Naugaon: Irregularities continue to plague the implementation of Centre-sponsored Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) which aims to provide work to labourers in their own areas and check the migration problem. As per sources, a woman sarpanch in Jagatsinghpur district was found to have enrolled the names of three of her family members []

Rourkela: Two youths drowned while another had a close shave while taking a bath in Takera dam on Brahmani river under Raghunathpali police limits near Rourkela, Saturday. According to reports, three boys Zareeb Khan, 19, Rajkumar Mahato, 19, and Bhabesh Prasad, 19 had been to the Tarkera dam to take a bath at []

Rourkela: Maoist posters were Saturday found pasted on a tree and the wall of a school building barely a kilometre away from Odisha border in neighbouring Jharkhand. The posters were found in Rela village under Goelkera PS limits. In the two posters written in Sadri, the local dialect, the ultras have threatened the politicians and []

Patana: In a shocking incident, a youth allegedly killed his mother over a trivial issue at Bhalupahadi Sahi of Khireitangiri panchayat under Patana block in Odishas Keonjhar district Friday night. The deceased was identified as Gouri Naik, 54, wife of Ishwar Chandra Naik, and the accused as her son Surendra Naik. Surendra as usual returned []

Keonjhar: Keonjhar police Saturday arrested three persons including a court employee on charge of defrauding several jobless youths over Rs20 lakh on the pretext of providing them employment. The accused persons were identified as Tulu Mallik, 35, of Marala village under Gop police limits in Puri district; Jibanananda Samal, 40, and Jashwant Samal, 28, from []

Aries: The yogis have finally succeeded in impressing you. Was it a stint in an Art of Living course? Ganesha gives you the thumbs-up and suggests you join that music or dance class you have been wanting to. Generally a nice day, and success is on the cards. Taurus: Today is a day of closure. []

The primary function of Parliament is to legislate. When we elect people to the Lok Sabha we are choosing who will write and pass our laws. In India laws are now passed without debate, both at the Union and the state levels. This means that parties that have a majority and an ideology can legislate []

Jammu: One soldier was killed and four were injured as terrorists ambushed an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district Saturday, three weeks ahead of polling in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency. Poonch is part of Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency which goes to polls in the sixth phase on May 25. Officials said []

Kolkata: Kolkata Police have constituted an inquiry team to probe a woman employees allegation of molestation by Governor CV Ananda Bose, a senior officer said Saturday. The team, as part of its investigation, will speak to witnesses over the next few days and has requested Raj Bhavan to share the CCTV footage, if available. Under []

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengaluru pressed the self-destruction button halfway but a blazing fifty by captain Faf du Plessis had enough torque in it to carry them to a four-wicket over Gujarat Titans in their IPL match here Saturday. Du Plesiss (64, 23b, 104, 36) and Kohli (42, 27b, 24, 46), who added 92 runs in []

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to lead a roadshow in Bhubaneswar May 10, party leader Aparajita Sarangi said Saturday. In a post on X, Sarangi, the MP of Bhubaneswar, urged the people to extend a grand welcome to the Prime Minister. The roadshow will cover three assembly segments in the city Ekamra-Bhubaneswar, []

Bhubaneswar: Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Saturday said Odisha needs a good governance, corruption-free government to properly utilise the states vast and rich resources. Despite huge and rich mineral resources, Odisha is lagging in many sectors of development, Jaishankar said while addressing a press conference here. The Union Minister arrived here Saturday on a []

Bengaluru: Gujarat Titans, preyed on by a sporting pitch, accurate Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowlers and their own inhibitions, laboured to a modest 147 all out in the Indian Premier League match here Saturday. There were a couple of good partnerships 61 between David Miller and Shahrukh Khan and 44 by Rahul Tewatia and Rashid []

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the BJP candidate for Odishas Sambalpur constituency, Friday exuded confidence that his party will win all the 21 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Addressing a press meet here, the Union Minister said, Last time, the BJP secured 38 per cent votes and our opponent got 42 per cent. The []

Jammu: Five security personnel were injured after terrorists opened fire on two vehicles, including one belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF), in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district Saturday, officials said. The attack took place near Shashidhar in the evening when the vehicles were moving towards Sanai Top in the districts Surankote area, they said. []

Bengaluru: Karnataka JD(S) MLA HD Revanna was taken into custody Saturday by sleuths of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), minutes after a Court in Bengaluru rejected his anticipatory bail plea in a kidnapping case, officials said. The case was registered against Revanna, a former Minister and son of JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister HD []

