According to the Home department, ESMA will be applicable to employees, including contractual ones, in all government hospitals and dispensaries of the state for six months to ensure uninterrupted medical services.

Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar Monday joined the Congress, dealing a blow to the ruling party ahead of the May 10 Assembly elections.

Odisha reeled under intense heat Monday with temperatures soaring past 40 degrees Celsius in at least 21 places. Baripada, which became the hottest place in the state by recording 44.2 degrees Celsius, is the fourth hottest place in the world, according to El Dorado Weather.

The Orissa High Court has informed the Supreme Court that 10 more virtual courts covering nine districts of the state were made functional with effect from March 27.

The third meeting of Education Working Group (EWG) will be held in Bhubaneswar from April 27 to 28 and the precursor events to the G20 Education Working Group Meetings would be held from April 23 to 26, secretary to higher education K Sanjay Murthy said here, Monday.

The Mahanadi Water Dispute Tribunal will commence the site visit of Mahanadi river basin in Chhattisgarh from Tuesday. The three judges of the tribunal, the assessors and the registrar will be accompanied by the teams of Odisha and Chhattisgarh during the site visit.

The teaching community lost a luminary in eminent economist professor Ghanshyam Das who passed away Sunday (April 16) at Baramunda in Bhubaneswar.

President Droupadi Murmu Monday conferred eight awards under the National Panchavat Awards-2023 to Odisha during a function at Vigyan Bhawan .

A special Delhi court Monday extended the judicial custody of AAP leader Manish Sisodia in the corruption and money laundering cases lodged by the CBI and the ED respectively in the alleged excise scam. Special Judge M K Nagpal extended the custody of Sisodia in CBI case till April 27 and in the ED case till April 29, after he was produced before the court on expiry of his judicial custody granted in the two cases earlier.

Heatwave conditions are predicted in parts of east India over the next four days and the northwest region of the country over the next two days, the Met office said Monday

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma received the Geographical Indication Registration Certificate for Asomiya Gamosa.

Bolstered by Suryakumar Yadav’s return to form, five-time champions Mumbai Indians will look to continue their winning momentum when they face a resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League here Tuesday

BM Mallikarjuna, also known as 'Fighter Ravi', resigned from the BJP's primary membership on Saturday. Mallikarjuna, who has a criminal record related to cricket betting and other scams, didn't receive a ticket for the upcoming Assembly elections in Karnataka. Last month. 

Union Home & Cooperation Minister Amit Shah to present ‘Maharashtra Bhushan’, highest civilian award of state government, at an event in Kharghar Mumbai; The 2022 Maharashtra Bhushan award to be given to social worker Dattatreya alias Appasaheb Dharmadhikari. 

A book fair to be held in Kolkata from April 16-25 to mark ‘Nababarsho’ or Bengali New Year. 

Big relief to Aadhaar card holders! Now you will not have to go to the post office to make and change your Aadhar card. However, now they have started getting all the facilities in the village itself. The Department of Posts has given the device to Gramin Dak Sevaks for making transactions etc. 

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is the apex regulatory body for overall licensing and regulation of micro, small and medium enterprise finance companies in India. 

India’s goods exports declined for the second successive month in March, falling 13.9% to USD 38.38 billion, while imports dipped 7.9% to USD 58.11 billion.

Consumer inflation eases to 5.66% in March; This is higher than the 6.5% average price rise projected by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

The Old Pension Scheme (OPS) would be restored from April 1, 2023 in Himachal Pradesh, benefitting 1.36 lakh employees who will no longer be required to faced deductions under the National Pension Scheme (NPS).