The Election Commission Sunday advanced the date of the counting of votes for the Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim Assembly polls to June 2 from June 4.

The First National Lok Adalat was held on the premises of Orissa High Court in Cuttack, Sunday. A total of 133 cases were disposed downtown of during the hearing.

The district administrations were asked by the Odisha government to pause the weekly public grievance hearings till the elections are complete.

Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) in collaboration with Red Swastik Society, an NGO, and Inali Foundation distributed for the first time 40 electronic prosthetic hands to differently-abled women in the state.

Over 1 lakh people residing in urban areas of the state do not have a pucca house to live in. The Centre sponsored Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) is one among the many housing schemes launched by the Centre and the state government to facilitate access to affordable housing for the low and moderate income residents in the country.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has challenged senior BJP leaders to engage in an open debate with party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee regarding the issues of MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana funding.

Adani group plans to invest more than `1.2 lakh crore (about $14 billion) across its portfolio companies 

Russia witnesses protests outside polling stations at midday Sunday on the last day of a three-day presidential election.

Two brothers were arrested in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district for allegedly posing as Enforcement Directorate officers, and extorting money from government officials, police said Sunday.

 Established in 1774 by the then Governor General of Bengal, Warren Hastings, Kolkata GPO holds the distinction of being India’s first general post office. Over its 250-year history, it has served as a testament to the evolution of postal services in the country.

Kerala has filed a fresh plea in the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024, contending it was discriminatory, arbitrary and contravened the principles of secularism.

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in Chhattisgarh has registered a case against former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and others in the alleged Mahadev online betting scam based on a probe report submitted by the ED, officials said Sunday.

FPIs came back strongly to invest in the Indian equity markets, buying shares worth ` 40,710 crore in the first fortnight of the month amid an improvement in the global economic landscape and robust domestic macroeconomic outlook.

E-commerce firm Flipkart’s valuation has declined by $5 billion or around `41,000 crore as of January 2024 compared to that in January 2022, according to equity transactions carried out by its US-based parent firm Walmart.

A spirited women’s team washed away Royal Challengers Bangalore’s 16 years of hurt and disappointment, landing their maiden title which came through an eight-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in front of a cheering full house in the Women’s Premier League final here Sunday.