Bhubaneswar: Over 11 years after a businessman was murdered, dismembered, and his body parts dumped at different locations in Bhubaneswar, a court Wednesday sentenced three men to life imprisonment. A severed human head was recovered from the banks of the Daya River near Nathpur village in the Dhauli police station area November 4, 2014. Police had also...

Bhubaneswar: In a push to the state's Blue Economy initiatives, the Odisha government Wednesday approved a proposal for the enactment of a new legislation to establish a robust, modern, and inclusive legal framework for the growth of the marine fisheries sector. The approval was made at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. As...

Students of Tulasipur SSVM Higher Secondary School celebrate after announcement of Odisha Class 12 Science examination results in Cuttack, Wednesday   Workers resume desilting and cleaning operations in Puri Musa River, Wednesday   Medicine stores remain shut in Bhubaneswar during nationwide bandh called by All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists, Wednesday   📲 Follow Orissa POST –...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is reeling under intense heatwave conditions, with the mercury soaring to 46 degrees Celsius in the industrial town of Jharsuguda Wednesday, weather officials said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heatwave warning for several districts for the next four days. As many as 21 places, including Jharsuguda, recorded a day temperature of 40...

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor discussed deepening the India-US economic and financial partnership, including collaboration in the fintech sector, investment opportunities and bilateral cooperation, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. According to the ministry, the two sides held discussions on strengthening collaboration in the fintech sector, expanding investment opportunities...

New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to undertake euthanasia of aggressive and demonstrably dangerous stray dogs after the Supreme Court's recent order upheld prioritisation of human safety. A senior MCD official said a review meeting chaired by MCD Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar is likely to be held Thursday to determine the course of action...

New Delhi: India and South Korea Wednesday signed key agreements to shore up cooperation in defence cyberspace and military training, reaffirming their commitment to stronger bilateral defence ties and a rules-based Indo-Pacific, a region that has witnessed increasing Chinese assertiveness. The pacts were firmed up following Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's wide-ranging talks in Seoul with his South...

Hyderabad: The makers of director Bobby Kolli's upcoming action entertainer, tentatively being referred to as #Mega158 and featuring Megastar Chiranjeevi in the lead, have now announced that ace music director Thaman will be scoring the music for this film. Taking to its X timeline, KVN Productions, the production house producing the film, wrote, "Welcoming the sensational musician...

Berhampur: Odisha's Ganjam police Wednesday detained two persons in connection with the assault on a 26-year-old youth and his girlfriend in full public view in Berhampur's Giri Road area, officials said. A senior police officer said searches were on to trace the remaining accused persons named in the FIR. We have detained two persons for interrogation. Search...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Wednesday sent five accused in the NEET paper leak case to judicial custody till June 2 and extended the CBI custody of another accused. Special Judge Ajay Gupta allowed the agency's plea seeking judicial custody till June 2 of five accused persons -- Mangilal Khatik, Vikas Biwal, Dinesh Biwal, all three arrested...