The Odisha government Friday announced that the State Food Security Scheme (SFSS) will be extended by five more years till December 31, 2028.

The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) will conduct the annual Plus II final year examinations from February 16 to March 20.

The Supreme Court Friday asked the family of Nikhil Gupta -- the Indian national accused by US federal prosecutors of plotting to assassinate Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun -- to approach the court in Czech Republic where Gupta is presently detained.

The BCCI has decided to ‘retire' World Cup winning captain MS Dhoni’s No.7 jersey to honour his rich contribution to Indian cricket.

Commerce and Transport (C&T) Minister Tukuni Sahu inaugurated the command and control centre for vehicle location tracking device (VLTD) at Bhubaneswar-II RTO new building in Chandrasekharpur area here, Friday.

The state government Friday appointed IPS officer B Radhika as chairperson of Odisha Police Recruitment Board (OPRB), on her return from central deputation.

The Centre has made a payment of `51.37 crore as ex-gratia and compensation amount to the next of kin and victims of the Balasore train tragedy, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha, Friday.

Capping 10 days of searches, the Income Tax (I-T) department ended its raids being carried out against an Odisha-based distillery owned by a Congress MP’s family and some linked entities and sent a final appraisal report of the entire operation to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in Delhi, Friday.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday laid the foundation stone for four infrastructure development projects worth Rs 159.29 crore in Ekamra constituency here.

The Supreme Court Friday extended the deadline for Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to decide the cross-petitions filed by the rival factions of the Shiv Sena seeking disqualification of each other's MLAs from December 31 to January 10 next year.

The foundation stone of the Masjid Mohammad bin Abdullah in Ayodhya is likely to be laid next year, and saints, pirs and clerics will be invited for the ceremony, people associated with the project said Friday.

A Delhi court Friday sent Lalit Jha, arrested in the Parliament security breach case, to 7-day custody of the Delhi Police that claimed he was the “mastermind” of the shocking incident.

: The Supreme Court Friday refused to stay the Allahabad High Court's decision allowing a court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah adjoining the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura on an oral plea by the Muslim side and asked them to challenge the order by way of an appeal.

Odisha FC commenced their 2023-24 IWL campaign in spectacular fashion trouncing local rivals Sports Odisha 4-0 in a game played at the Capital Football Arena here Friday.

A new office complex that surpasses the Pentagon in size is set to officially open on Sunday in Surat, cementing the city's ambitions to become the world's diamond capital.

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Manipur government to apprise the Supreme Court-appointed committee of the steps taken to secure places of public worship in the state where ethnic clashes have claimed more than 170 lives since May.

What seemed like a difficult year for Gautam Adani is set to end on a brighter note, with the Adani Group's losses going down significantly to $64 billion as of December 14.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Friday said an anti-gangster task force will be formed to control organised crime in the state while a special investigation team will probe government exam paper leak cases.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday pitched for a "structured mechanism" of interaction among the heads of the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary, saying it will not help if the heads of these institutions start sharing their thoughts

As many as 8.3 lakh Canadian citizens have affiliation to Hinduism while 7.7 lakh reported Sikhism as their religion, the government told Parliament on Friday, citing Ottawa's census data for 2021.