The US provocation of China in the form of its House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and the immediate sabre-rattling in response by China dangerously close to Taiwan is a highly nerve wracking international drama, especially because Pelosi flew into the island nation in Air Force One. Using the personal aircraft of POTUS is a clear...

The question about how a woman who is elected to the post of President should be addressed in Hindi first came to the fore when Pratibha Patil became the first woman to occupy the highest constitutional post in India in 2007. There were debates about whether she should be addressed as ‘Rashtrapati’ or ‘Rasthrapatni’, but that debate...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday demanded Special Focus Status for Odisha from the Union government during the Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog. Addressing the meeting, Patnaik said Odisha is impacted almost every year by natural disasters. "It's important to have disaster resilient infrastructure to protect the state and its people from the vagaries of...

Bhubaneswar: Mumbai Police have taken on remand three accused persons arrested by the  Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Odisha, in connection with the fake loan app racket. The accused have been identified as Nitin Mallik, Sushant and Rakhit, the EOW said in a statement Sunday. Mallik was taken on transit remand by Mumbai Police following a production warrant...

Birmingham: World champion Nikhat Zareen clinched the gold medal for India in the women's 50kg light flyweight division at the 2022 Commonwealth Games by winning the final bout comprehensively, here Sunday. The 26-year-old Indian defeated Northern Ireland's Carly McNaul, a silver medallist from Gold Coast 2018, by unanimous decision. Nikhat won three of her bouts at Birmingham...

Berhampur: Several government officials have been injured after they were allegedly attacked by villagers at Budighati in Ganjam district during a crackdown against illegal liquor trade, police said. Acting on inputs, a 40-member team of the excise, revenue department and police launched the operation in the tribal-dominated village in Jarada area Saturday, they said. Upon their arrival,...

Youngsters celebrate Friendship Day at a park in Bhubaneswar Inauguration of ‘Gandhi Shilpa Bazar’ by Utkalika at Ekamra Haat in Bhubaneswar

Sriharikota: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Sunday said the satellites onboard its maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle "are no longer usable" after the SSLV-D1 placed them in an elliptical orbit instead of a circular one. The space agency said a committee would analyse and make recommendations into today's episode and with the implementation of those recommendations...

Birmingham: The Indian women's hockey team beat defending champions New Zealand 2-1 in shootout to win the bronze medal and finish its campaign at the Commonwealth Games on a high note here Sunday. Leading 1-0, India conceded a penalty corner with less than 30 seconds to go for the final hooter, as the match went into shootout...

Birmingham: Indian boxers Nitu Ghanghas won the women's 48kg Commonwealth Games title before Amit Panghal (men's 51kg) joined her on the top of the podium, here Sunday. Panghal bettered his silver from the last edition as he out-punched European Championship silver medallist England's Kiaran MacDonald by a 5-0 verdict in the men's flyweight. Nitu, on the other...