1.Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday conducted the 16th round of his public grievance hearing programme at the CM’s Grievance Cell at Unit-II, Bhubaneswar, reaffirming the state government’s commitment to responsive and people-centric governance.

2.A Hindu businessman, who was also the acting editor of a newspaper, was fatally shot in the head by unidentified assailants Monday in Jessore district in southern Bangladesh, officials said.

3.The United States could raise tariffs on India if New Delhi does not meet Washington’s demand to curb purchases of Russian oil, President Donald Trump said Sunday, escalating pressure on the South Asian country as trade talks remain inconclusive.

4.The Supreme Court Monday refused bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case but granted it to five others, citing “hierarchy of participation” and saying all accused in the case do not stand on the same footing.

5.On the occasion of New Year 2026, BMC Mayor Sulochana Das called upon citizens to actively participate in Swachh Survekshan 2025–26 to help place the city among India’s topranked clean cities.

6.Vigilance officials Monday caught two engineers of the Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation (OLIC) red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs60,000 from a contractor in Udala subdivision of Mayurbhanj district.

7.On the occasion of the National Bird Day, wildlife activists Monday installed artificial nests in several houses of Basudevpur village in Ganjam district in an effort to conserve house sparrows.

8.Indian Army's Trishakti Corps has installed a 10-KW solar power plant at Muguthang village, located at an altitude of around 15,000 feet near the India-China border in North Sikkim, an official statement said Monday.

9.The Supreme Court Monday asked the Centre to consider taking a decision within four months on the revision of wage ceiling for the Employees Provident Fund Scheme (EPFO) which has not been revised in the last 11 years.

10.India Monday urged its nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Iran as the country has been rocked by a wave of protests over inflation and currency devaluation.

11.The Indian Railways has spent 80.54 per cent, which is `2,03,138 crore of the total gross budgetary support (GBS) of `2,52,200 crore, as of the end of December 2025, the ministry said Monday.

12. Mobile phones and hidden SIM cards can be seized from migrants arriving illegally in the UK on small boats across the English Channel under new powers enforced from Monday.

13.The telecom regulator Trai has imposed a penalty of Rs150 crore on telecom operators for their failure to curb spam calls and messages, according to an official source.

14.Crude Oil prices rose by Rs42 to Rs5,197 per barrel in the futures trade Monday amid cautious sentiment over geopolitical developments.

15.Bangladesh Monday banned the broadcast of IPL's upcoming season to protest pacer Mustafi zur Rahman's ouster from the world's biggest T20 league on BCCI instructions amid a steady deterioration of the country's diplomatic ties with India .