The State Bank of India (SBI) Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that a total of 22,217 electoral bonds were purchased by political parties between April 1, 2019 and February 15 this year, out of which 22,030 were redeemed.

With elections round the corner, the state government Wednesday announced remuneration hike for junior teachers and functionaries of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the state. While the salary of junior teachers has been hiked from `13,800 to `20,000 per month, the Mayors of Municipal Corporations will now get `50,000 instead of `8,000 and the Deputy Mayors `20,000 instead of `5,000 earlier, an official at the CMO said

The state government Wednesday announced the formation of 22 new Notified Area Councils (NAC) in 13 districts and upgradation of Bhanjanagar NAC in Ganjam to a Municipality.

In recognition to the significant contribution of Padma awardees to the society, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has decided to pay an honorarium of `25,000 to the awardees from April this year.

The Forest department Wednesday said the mass nesting sites of Olive Ridley sea turtles in the state will remain out of bounds for visitors till the hatchlings are born.

Mercury Wednesday touched the 39 degrees Celsius-mark in many parts of Odisha, recording the highest temperature so far this month, weather officials said.

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to set up 10 per cent all-women polling booths in every Assembly constituency in Odisha for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in the state, an official said Wednesday.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday inaugurated an integrated sports complex at Jeypore in Koraput district and 26 multipurpose indoor stadiums spread over 12 districts of the state.

CSIRInstitute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) signed an MoU with the Geological Society of India (GSI), Kolkata to work on developing technologies for the recovery of critical minerals from the Indian deposits.

A local court Wednesday sentenced a man to ten years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for sexually assaulting a differently-abled woman. The man is identified as Krushna Chandra Das, a neighbour from the victim’s village under Balipatna police station limits.

Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary personnel have arrested 14 fishermen and seized a fishing vessel on charges of entering the ‘No Fishing Zone’, an official informed here Wednesday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually laid the foundation stone for a Rs 27,000-crore semiconductor assembly and test facility in Assam's Morigaon district Wednesday.

As many as 1,000 workers of ruling BJD here deserted the party and joined the saffron party at a merger meeting held at the BJP office in Kherang Bazaar under this Assembly segment in Bhadark district, Wednesday

Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government in Haryana Wednesday won the confidence motion by voice vote in the state assembly here, a day after he took oath as the new Chief Minister.

The defence ministry Wednesday signed two contracts with a combined value of Rs 8,073 crore with the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd for acquisition of 34 advanced light helicopters and associated equipment for the Indian Army and the Coast Guard.