday travelled to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on a surprise visit after unveiling GBP 2.5 billion for 2024-25 in military aid to the country locked in conflict with Russia, an increase of GBP 200 million on the previous two year.

Indian Oil Corp, the country’s top refiner, will open 300 ethanol fuel stations, federal road transport minister Nitin Gadkari said Friday.

India’s edible oil imports declined 16 per cent annually in December to 13.07 lakh tonne due to lower shipments of crude and refined palm oils, according to industry data released Friday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been summoned for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate for the fourth time. He has been asked to appear before the probe agency on January 18.

The Supreme Court on Friday told a lawyer, who was sentenced to six months imprisonment after being held guilty of criminal contempt for making "scandalous, unwarranted and baseless imputations" against several sitting judges of the Delhi High Court.

Three key education officers have been suspended nearly a month after the CBSE cancelled the affiliation of 25 schools in Manipur over alleged paperwork fraud.

A delegation representing the Ram Temple Trust on Friday called on President Droupadi Murmu and formally invited her to attend the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22.