* Bolangir Dist Collector directs for closure of BC Jena Memorial Seva Kendra after suicide of Divyang woman caretaker on March 20.
* MCI approves increase of 250 MBBS seats at the SCB Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack.
* AIADMK merger: 7 member committee of CM Palanisami to hold merger talks with O Panneerselvam faction.
* FM Arun Jaitley takes up H1B visa issue with US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
* 6 killed, 13 injured in a minibus-truck collision in Sangli district in Maharashtra.
* What is the logic behind making Aadhaar mandatory for PAN & filing IT returns, SC asks Centre
* India wins elections to 2 subsidiary bodies of a United Nations organ focussed on social and economic issues.