The Election Commission would require an estimated `10,000 crore every 15 years to procure new Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) if simultaneous polls are held for Lok Sabha and assemblies, according to the poll body.

: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday laid foundation stones for 19 instream storage structures in 13 districts worth Rs 4,600 crore.

Former Lok Sabha MP Anadi Sahu died at his residence in Cuttack Saturday. He was 84.

 Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday inaugurated 361 transformed schools in 5 districts on the third day of the 4th phase of school transformation programme under 5T initiative of the state government. Chairman 5T and Nabin Odisha Kartik Pandian was also present on this occasion.

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Saturday said the country is moving towards an integrated approach where the Ayush system of medicine will be used along with the modern ones.

Senior BJP leader and former MLA Jaynarayan Mohanty passed away Saturday after prolonged illness, family members said. Mohanty, 73, is survived by two sons and a daughter. He breathed his last at AIIMS,

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday interrogated Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for over seven hours in connection with a money laundering case linked to land deals, following which he claimed that a conspiracy was hatched against him.

Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday said the government will end the free movement of people at the India-Myanmar border, and fence it completely so that it can be protected like the country's boundary with Bangladesh.

The Congress Saturday alleged that its workers were assaulted, their vehicles vandalised and banners torn in Assam's North Lakhimpur town, through which the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra proceeded.

Between 10,000 and 15,000 people were killed in one city in Sudan’s West Darfur region last year in ethnic violence by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militia, according to a United Nations report seen by Reuters Friday.

 Nepal has requested Russia to not admit Nepalese nationals into the Russian Army and help repatriate those who have already joined the country’s forces to fight the war in Ukraine.

Manipur Chief minister N Biren Singh today indicated the central forces are not doing enough to bring normalcy in crisis-hit Manipur.

The Gujarat High Court has directed the state government to submit an action taken report on the death of students and teachers in a recent boat tragedy, observing that it has "shocked the conscience" of the public.

 Retirement fund body EPFO added 13.95 lakh net members in November 2023, as per the latest payroll data released Saturday

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek is out of the Australian Open after a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 third-round loss to 50th-ranked Linda Noskova Saturday. Swiatek is a four-time major winner but has never been past the semifinals at Melbourne Park