Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurates ‘Akshar Bhumi’ (Odia language park) at Kalamandal in Bhubaneswar, Saturday

North Korea Friday extends a provocative run in weapons tests by firing cruise missiles into the sea.

Acclaimed actor and director from Odisha Sadhu Meher breathed his last at the age of 84 in Mumbai Friday.

Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, a judge of the Patna High Court, was Friday elevated as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court.

 A Delhi Police crime branch team was at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence to serve him a notice in connection with a probe over his claim that the BJP was trying to buy some AAP MLAs, official sources said Friday night.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday inaugurated ‘Akshar Bhumi’ (Odia language park) at Kalamandal in the City ahead of the three-day ‘Biswa Odia Bhasha Sammilani’ (World Odia Language Conference) beginning here Saturday.

5T and Nabin Odisha Chairman Kartik Pandian reviewed various development projects, interacted with general public and participated in the Nua-O programme during his visit to Nuapada district, Friday.

In 2022, India had more than 14.1 lakh new cancer cases and over 9.1 lakh deaths due to the disease, and breast cancer was the most common, according to the latest estimates of the disease’s global burden by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Friday said that 19 electric vehicles launched by the transport department have proven to be game changer for environment and cost savings of Rs 28 lakh in one year.

A total of 403 incidents of death of Indian students abroad have been reported since 2018 due to various reasons with Canada topping the list with 91 cases followed by 48 in the UK, the Government informed Lok Sabha Friday.

 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras has become the first IIT to introduce sports quota for its undergraduate admissions and will create two supernumerary seats in each course from the 2024-25 academic session, according to its director V Kamakoti.

The AAP and the BJP staged counter-protests within a few hundred metres of each other as the Delhi Police deployed a large number of personnel and multiple layers of barricading to keep order, turning central Delhi into a fortress that caused traffic jams at several places.

After two days of political uncertainty, JMM legislature party leader Champai Soren Friday was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand and the JMM-led coalition government will seek a vote of confidence February 5.

The Centre Friday said it will sell ‘Bharat Rice’ in the retail market at Rs 29 per kg from next week to give relief to the common man and has also directed traders to disclose rice/paddy stock, as part of its efforts to control prices that have risen by around 15 per cent in the last one year.

Annual Entrepreneurial Conclave, ESummit ’24 that celebrates the passion of entrepreneurship is getting conducted in IIT Bhubaneswar Campus from February 2-4.