The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved the Chandrayaan-3 landing site name ‘Shiva Shakti’. The approval came March 19 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement following the success of the mission August 26, 2023

The BJP Sunday announced the names of its candidates for 18 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, while dropping four sitting MPs from the list. The nominees for Cuttack, Jajpur and Kandhamal LS constituencies are yet to be named.

While Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will contest from Sambalpur, the saffron party’s spokesperson Sambit Patra will try his luck from Puri once again after losing out in a close contest in 2019. Similarly, the party has retained sitting MPs Jual Oram (Sundargarh), Pratap Sarangi (Balasore), Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo (Bolangir) and Aparajita Sarangi (Bhubaneswar).

In the midst of discussions regarding his ability to perform duties as the Delhi Chief Minister while in ED custody, Arvind Kejriwal has issued his first direction on running the city government, instructing Water Minister Atishi to solve water and sewer-related problems in some areas of the city.

The Commissionerate Police Sunday claimed to have arrested a man who robbed houses in affluent locations in the Capital City, and would splurge the loot on a lavish life. His arrest led to the seizure of `21 lakhs cash, 700 grams of gold ornaments and 7 kg silver ornament.

Reaffirming his government’s commitment to detect and prevent Tuberculosis (TB), Sunday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on the World Tuberculosis Day, urged the people of the state to work together to ensure a healthier and Tuberculosis-free future for all citizens.

In a shocking incident, a 35-year-old man allegedly hacked his parents to death over a trivial matter in Basira village under Champua police station in this district Sunday morning. Later police arrested the accused Dhyana Munda. The deceased have been identified as father of accused, Gurucharan Munda (65) and his mother Pali (60).

J anata Dal (United) Sunday announced a list of 16 candidates from Bihar for the Lok Sabha elections. Bashistha Narain Singh, the national vice president of the party, announced the names at the party’s head office here.

Over 87 per cent of students this year passed the Class XII board exam, the result of which was announced by the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) Saturday.

Former Indian Air Force chief RKS Bhadauria joined the BJP Sunday and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and the steps taken by his government to modernise and strengthen the armed forces.

The Karnataka government has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to release financial assistance from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to the state for drought management.

The Opposition INDIA bloc will hold a “maha rally” at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan March 31 to safeguard the country’s interests and democracy, AAP leader Gopal Rai said Sunday.

Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and Delhi had a higher burden of breast cancer than eastern and northeastern states, according to an ICMR study that also projected a “substantial rise” in the disease burden in India by 2025.

Russia lowered flags to half-mast Sunday for a day of mourning after scores of people were gunned down with automatic weapons at a rock concert outside Moscow in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades.

Pakistan will “seriously” consider restoring trade ties with India that remained suspended since August 2019, Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar has said, indicating a potential shift in diplomatic stance towards the neighbouring nation.

Russia struck critical infrastructure in Ukraine’s western region of Lviv with missiles early Sunday, Kyiv said, in a major airstrike that saw one Russian cruise missile briefly fly into Polish airspace according to Warsaw.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) on Sunday elected its first Dalit president, Dhananjay, from the Left-backed groups after nearly 30 years.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday took a jibe at the INDI alliance saying that the bloc is intact, not on Earth, but in the Moon and Sun.

The BJP announced the names of three candidates in Jharkhand, including Sita Soren - former JMM MLA and sister-in-law of former Chief Minister Hemant Soren - from Dumka (ST) constituency.

Popular actors Kangana Ranaut and Arun Govil have figured on the latest candidates' list of the BJP for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.