Odisha govt decides to set up a Water Informatics Centre for coordination, collection and dissemination of water resources.

Over 100 killed Israeli troops kill over 100 Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza city, bringing the death toll since the start of the war to over 30,000.

Himachal Pradesh (HP) Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania Thursday disqualified six Congress MLAs, who had cross-voted in the recent Rajya Sabha polls.

 Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday announced a hike in remuneration of Anganwadi workers, mini-Anganwadi workers and their assistants.

Stage is set for the reopening of Srimandir Ratna Bhandar (treasury) and inventory of valuables stored in it after a gap of more than 45 years, with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday announcing constitution of a 12-member high-level committee, led by former Supreme Court Judge Arijit Pasayat, to supervise the muchawaited procedure at the 12th century shrine in Puri.

The state government Thursday distributed project approval letters to seven apparel and garment manufacturing units which will be set up in Khurda district, entailing an investment of `378.98 crore.

Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment and Fisheries Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain Thursday disbursed financial assistance of more than `22 crore to 15,037 households dependent on fishing as livelihood support during the fishing ban on account of Olive Ridley turtle conservation.

The state government has decided to conduct a digital crop survey across the state to ascertain the exact area under cultivation by farmers, a senior official said.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday inaugurated 2,000 CSP (Customer Service Point) plus outlets under the ‘Ama Bank’ initiative, aimed at providing banking services in all unbanked gram panchayats of the state.

President Droupadi Murmu Thursday conferred the honorary D Litt on the Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Pramod Kumar Mishra at the convocation of Utkal University .

A special fast track court here convicted a man for rape of a minor and handed him down 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI), Thursday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Thursday accused Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena of threatening officers to stall various city government initiatives, including the bus marshal scheme.

Overturning an apex court judgement of 2018, the Supreme Court Thursday ruled that stay orders passed by a lower court or high court in civil and criminal cases cannot stand vacated automatically after six months, and said such a direction “virtually amounts to judicial legislation”.

President Droupadi Murmu has withheld assent to the three University laws Bills referred to her by Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, but approved the Kerala Lokayukta Bill passed by the state Assembly.

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday to fulfil Moscow's goals in Ukraine and sternly warned the West against deeper involvement in the fighting, saying that such a move is fraught with the risk of a global nuclear conflict.

The growth of eight key infrastructure sectors slowed to a 15-month low of 3.6 per cent in January, on account of poor performance of sectors like refinery products, fertiliser, steel and electricity, according to the official data released Thursday.

The GDP (gross domestic product) growth was 4.3 per cent in the October-December 2022 quarter, according to the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) Thursday.

 The Union Cabinet Thursday approved setting up three semiconductor-making units by firms, including Tata Group and Japan’s Renesas, at an investment of `1.26 lakh crore as part of an attempt to cut India’s dependence on imports to meet requirements of chips.

Senior India batter KL Rahul will not feature in the fifth and final Test against England in Dharamsala owing to an injury while pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will return to the team, the BCCI said Thursday

Odisha FC registered a 2-1 victory over East Bengal FC to consolidate their position at the top of the Indian Super League (ISL) table here Thursday.