Budget Session of Parliament, the last of the present Lok Sabha, will begin Wednesday with an address by President Droupadi Murmu to a joint sitting, as the government sought cooperation of opposition parties to ensure the proceedings run smoothly.

Two village volunteers were killed and two others injured after their camp was attacked in Manipur Tuesday, police said. The incident happened at the camp situated near Kadangband village in Lamshang area at the border of the Imphal West and Kangpokpi districts.

Braving a severe heart attack while at the wheels, a bus driver in Balasore district saved the lives of about 60 passengers before he died Tuesday.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is already serving a three-year jail term after being convicted of corruption, was Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in prison by a special court for leaking State secrets in 2022.

After Puri, Sunapur beach in Ganjam district has received the prestigious Blue Flag certification from Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) in Denmark.

The Odisha BJP unit will undertake a three-day ‘Gaon Chalo’ (go to village) campaign from February 9 to tell the people about different schemes launched by the Central government in the last 10 years, a party leader said.

“Politicians should be thick-skinned,” a Supreme Court bench said Tuesday while hearing a plea of a West Bengal-based political commentator seeking protection from arrest in multiple FIRs lodged against him for his alleged objectionable remarks against the Assamese people.

In a move to establish a significant nexus amongst academia, industry, and government organisation, IIIT Bhubaneswar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) .

Keeping the 2024 general elections in view, the Odisha Pradesh Mahila Congress has appointed Meenakshi Bahinipati, wife of senior Congress leader and Jeypore MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, as president of the party’s women wing.

The first direct flight from Kolkata arrived here Tuesday amid much fanfare. The Alliance Air flight was given a water cannon welcome when it arrived at the airport here around 2.00pm in the afternoon.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday lambasted the BJP for raising the CAA issue ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, asserting that she will never allow its implementation in the state during her lifetime.

 Assam is among the top five states in the country in the progress of implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Governor Gulab Chand Kataria said Tuesday

The Indian Navy rescued an Iranianflagged fishing vessel with 19 Pakistani crew members and a Sri Lankan trawler in two swift operations after armed pirates hijacked the boats in the Arabian Sea amid deteriorating security situation arising out of Iran-backed Houthi rebels targeting various cargo ships in the region.

The Aam Aadmi Party Tuesday moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking setting aside the mayoral poll results and demanding fresh elections under the supervision of a retired HC judge.

A Kerala court Tuesday sentenced to death 15 people associated with the now-banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) in connection with the murder of BJP OBC wing leader Ranjith Sreenivasan in this district in 2021, the special prosecutor of the case said here.