Eleven convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 riots in Gujarat will have to surrender January 21 as the Supreme Court Friday dismissed their plea seeking an extension of time to surrender.

Minor girls at an Indore orphanage narrated tales of abuse and alleged horrifying ways of punishment, including branding with hot tongs, hanging upside down and forcing to inhale smoke from burning red chillies, prompting the local administration to seal the facility and the police to file an FIR against five women.

The Budget Session of the Odisha Assembly will begin February 5, a notification said Friday.

The world’s richest family owns a `4,078 crore presidential palace (three times the size of Pentagon), eight private jets and a popular football club, according to a report by GQ.

A con artist, who fleeced a man to the tune of `3.18 lakh by posing as a prospective bride on a matrimonial website, was arrested by the Commissionerate Police, Friday.

The state government inked pacts with 11 companies for different projects to the tune of `23,389 crore during the Enterprise Odisha Summit held at Jharsuguda Friday.

 Housing and Urban Development department Friday issued guidelines for the state-wide awareness programme Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha (Sahari), being undertaken from January 22 to inform people about benefits offered under various government schemes.

Police have seized 23 illegal arms from various places in and around the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district in the last few months and arrested eight people in this connection.

Twenty of the 35 works under the 'Imagine Panaji' Smart City project have been completed, a senior official said Thursday.

The Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal Friday announced their alliance for the Lok Sabha polls, with the RLD saying that the other party will leave seven seats in western Uttar Pradesh for its nominees. SP president Akhilesh Yadav.

Expelled Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra Friday vacated her government bungalow here, a day after the Delhi High Court dismissed her plea for a stay on eviction proceedings.

Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been granted 50-day parole, official sources said Friday.

 In a first, the Supreme Court Friday designated 11 women lawyers as senior advocates in one go.

The first made-in-India chip will be out by December, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for developing a very strong semiconductor industry in the country in a short span of time with focus on the entire ecosystem.

The Centre has issued a notice to Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of engaging in "deceptive trade practices" related to the sale of sweets under the name 'Shri Ram Mandir Ayodhya Prasad.'