After steering BJP to its Bihar Assembly election victory as party’s election in-charge, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visits Puri Srimandir to offer prayers   Ahead of India–South Africa T20 clash, a team of experts inspects spectator gallery at Cuttack's Barabati Stadium   Orissa POST - Odisha’s No.1 English Daily

New Delhi: Chinese nationals will now be able to apply for tourist visas for India through Indian missions and consulates around the world as the two countries step up efforts to rebuild ties following the resolution of the eastern Ladakh military stand-off. In July, India resumed tourist visas for Chinese nationals. Issuance of visas to Chinese nationals...

Johannesburg: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said he was looking forward to "productive discussions" with world leaders on key global issues as he arrived here to attend the G20 Leaders' Summit being hosted by South Africa. Modi arrived at Waterkloof Air Force Base (AFB) in Gauteng, where he was accorded a warm and ceremonial welcome. He was...

Mumbai: The rupee plunged 98 paise to close at its lifetime low of 89.66 against the US dollar Friday, due to a huge demand for the greenback in the domestic forex market amid widespread selling pressure in local and global equities and trade-related uncertainties. Concerns over a possible bubble building around artificial-intelligence technology stocks also spooked investor...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress MLA Sagar Charan Das Friday claimed that some unknown persons assaulted his aide, seeking to know about the legislator's whereabouts, and threatened to kill the lawmaker. The Bhawanipatna MLA, who is the son of Odisha Congress chief Bhakta Charan Das, lodged a police complaint before the DGP YB Khurania, seeking action against the miscreants....

Patna: The Home portfolio of Bihar, which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar kept with himself all through his nearly 20-year-long tenure, has been given to his deputy, BJP leader Samrat Chowdhury, this time, according to an official notification issued Friday. On the other hand, the Finance portfolio, which has been held by the BJP whenever it has entered...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha vigilance department Friday arrested the secretary of a primary agricultural cooperative society (PACS) for alleged embezzlement of public funds amounting to Rs 40.71 lakh. The arrested official has been identified as Suresh Chandra Sahu, secretary of Kadopada PACS in Deogarh district. During investigation, it was found that Sahu siphoned off the money by manipulating official...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday announced it would establish a dedicated recruiting agency, Odisha Uniformed Services Staff Selection Commission (OUSSSC), to streamline appointments in police and other uniformed services. The decision comes in the backdrop of large-scale irregularities in the recruitment of sub-inspectors, leading to a CBI probe. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday signed a pact with the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) for independent research on the conservation, protection and increased production of the state fish 'Mahanadi Mahaseer.' The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in Bhubaneswar in presence of Minister of Fisheries and Animal Resources Development, Gokulananda Mallik, during the state-level celebrations of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday approved a policy aimed to position the state as a hub for Global Capability Centres (GCCs) by offering a comprehensive set of incentives, an official said. A GCC is an entity established by a multinational company to centralise and perform key business functions like IT, research and development, and finance. A state Cabinet...