ISRO said that final preparations have been completed and the countdown for the LVM3-M5 mission has begun.

Anant Singh, fielded by JD(U) in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, was arrested early Sunday in connection with the murder of Jan Suraaj supporter Dular Chand Yadav.

At least nine people -- eight women and a boy -- were killed and many others injured in a temple stampede here in Srikakulam district Saturday.

Egypt inaugurates the Grand Egyptian Museum, the world’s largest, dedicated to its ancient civilisation.

In a significant move to provide digital convenience to Aadhaar cardholders, UIDAI rolls out fully digital ‘Aadhaar’.

The Odisha government is committed to ensure every woman in the state becomes fi nancially independent, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Saturday.

The Orissa High Court has directed the state government to expedite removal of encroachments on government land in a village in Jajpur district.

The state government Saturday imposed a sevenmonth-long ban on sea fi shing activity within 20 km of the coast at the river mouths of Dhamra, Devi and Rushikulya as part of its annual Olive Ridley turtle conservation programme.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has asked farmers to try to repay bank loans if they can, and not wait for a bailout every time.

The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban on anyone born after January 2007, becoming the only country with a generational prohibition on tobacco, according to its health ministry.

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday inaugurated 44 new sub-registration offi ces in as many tehsils across 13 districts. Majhi virtually inaugurated the sub-registration offi ces from the Lok Seva Bhawan here.

The state government Saturday imposed a sevenmonth-long ban on sea fi shing activity within 20 km of the coast at the river mouths of Dhamra, Devi and Rushikulya as part of its annual Olive Ridley turtle conservation programme.

Mumbai's civic body, Friday said it has permitted “controlled feeding” of pigeons at four new locations in the city for two hours in the morning.

The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) in Uttar Pradesh reopened its gates for tourists Saturday following the period of routine annual closure which began June 15.

The Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) along with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Saturday held a protest march against alleged irregularities in the voters list, which the Opposition has been claiming were helping the ruling BJP.