A large number of devotees from across Odisha and the country started arriving Tuesday at this seaside pilgrim town, a day ahead of the muchawaited grand opening of the ‘Srimandir Parikrama Prakalpa’ or the Jagannath Temple heritage corridor project.

The state government Tuesday urged private establishments in the state to make arrangements for screening the inauguration ceremony of the Puri heritage corridor project.

 The state government Tuesday extended the deadline for submission of applications for Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) Nabin Card by 10 days, according to a notification.

 Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Odisha Assembly Jaya Narayan Mishra urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday to declare January 22 a public holiday in the state.

The Supreme Court Tuesday allowed a plea moved by Hindu women plaintiffs for cleaning the water tank in the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi that is located in an area that has been sealed.

The Congress Tuesday appointed YS Sharmila, the daughter of former Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, as the new president of the party’s Andhra Pradesh unit.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday alleged that the Ram temple consecration event in Ayodhya has been made into a "Narendra Modi and RSS-BJP function" with an "election flavour", as he strongly defended the decision of his party's top leaders to decline the invite to the ceremony.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced Tuesday that she will lead a 'rally for harmony' in Kolkata January 22, the day on which the Ram temple consecration ceremony will be held in Ayodhya.

Over 5,000 dengue cases have been reported in Sri Lanka so far in January, according to the latest update released by the National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) Tuesday.

 The US launched a new strike against the Yemen-based Houthis Tuesday, hitting anti-ship missiles in the third assault on the Iranianbacked group in recent days, a US official said.

 Iran fired missiles late Monday at what it claimed were Israeli “spy headquarters” near the US consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, and at targets linked to the extremist group Islamic State in northern Syria.

A Reserve Bank working group has suggested that state governments should charge a minimum fee for guarantees extended by them on loans taken by their enterprises, local bodies, and cooperative institution.

The domestic insurance sector is on course to log in over 7 per cent annual growth over the next decade and the premium income is likely to double to around USD 450 billion by financial year 2033- 34, an industry report said Tuesday.

Indian tennis ace Sumit Nagal stunned World No.27 Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan in straight sets to enter the Australian Open second round for the first time in his career here Tuesday.

Udita Duhan capped her milestone 100th international appearance with a double strike that took India closer to a Paris ticket after hosts thrashed Italy 5-1 to enter the semifinal of the FIH Olympic Qualifier here Tuesday.