Bhubaneswar: Orissa High Court has directed maintenance of status quo on government construction activities within the protected zone of the Grameswar Temple in Puri, while seeking compliance reports from the state government and ASI on alleged violations of the Odisha Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1956. Justice BP Routray passed the interim order while hearing a petition filed...

Bhubaneswar: A total of 422 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) are now functional across the state after the Union government upgraded Ayush dispensaries into Health and Wellness Centres under the National Health Mission (NHM) and subsequently re-designated them as AAMs. Union Minister of State for AYUSH Prataprao Jadhav informed the Rajya Sabha while replying to a question from...

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam further improved Tuesday as the number of affected people dipped to 1.22 lakh in five districts, but the toll rose to 89 with two more deaths, an official bulletin said. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) bulletin issued this evening, two persons lost their lives in the deluge...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with 10 organisations for advancing healthcare delivery, innovation and institutional collaboration. The state Health and Family Welfare Department signed the MoUs with the organisations in the presence of Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling. The organisations are-Centre for Emergency and Trauma Care of AIIMS New Delhi, All India Institute of...

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New Delhi: Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi will participate in the 13th BRICS Education Ministers' Meeting to be held in Bhubaneswar from August 5 to 7. In a statement, Ministry of Education Tuesday said that the 3rd BRICS Senior Officials' Meeting will also be held in Odisha. "The Ministry of Education, under India's BRICS chairship 2026, is...

Thanjavur: Udhayanidhi Stalin, who was arrested Tuesday in the double-meaning insulting remark case, was released on station bail following questioning at Sengipatti near here, police sources said. Udhayanidhi was accorded a warm welcome by the DMK workers outside the police station. After he was arrested from his Chennai residence at about 11 am, Udhayanidhi was brought to...

New Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court Tuesday took serious note of a large number of vehicles plying without third-party insurance cover and directed the Centre to evolve a pilot project by which fuel for vehicles can be refused at petrol pumps until valid insurance is obtained. The top court took note of the number...

Kolkata: A day after the Calcutta High Court rejected the anticipatory bail of Sumit Roy, former aide to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, in the alleged Salboni government land fraud case, a CID team Tuesday reached his city residence with an arrest warrant to trace him in connection with the investigation, a senior official said. Personnel from...

Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court has granted 20-day parole to self-styled "godman" Asaram, who is serving a life sentence in a 2013 case of sexually assaulting a minor, saying the state government failed to justify its decision to reject his parole application. A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sanjeet Purohit granted relief...