The Delhi High Court stayed Monday the conviction of former Union Minister Dilip Ray, who was sentenced to a three-year jail term in a coal scam case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand block in 1999, to enable him to contest the upcoming Odisha Assembly elections.

Three persons were killed when the scooter on which they were travelling fell off Budamaha bridge near Mandakia under Raikia police limits in Kandhamal district, police said Monday.

Vir Vikram Yadav, a 1996 batch IAS officer was appointed Monday as the chief administrator of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA). He replaces Ranjan Kumar Das who had been appointed to the post in May last year. Yadav’s tenure will start the day he takes charge, the Law department said in a notification.

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Monday issued a warning against pirated school textbooks, flagging possibilities of factually incorrect content.

Santrupt Misra, BJD’s Lok Sabha candidate and former HR head of Aditya Birla group, said he has plans to make silver filigree of Cuttack a major industry and set up a world-class design institute.

Forty-two (41 per cent) of the 102 Lok Sabha seats going to polls in the first phase are constituencies that have three or more candidates facing criminal cases, according to a poll rights body.

Kalinga Epigraphical Research Group (KERG) deciphered nearly 700 years old stone inscription from Khurda district, recently. The inscription is found in Pancha Mahadeva temple at Sarapari village, Tangi.

The Election Commission has decided to install GPS location tracking system in all vehicles that will be used for polling purposes in West Bengal, an official said Monday.

An Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) jawan from Dharambandha village in this district reportedly died in a road accident in Tamil Nadu, sources said Monday.

Let there not be a ‘contest’ between the Union and the state, the Supreme Court said Monday while hearing the Karnataka government’s plea seeking a direction to the Centre to release financial assistance from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to the state for drought management.

Media freedom has disappeared under the BJP rule, with the Sangh Parivar relentlessly targeting those outlets that do not sing praises for the regime, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan alleged Monday.

The Aam Aadmi Party Monday launched a “Jail ka Jawab Vote Se” campaign ahead of the Lok Sabha polls to seek public support for the party and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is currently lodged in Tihar jail.

TMC leaders were detained by the Delhi Police Monday while they were holding a dharna outside the Election Commission’s office, demanding that the chiefs of CBI, NIA, ED and Income Tax Department be changed.

At least 94 people died, including children, and 26 are missing after a ferry boat capsized off the northern coast of Mozambique, an official from the country’s Maritime Transport Institute (INTRASMAR) said

Ravindra Jadeja made optimum use of a tacky Chepauk surface as Chennai Super Kings were back to winning ways after they comfortably outclassed Kolkata Knight Riders by seven wickets in an IPL match here Monday .

The BJP on Monday alleged that an organisation linked to Congress leaders was misusing RSS' name to push propaganda against the ruling party in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls and urged the Election Commission to take "strict action" against them.

44-year-old cyclist Jaspreet Pal, hailing from Mandi district has been declared the State Election Icon to encourage youth to exercise their right to franchise and make the voters aware of the value of their votes in the Maha Utsav of democracy..

Only one application has so far been received for citizenship under the CAA in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday.

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to allow the offering of prayers during the month of Ramzan and on Eid at the demolished 'Akhoondji mosque' site in Mehrauli.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena wrote to the Union Home Secretary on Monday to complain of a "lack of seriousness" by Delhi government's ministers when called to meetings at the his office to discuss "routine works of governance".