From the who’s who of the corporate world to low-profile businesses – the Election Commission (ED) Thursday put out the entire list of entities that have purchased electoral bonds for making political donations.

Former IAS officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Sandhu were Thursday appointed as election commissioners (ECs).

The committee on ‘One Nation, One Election’ headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind, in its report submitted to President Droupadi Murmu Thursday.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced 4 per cent hike in the dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) for state government employees and pensioners respectively, Thursday.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a modern educational complex at Badapada in the ‘Swabhiman’ area of the tribaldominated Malkangiri district, Thursday.

The government has mandated the use of Aadhaar as identity document for availing six scholarships and benefit of as many schemes and initiatives meant for people with disabilities.

A court in Mayurbhanj district sentenced Thursday a man to 20 years in prison jail for raping a sevenyear-old girl. The court also imposed a fine of `10,000 on the 30- year-old man, and in case of default, he has to remain in jail for three more months.

East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to extend services of three pairs of trains to this town keeping in mind the aspirations of local people. Recently train tracks from Bolangir were extended till this town. ECoR sources said the Bhubaneswar-Bolangir-Bhubaneswar Express and two pairs of passenger trains will be extended up to Sonepur

Centre bans 18 OTT platforms, websites and apps for posting vulgar and obscene content despite multiple warnings

Indian tourists are shunning Maldives and its tourism industry is feeling the pinch of declined revenue

Ending a nearly two-year-long hiatus, state-owned oil companies Thursday cut petrol and diesel prices by `2 per litre each.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday evening suffered a major injury on her forehead and was admitted to a hospital.

India’s was ranked 134 out of 193 countries in the 2022 United Nations Human Development Index (HDI), a notch higher than 135 out of 191 countries in 2021.

German sportswear giant Adidas posted its first annual loss in more than 30 years Wednesday and warned sales in North America would fall again as sportswear retailers in the US struggle with high inventories.

India’s Lakshya Sen recorded a stunning three-game win over World No.3 Anders Antonsen to progress to the quarterfinals but an error-prone PV Sindhu lost in the women’s singles second round of the All England Championships here Thursday.