Administrative services across Odisha remained severely disrupted on Thursday as around 1,500 officers from the Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) and Odisha Revenue Service (ORS) reportedly continued their mass leave in protest against the assault on Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo.

Prominent opposition parties have given their in-principle approval to support the motion to remove Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma and the process of collecting signatures could begin soon, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday.

The Supreme Court has said insurance companies are not liable to pay compensation to the families of individuals who die as a result of their own rash and reckless driving.

As the annual Amarnath Yatra commenced on Thursday amid heightened security measures, Kashmiri Muslims reaffirmed the Valley’s enduring legacy of communal harmony by warmly welcoming Hindu pilgrims undertaking the spiritual journey.

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government, alleging a deep-rooted conspiracy behind the recent move to merge government schools in rural areas.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday restrained Patanjali from running allegedly disparaging advertisements against Dabur Chyawanprash.

As many as nine people are still missing in the explosion at the Sigachi Industries' pharma plant in Pashamylaram that claimed at least 38 lives and left 35 injured, and efforts are on to trace them, Superintendent of Police (SP) of this district, Paritosh Pankaj, said on Thursday.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his American counterpart Pete Hegseth have agreed to firm up a 10-year framework to further expand defence and strategic ties between India and the US.