Meerut (UP): National spokesperson of BJP ally Rashtriya Lok Dal Rohit Jakhar has resigned from the party in protest against the BJP giving a ticket to the son of incumbent MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing criminal charges of sexually harassing women wrestlers. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is an accused in the sexual []

Bengaluru: In a major development, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Karnataka Police Saturday tracked a kidnapped woman, who is reportedly one of the victims of the sex video scandal involving JD-S leader Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda. The woman was rescued from the farmhouse of Rajashekar, the personal []

Koraput/ Nabarangpur: Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Saturday alleged that the opposition parties are spreading lies and shedding crocodile tears. Addressing election rallies in tribal-dominated Koraput and Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituencies Patnaik asked the people whether they are happy with his government. Patnaik also asked the people whether Naveen Patnaik is a []

New Delhi: Private sector lender IDBI Bank Saturday reported a 44 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 1,628 crore in the March quarter of financial year 2023-24. In comparison, the bank had posted a net profit of Rs 1,133 crore in the year-ago period. Total income rose to Rs 7,887 crore in the []

Mumbai: Hindi film veteran Amitabh Bachchan and Tamil cinemas iconic star Rajinikanth have reunited for the upcoming film Vettaiyan. The shooting of the film is underway in Mumbai. On Saturday, Big B took to his Instagram and shared a picture with Rajini as he expressed his delight in working with him again. In the picture, []

Mumbai: Actress Hansika Motwani, Saturday, showered love on her forever favourite Trisha Krishnan as she celebrates her 41st birthday, saying keep shining always. Hansika, who was last seen in Tamil horror film Guardian, took to Instagram Stories and dropped a throwback picture with birthday girl Trisha. The photo, which seems to be from some event, []

Los Angeles: Khloe Kardashian is giving hints to the potential future of her love life. The Kardashians star recently opened up about her sexuality in a cryptic social media post. She didnt seem to snub the idea of dating women. The mum-of-two hasnt had the best of luck when it comes to her exes, Tristan []

Kyiv: Multiple fires have broken out in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv following Russian missile and drone attacks overnight, authorities said Saturday. The largest blaze erupted on a warehouse premise and spanned an area of about 3,000 square metres, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said, adding that firefighters were on the scene. The []

Bhubaneswar: In the run-up to the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha, Union External Affairs Minister and BJP leader S Jaishankar Saturday landed in Bhubaneswar on a two-day visit to the state. Jaishankar will address an intellectual meeting in Bhubaneswar in the evening and attend a party meeting in Cuttack Sunday. The Union Minister []

New Delhi: Defender Rohit has been named captain of the Indian junior mens hockey team, with Shardanand Tiwari as his deputy in a 20-member squad which will tour Europe from May 20-29. India will play five matches across three nations Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands during the tour, as part of Hockey Indias []

Mumbai: Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya, who is recovering from a fractured forearm, Saturday, shared how her husband has invented a new song for her get well soon cakes. The Yeh Hai Mohabbatein fame actress took to Instagram, and shared a reel video, wherein we can see her wearing a white and black chikankari kurta and is []

London: England are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) while picking their playing eleven, womens Head coach Jon Lewis has revealed, saying the technology provided crucial feedback as far as match-ups are concerned and also helped them win the Ashes series. Lewis said he got to know about the technology, powered by a London-based company PSi, while []

Kolkata: The Kolkata Police inquiry team constituted to investigate a woman employees allegation of sexual molestation by Governor CV Ananda Bose, will speak to the witnesses over the next few days, a senior officer said Saturday. The investigators, she said have already requested the Raj Bhavan to share the CCTV footage. We have formed an []

Kolkata: With the Trinamool Congress highlighting the sexual harassment complaint against West Bengal Governor, CV Ananda Bose, by a temporary staff member of Raj Bhavan in Kolkata, the Opposition parties including the BJP and CPI(M) have started questioning the links of the woman to the ruling party. The Opposition is pointing to an event where []

New Delhi: The government Saturday lifted the ban on onion exports but imposed a minimum export price (MEP) of $550 per tonne, amid ongoing Lok Sabha elections in the country. Last night, the government imposed a 40 per cent duty on export of onions. In August last year, India had imposed a 40 per cent []

Bhubaneswar: Congress candidate for the Puri Lok Sabha constituency Sucharita Mohanty has declined to contest the elections and returned the party ticket alleging lack of funding from the party. Mohanty, daughter of former Congress MP Brajamohan Mohanty in a mail to AICC general secretary (organization) KC Venugopal Friday claimed that her campaign in the Puri []

New Delhi: The BJP has called for an apology from Rahul Gandhi following the closure report filed by Telangana Police in the Rohith Vemula suicide case. Along with this, BJP also accused Congress and its allies of exploiting Dalits for political gains. Pointing out that the Congress government is in power in Telangana, BJP asked: []

