Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a new food park at Mundamba and laid the foundation for a new industrial park at Kalibeti, both in Khurda district, Thursday

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari Thursday inaugurated two national highway (NH) projects and laid the foundation stones for 26 other such projects worth `6,600 crore through videoconferencing in Puri.

 In a major blow to the Union government, the Supreme Court Thursday annulled the electoral bonds scheme, introduced January 2, 2018 as an alternative to cash donations for political funding, saying it violates the Constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression as well as the right to information.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday inaugurated 20 new bus stands under the 'Ama Bus Stand' Yojana in 13 districts, with a focus on improving the transport system between villages and cities.

The state government Thursday announced a special allowance of `5,000 per month for ambulance drivers and emergency medical technicians, along with `3,000 per month for helpers, starting this month.

Actor and Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty’s father Abhay Mohanty passed away Thursday at his residence in Cuttack. Anubhav’s father breathed his last at the age of 74.

A local court in Ganjam district Thursday sentenced a teacher to life imprisonment after convicting him in the 2018 murder case of his second wife,

A person was arrested and two leopard skins were confiscated from his possession in Sambalpur district Thursday, police said.

Rajasthan mining department is all set to create history as it will start a gold mine auction for the first time in the state in the Banswara district’s Bhukia-Jagpura area.

The sustained efforts of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh over the past seven years are paying off and religious tourism now accounts for a major share in the tourism sector.

A Varanasi court Thursday fixed February 28 as the date for hearing the Gyanvapi Masjid committee’s plea against the recently allowed puja in a cellar of the mosque, the Hindu side counsel said.

Three Union ministers held a third round of talks with the leaders of protesting farmer unions in Chandigarh Thursday, amid a standoff between the protesters and security personnel at two points on the Punjab-Haryana border.

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned TMC leader and former Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra for questioning in a FEMA contravention case next week, official sources said Thursday.

A special PMLA court Thursday remanded former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to judicial custody till February 22 in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam.

Israeli forces said Thursday they had raided the biggest functioning hospital in Gaza as footage showed chaos, shouting and gunfire in dark corridors filled with dust and smoke.