The Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, led by Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, appeared to have survived a crisis with party strongman Vikramaditya Singh softening his stance late Wednesday night.

 Six national parties have declared a total income of nearly `3,077 crore in financial year 2022-23, with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) getting the maximum share `2,361 crore, which constitutes 76.73 per cent of the total income of the parties, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said Wednesday.

The state government has decided to transform the traditional kitchens in its residential schools and hostels into ‘eco-friendly’ ones and stop the use of conventional methods of cooking.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday inaugurated the Manmath Das and Manoj Das memorial at Sankhari village in Balasore district besides launching various development projects in the district.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at his residence here and praised state’s various technology-driven farmer empowerment initiatives.

Centurion University’s School of Fisheries, has received approval from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for its Bachelor of Fisheries Science (BF Sc) degree program.

The Election Commission has sought a clarification from the Odisha government and the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over the alleged use of party’s ‘conch’ symbol in advertisements issued using public funds, sources said Wednesday.

The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to provide Samaleswari Express a stoppage at Rengali on experimental basis. Similarly Puri-Durg Express will also have stoppage at Loisinga and Muribahal stations.

After paying her obeisance at Maa Kichakeswari Temple at Khiching in Mayurbhanj district, President Droupadi Murmu Wednesday laid foundation stones for a Central Government Holiday Home and Sports Complex at Rairangpur, her home town.

The CBI has summoned Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav as a “witness” to record his statement Thursday in illegal mining cases registered five years ago.

 Hundreds of commando personnel of all five districts in the Imphal Valley region Wednesday held a symbolic ‘arms down' protest against the mob attack on the residence of an Additional Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar Moirangthem and his abduction, officials said.

The Supreme Court Wednesday extended protection, till March 13, to BRS MLC K Kavitha from action by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which has summoned her in connection with the ongoing probe into the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy case.

Only human trials will help understand the efficacy of the new `100 pill developed to prevent recurrence of cancer, said doctors Wednesday. According to a report by NDTV, researchers at the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) in Mumbai claimed to have discovered a treatment to prevent relapse of cancer that would cost only `100.

Telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal has been awarded Honorary Knighthood by the British King in recognition of his services to the UK and India business relations.

Singapore, facing a dwindling population and a manpower shortage, has seen its resident total fertility rate (TFR) drop to an estimated 0.97 per cent in 2023, the first time it has dropped below one per cent in the country’s history. The TFR, which refers to the average number of babies each woman would have during her reproductive years, fell from 1.04 in 2022 and 1.12 in 2021.