Ottawa: Canadian police have arrested three Indian nationals believed by investigators to be members of an alleged hit squad tasked by the government of India with the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey last year, police said. The ties between India and Canada came under severe strain following Canadian Prime Minister Justin []

Jakarta: A flood and a landslide hit Indonesias Sulawesi island, killing 14 people, officials said Saturday. Torrential rain pounding the area since Thursday triggered a landslide in Luwu district in South Sulawesi province, said local rescue chief Mexianus Bekabel. Floods up to 3 meters (10 feet) have affected 13 sub-districts as water and mud covered []

Keonjhar: Irate workers and local residents of Banua and nearby villages under Sadar police station area staged a protest Friday morning in front of the MSP factorys main gate and restricted the Executive Director (ED) of the company to enter into the premises. This situation has reportedly arisen after a few months of resentment among []

Jaleswar: Tension prevailed Friday on the premises of GK Bhattar Hospital in Balasore district following the demise of a patient. Family members blamed the hospital for medical negligence which led to the death of the youth. They allegedly manhandled a doctor who was on duty and closed the main gate of the hospital for some []

Bhubaneswar: In a welcome respite from the blistering heatwave conditions prevailing in the state, the weather bureau predicted a significant drop of up to 3-4 degrees Celsius in the next 48 hours. Weather scientists at the regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here told Orissa POST Friday that the sea wind from the []

Aries: Something unexpected may happen. Though you may not comprehend all that takes place, Ganesha says it is fine. Stay away from stressful activities, as you may need to go out in the evening. Put on the glitter and gloss, as some good music and dance are expected to come your way. Taurus: Today, you []

Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers rose to the occasion and defended a modest total en route to a 24-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match here Friday. Incidentally, it was KKRs first win over MI in Mumbai after 12 years. Opting to bowl, Jasprit Bumrah (3/18) was at his best []

New Delhi: The record-breaking heatwave spell affecting east India and parts of the southern peninsular region continued unabated Friday, with temperatures settling above 44 degrees Celsius in at least 13 places. Intensely hot conditions prevailed in parts of Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Maximum temperatures settled in the range of []

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president J P Nadda are scheduled to visit Odisha over the next few days to campaign for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. PM Modi is scheduled to address two political rallies in Berhampur and Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituencies May 6. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is []

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday transferred and posted senior bureaucrat Sujata R Karthikeyan as special secretary in the finance department following an order by the Election Commission. Kartikeyam, wife of BJD leader Kartik Pandian, was earlier holding the post of commissioner-cum-secretary in the department of Mission Shakti, with additional charge of Odia language, literature and culture []

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has made a fresh arrest in the Delhi excise policy-linked money-laundering case and taken a man identified as Vinod Chauhan into custody, official sources said Friday. Chauhan is accused of transferring cash funds, sourced through alleged kickbacks given by the South Group, for AAPs election campaign for the Goa Assembly []

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said it may consider granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in view of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, in a ray of hope to the AAP chief arrested in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. Kejriwal was arrested March 21 and is currently lodged in Tihar []

Mumbai: Jasprit Bumrah was at his best as Mumbai Indians bowled out Kolkata Knight Riders for a modest 169 in an Indian Premier League match here Friday. Sri Lankan medium pacer Nuwan Thushara (3/42) blew the top-order while Jasprit Bumrah (3/18) was menacing at the back end while skipper Hardik Pandya (2/44) also got a []

Bhubaneswar: Tata Steel Special Economic Zone Limited (TSSEZL) and HHP Five Private Limited (Hygenco) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a green hydrogen and green ammonia project at TSSEZLs Gopalpur Industrial Park (GIP), in Odisha. Under this definitive agreement, Hygenco will acquire land in GIP, located in Odishas Ganjam district, to set []

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha vigilance sleuths Friday apprehended an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) for accepting a bribe of Rs. 50,000 from a contractor. Vigilance sources said Rabindra Patra, the Assistant Executive Engineer of RWS & S, Jharsuguda, was caught while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a contractor for facilitating the release of his pending []

Taipei: For the first time, China has publicised what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the Philippines over access to South China Sea islands. The move threatens to further raise tensions in the disputed waterway, through which much of the worlds trade passes and which China claims virtually in its entirety. A statement []

Rayagada: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP and RSS attack democracy continuously and want to destroy the countrys Constitution. Gandhi, who cancelled his visit to Odishas Rayagada district to address an election rally at the last moment for filing nomination papers for Raebareli Lok Sabha seat, has sent []