Participants perform at 16th Bharat Muni Festival at GKCM, Thursday.  

Phulbani: Normal life in parts of Odisha was severely affected Thursday due to intense cold as the minimum temperature remained below 10 degrees Celsius in at least 15 places in 11 of the 30 districts, an official said. While the minimum temperature at hill station Semiliguda in Koraput district was recorded at 3.5 degrees Celsius, Phulbani, the...

New Delhi: A delegation of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), along with some MPs,met Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju Thursday, urging him to grant a one-year extension for registering Waqf properties on the 'UMEED' portal after the deadline for doing so expired last week. Some office-bearers of the AIMPLB, along with MPs Asaduddin...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Punjab National Bank (PNB) and the State Bank of India (SBI) on whether a Uttarakhand resident, whose CIBIL score has allegedly been shown as negative due to PAN duplication and erroneous reporting, has ever taken a loan or committed any default. A bench of Justices K.V. Viswanathan...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday held a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump with a focus on progress in the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. The leaders exchanged views on expanding cooperation in trade, critical technologies, energy, defence and security, officials said. Both leaders agreed to work closely to address shared challenges and advance...

Bhubaneswar:  Two men from Bihar were arrested with six pistols in Bhubaneswar Thursday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, the Special Task Force (STF) conducted a raid at Bankual Baliyatra Ground in the Badagada police station area and made the arrests, they said. Those arrested were identified as Pintu Kumar and Awinash Kumar, both from Munger district...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday said his government has appointed 37,916 people during its 18 months in office and is committed to fulfilling its promise of filling 65,000 government posts within the first two years. Majhi made the remarks while handing over appointment letters to 591 newly recruited officers and employees in three departments,...

United Nations: India told the UN Security Council that it calls for a “pragmatic engagement” with the Taliban as New Delhi underlined that a focus on only punitive measures will ensure a 'business as usual' approach. Addressing the UN Security Council meeting on the Situation in Afghanistan on Wednesday, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni...

Islamabad: Pakistan's former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Faiz Hameed has been sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment after he was found guilty on multiple charges by a military court, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced Thursday, local media reported. The Field General Court Martial sentenced Hameed, who has previously served as director general of ISI. In a...

Dhaka: Bangladesh will hold the 13th parliamentary election February 12, Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin announced Thursday. This will be the first election after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a violent student-led protest in August 2024. “The voting will be held Thursday, February 12, 2026,” the CEC said. Orissa POST- Odisha's No.1 Trusted English...