Odisha

New Delhi: The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) completed six consecutive developmental trials of the High-Speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) 'ABHYAS' at the integrated test range in Chandipur, Odisha. With improved booster configuration and multiple mission validations, ABHYAS is now production-ready, demonstrating cost-effectiveness and export potential.

Mahtab is a seven-term MP, which makes him one of the longest-serving parliamentarians in the current Lok Sabha. The 66-year-old has been representing Cuttack in Parliament since 1998.

Delhi is grappling with a record-breaking power demand due to a relentless heatwave. On Wednesday, peak demand surged to 8,656 MW, surpassing Tuesday's 8,647 MW. The city's hottest night in 12 years saw temperatures at 35.2°C, while the power ministry urges utilities to stay vigilant. The IMD predicts relief from June 20 as monsoon advances

Odisha's BJP government in its first Cabinet meeting approved a proposal to re-open all four gates of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri on early Thursday morning and set up a corpus fund for immediate requirement of the 12th-century shrine.

BJP's tribal leader and four-time MLA Mohan Charan Majhi was on Wednesday sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha, days after the party came to power for the time in the state assembly elections ending the 24-year stint of BJD.

VK Pandian, a close associate of former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, announced on Sunday (June 9) that he is stepping down from active politics following the Biju Janata Dal's humiliating defeat in the state assembly elections.

Sofia Firdous, the Congress MLA from the Barabati-Cuttack seat in Odisha, has got her name registered in history books. She is the first-ever Muslim woman legislator to have been elected to the Odisha Assembly.

His absence during Naveen's visit to Raj Bhavan to tender his resignation and the subsequent meetings with party members, including the newly elected MLAs, at Naveen Niwas, has raised eyebrows.

The Chandigarh constituency in the state of Chandigarh went to polls on June 1. As many as 6.49 lakh voters in the state were eligible to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha elections this year, which are being held alongside Legislative Assembly elections in the four states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim.

The interaction unfolded as PM Modi learned of Kamala's presence on the dais, prompting him to express his happiness by bowing before her in front of the assembled crowd.