Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar Saturday called upon all Collectors and SPs of Odisha to maintain ‘absolute impartiality’, transparency, remain equally accessible to all political parties during the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state.

Renowned Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been named the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award, the Jnanpith selection committee announced Saturday.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday laid the foundation stone for the `3,000-crore Welspun Group’s Integrated Textiles Manufacturing Facility and Warehousing Complex at Choudwar in Cuttack district.

Surpassing previous records, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Saturday rolled out a Budget allocation of `1,027 crore for 2024- 25 fiscal, exceeding limits of `1,000 crore threshold for the very first time.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned senior BJD MLA (Bhandaripokhari) and former minister Prafulla Samal and his son over an alleged money laundering case, sources said Saturday.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday increased the monthly remuneration of cooks and helpers preparing mid-day meals in schools from `1,400 to `2,000.

Odisha government’s ambitious Location Accessible Multimodal Initiative (LAccMI) that has brought about a transformation in the public transport system has covered 20 districts, with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launching the affordable bus service in six more districts on February 16, 2024

As part of its spiritual tourism policy, the Uttar Pradesh government has been renovating ancient temples in various districts. Around 300 temples in all the 75 districts of the state are being renovated.

The DMK government has provided appointment letters to 60,567 youth for various government positions since the party came to power in May 2021, and it has planned to recruit 50,000 persons in the next two years.

The Aam Aadmi Party government Saturday won a trust vote in the 70-member Delhi Assembly with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claiming that his party has emerged as the biggest challenger to the BJP, which "wants to crush it by any means"

Atul Jhunjhunwala, an exporter in the Indian eastern city of Kolkata, is tearing his hair out, having just lost another order due to the Red Sea crisis that has jacked up his shipping costs and times.

The Haryana government on Saturday extended the ban on mobile internet and bulk SMS services in seven districts by two more days till February 19 in the wake of the farmers' agitation.

After the formation of the new cabinet in Jharkhand, Chief Minister Champai Soren, along with state Congress President Rajesh Thakur arrived at Jharkhand Bhawan in the national capital on Saturday.

A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad caused a flutter by saying "doors were always open for Nitish Kumar", Bihar Chief Minister on Saturday downplayed the issue.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands MP Kuldeep Rai Sharma on Saturday received the Sansad Ratna Award for the third consecutive year.