Rajesh Pravakar Patil, a 2005-batch IAS officer, has been appointed as the new Commissioner for the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Saturday

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday announced the formation of 34 new notified area councils (NACs) in 20 districts and the upgradation of five existing NACs into municipalities.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest four Lok Sabha seats in Delhi and the Congress three, the parties said Saturday as they announced their seat-sharing arrangements for the national capital, Gujarat, Goa and Haryana

The newly enacted laws- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Act- to completely overhaul the criminal justice system in the country will come into effect from July 1.

As many as 22 people, including eight children, died when their tractortrolley overturned and fell into a pond in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj district Saturday morning, officials said

Lok Sevak Mandal National Secretary Dr. Pravas Chandra Acharya has taken charge as the Printer and Publisher of state’s oldest Odia daily, Samaja.

The first convocation ceremony of Odisha University of Technology and Research (OUTR) will be held February 2

The state government destroyed illegally grown opium poppy plants valued at `26 lakh in Mayurbhanj district Saturday.

Tamil Nadu Congress leader and sitting MLA from Vilavankode assembly constituency, S. Vijayadharani, has quit the party and joined the BJP.

Thirty-six per cent of Rajya Sabha candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves while the average assets of candidates analysed stood at Rs 127.81 crore, according to poll rights body Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

The Uttarakhand police Saturday arrested the February 8 Haldwani violence alleged mastermind Abdul Malik from Delhi and brought him here, officials said.

The Assam Cabinet has given its nod to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935 in a bid to end child marriage, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi February 25 will dedicate to the nation Sudarshan Setu -- the country’s longest cable-stayed bridge -- which will connect Okha mainland and Beyt Dwarka island.

India has reported a 44 per cent fall in solar installations at 7.5 gigawatt in 2023 due to land acquisitionrelated issues, research firm Mercom Capital said.

Young off-spinner Shoaib Bashir scythed through the Indian line-up with an impressive four-wicket haul that left the hosts stuttering at 219/7 on day two of the fourth Test here Saturday.