Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: On Raksha Bandhan, the Commerce and Transport department launched a unique road safety awareness campaign across the state Saturday. In collaboration with the police, students, and volunteers, the department carried out this innovative drive to promote road safety. Officers and employees of the State Transport Authority and all Regional Transport Offices tied ‘Safety Threads’ (symbolic rakhis)...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) marked World Tribal Day—officially the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples— at their respective party headquarters here Saturday. At Shankha Bhavan, senior BJD leaders—including Debi Prasad Mishra, Pratap Jena, Ashok Panda, Sudam Marndi, Snehangini Chhuria, and others—attended the celebratory event. The leaders paid floral...

Bhubaneswar: In a landmark move to bolster women’s safety in educational institutions, the Higher Education department has directed all state public universities and government/non-government aided colleges to establish a Shaktishree Empowerment Cell. The initiative, part of the Shaktishree programme, aims to provide holistic protection—physical, legal, mental, and digital—to all undergraduate and postgraduate female students across the state....

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In February 2018 the Trump White House drew up the ‘US strategic framework for the Indo-Pacific’. This paper, declassified in January 2021, says America’s intent is ‘to maintain US strategic primacy … while preventing China from establishing new, illiberal spheres of influence’. It says China’s rise will change the region and challenge US influence globally, and concludes...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition Congress in Odisha Saturday alleged that irregularities had taken place in the state during the simultaneous elections to the assembly and Lok Sabha last year. Addressing a press conference, state Congress president Bhakta Charan Das claimed that about 42 lakh votes were cast in the state between 5 pm and 9 pm on the...

 Mettle Meet 2025 prelims round comes to an end on a high note at Hotel Swosti Premium in Bhubaneswar       Girls tie rakhis to boys during Raksha Bandhan at Tulasipur Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir in Cuttack

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The seventh edition of Odisha’s premier quizzing event, Orissa POST Mettle Meet-2025, commenced with great enthusiasm Saturday at Hotel Swosti Premium, drawing participation from over 80 leading educational institutions from the state and beyond. Following a challenging preliminary round, 16 top teams—eight each from junior and senior categories—secured their spots in the Grand...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's poll body chief Saturday said general elections would be held in the first week of February 2026 but ensuring it in a free, fair and impartial manner remained a major challenge. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, however, said the exact date would be disclosed two months before the schedule was announced. “People have...

Washington: Four astronauts returned to Earth Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve the stuck test pilots of Boeing's Starliner. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Pacific off the Southern California coast a day after departing the orbiting lab. “Welcome home,” SpaceX Mission Control radioed. Splashing down were NASA's Anne McClain...