1.State Transport Authority (STA) is all set to commence enforcement drive throughout the state in order to curb reckless drivers without valid documentation on the roads.

 2. A 34-yearold man was arrested in Bhubaneswar on the charge of marrying five women without divorcing anyone and duping them of lakhs of rupees posing himself as a police officer, an official said Saturday.

3. Singhadwar police has issued a notice to Srinivas Barkhedi, ViceChancellor of a Central Sanskrit University, to explain his presence on the chariot during the Rath Yatra here this year.

4. Rajnagar forest range personnel have rescued a 4.9-foot long female estuarine crocodile from a pond at Barhapur under Koilipur panchayat of Rajnagar block in this district.

5. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray Saturday launched a broadside against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing the former ally of indulging in “power jihad” by breaking political parties to form a government.

6. During a meeting to review the industrial scenario in the state Saturday, Industries department Secretary Hemant Sharma apprised Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi that around 989 proposals have been received by the government for setting up industries.

7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again emerged as the most popular leader across the world, leaving behind US President Joe Biden and newly appointed UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

8. The next round of talks for the ongoing review meeting of the India-Asean free trade agreement in goods will be held in November, an official statement said Saturday.

9. Telecom operators will have to compensate subscribers in case of service outages for more than 24 hours at a district level under the new quality of service rules issued by the sector regulator Trai.

10. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) pumped in `54,727 core in equity and debt in July anticipating India's strong growth outlook for FY 2025

11. The US military will deploy additional fighter jets and Navy warships to the Middle East, the Pentagon said Friday, as Washington seeks to bolster defenses following threats from Iran and its allies Hamas and Hezbollah.

12. The arrest of Arvind Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar in a case concerning alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal was "necessary" and police strictly followed the law while doing so, the Delhi High Court has said.

13. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said the Centre has denied political clearance to him for visiting Paris to support the Indian hockey team at the ongoing Olympic Games.

14. State Bank of India (SBI) today reported an almost flat standalone net profit at Rs17,035 crore for the first quarter of the current financial year.

15. The killing this week of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, hours after the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah's military chief Fuad Shukr in Beirut, has intensified the voices clamouring for revenge Iran.