In order to conserve the fish stock in the sea during the breeding season, a 61-day-long ban on fishing has been imposed in sea and estuaries along the eastern coast of the nation including the Odisha coast, starting Friday. The ban will be in force starting from April 15 to June 14.

Mo College Abhijan has signed an MOU with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI FLO) to offer On-Job Training Program/ Internship program to students of various College and Universities for the training and better employment to the students under Mo College Abhijan.

In a dramatic turn of events, jailed gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead by three assailants while they were being escorted by police to a medical college here Saturday night. Atiq and his brother were shot when they were being taken for a medical test to the Colvin Hospital here. Both died on the spot.

Odisha has been awarded Global Planet Purpose Award for Drive for Results at the Planet Explore 2023-Transparency to Action Conference in Washington DC, USA. Drive for Results Award is given to agencies who rapidly hypothesize and test, measure, and improve the way they approach solving a problem to drive more results.

In a landmark decision, the Ministry of Home Affairs has approved the conduct of constable (general duty) examination for Central Armed Police Forces in 13 regional languages, in addition to Hindi and English.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge telephoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday, a day after the AAP convenor was summoned by the CBI, and stressed the need for opposition parties to unite against the BJP ahead of the 2024 elections.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has assets of ₹ 49.70 crore, reveals his election affidavit filed before the returning officer on Saturday to contest for the May 10 Assembly elections from Shiggaon constituency in Haveri district.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday appeared before a court here in connection with an application seeking action against him for alleged non-disclosure of criminal cases in his election affidavit in 2014.

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has recommended to the Centre the names of judicial officers Girish Kathpalia, Dharmesh Sharma and Manoj Jain for their appointment as Delhi High Court judges.

A court in Maharashtras Thane district on Saturday granted a permanent exemption to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from appearing before it in a defamation case filed against him by a RSS functionary.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) suffered a setback in Surat city of Gujarat as six of its corporators in the local civic body joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a party functionary said on Saturday.

The NCERT consulted 25 external experts and 16 CBSE teachers to carry out its syllabus rationalisation exercise.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday said it has chargesheeted former BJD MLA Anam Naik in a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case. The central probe agency said the chargesheet was filed before a special PMLA court in Bhubaneswar against Naik and a few others suggesting their conviction as well as confiscation of properties worth Rs 1.52 crore

 Autonomous colleges will no longer be required to ensure that the number of contractual faculty is not more than 10 per cent of the total sanctioned faculty positions, according to revised University Grants Commission (UGC) norms

The Odisha marine fishery department has imposed a ban on fishing activities along the eastern coast of Bay of Bengal in the state to facilitate fish breeding.