Reserve Bank likely to continue with pause on lending rate in upcoming bi-monthly monetary policy this week.

The final draft of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) was approved by the Uttarakhand Cabinet here Sunday, paving the way for its tabling in the state Assembly whose special four-day session begins Monday.

The Budget session of the Odisha Assembly will commence Monday. It will be a brief session running from February 5 to 13 during which Finance Minister Vikram Keshari Arukha will present an interim budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal.

The Odisha government signed Sunday an MoU with Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for the establishment of a centre for Odia studies at the varsity. The MoU was signed between Higher Education Secretary Arvind Agrawal and JNU vice-chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit.

Odisha was among the states that were the first to introduce ‘Gram Nyayalayas’, or village courts, after the Act paving the way for them came into effect October 2, 2009.

The police in Uttar Pradesh have arrested an Indian national working at the country’s embassy in Moscow for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s ISI, officials said here Sunday.

 In a shocking incident, a woman sustained critical injuries after being allegedly stabbed by her husband at Nadi Sahi locality in Rayagada town, Sunday.

The Rourkela Development Steering Committee (RDSC) Sunday demanded the enhancement of the railways link and merger of Rourkela with East Coast Railways (ECoR).

 Illegal honey harvesting is the major reason behind recurring forest fires in Bhitarkanika National Park situated under Rajnagar forest division in Kendrapara district.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik offer tributes at a statue of Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das on the latter’s 90th death anniversary, near Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar, Sunday.

All flights to and from Srinagar airport in Kashmir were cancelled Sunday due to snowfall in the valley, officials said. The snowfall, which began late Saturday night, had stopped briefly early in the morning, allowing clearance of the runway.

The MLAs of Jharkhand's JMM-led alliance exuded confidence to win the trust vote in the Assembly Monday, soon after their return to Ranchi from Hyderabad Sunday evening.

 Russia said Sunday that Ukraine killed at least 28 people, including nine women and a child, when its armed forces struck a bakery and restaurant in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine with Western-supplied rockets.

Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have injected over `19,800 crore in the country’s debt market in January, making it the highest monthly inflow in more than six years, on the back of inclusion of Indian government bonds in the JP Morgan Index.

Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies have reported single-digit volume growth with improved margins in most segments during December quarter, helped by moderating commodity inflation, though operating environment remained challenging.

Chandigarh Police detained Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and supporters who were demonstrating against the BJP related to the accusations of rigging in the Chandigarh Mayor elections on Sunday.

At least 55 Myanmar nationals were arrested in Mizoram in connection with cases of drug smuggling last year, police said on Sunday.

The AAP on Sunday held a protest against the BJP over alleged rigging of the recently held Chandigarh mayoral elections and demanded that the presiding officer be arrested for "tampering" with ballot papers.

The CBI filed a charge sheet against a self-styled investigator alleging she cited "forged" letters from high dignitaries, including PM Modi and Rajnath Singh, in a YouTube video to support her claims about Sridevi's death, officials said.

Actor-turned-politician and Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan visited the residence of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu in Amaravathi on Sunday.