Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he was willing to accept the results of the mid-term elections, where Democrats posted significant gains, flipping key Senate and gubernatorial races. "I am absolutely willing to accept those results," Trump said in an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday night as results trickled in. Democrats had wrested...

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has sharply criticised the Election Commission of India’s latest clarification on Form-6, terming it another set of “word games” that clarify nothing and expose how poorly designed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process is. In a post on X, Ramesh Tuesday said each damage-control attempt by the ECI only highlights...

Washington: Democrats made significant gains in the US mid-term elections, flipping the gubernatorial race in Georgia and positioning themselves to wrest key Senate seats from Republicans, delivering a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump. Indian-American candidates Suhas Subramanyam, 40, and Pia Dandiya, 39, won their seats in the US House of Representatives from Virginia and Florida, respectively,...

By Bikash Kumar Dhal, OP Banta: A shortage of teachers at Government Bantala Nodal UP School in Banta block of Bhadrak district has disrupted classroom teaching, prompting parents to demand immediate intervention to safeguard students' education. Despite having adequate infrastructure, the school is struggling to manage its nine classes, from Sishu Vatika (pre-primary) to Class VIII, with...

Baripada: A nine-month-old tiger cub rescued from a human settlement near Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) is making encouraging progress in learning to survive in the wild, having begun displaying its natural hunting instincts. The cub, currently housed in the Jamuna enclosure under the South Wildlife Division of Similipal, successfully hunted a goat during 28 days of observation....

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Presenting Odisha’s long-term clean-energy roadmap at Bharat Renewable Energy Summit and Expo 2026 in New Delhi, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the state aims to source 74 per cent of its installed power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2047 and emerge as the clean-energy engine of eastern India. The state attracted prospective investment...

Ganjam: An auto-rickshaw driver in Ganjam town has reportedly received an e-challan of Rs 1,000 for not wearing a helmet while driving his three-wheeler, raising questions over a possible error in the traffic enforcement system. The driver, identified as Prafulla Kumar Panda, said he had travelled to Brahmapur Monday with his auto-rickshaw after taking a passenger on...

Nabarangpur: Thousands of women belonging to the District Nari Mahasangha staged a protest outside the sub-collector’s office in Nabarangpur, demanding the immediate release of their adviser and anti-liquor activist Rajesh Jani. Carrying sticks and raising slogans, the protesters Tuesday surrounded the office from noon, expressing strong resentment over Jani’s arrest. They warned that the agitation would continue...

Nabarangpur: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Nabarangpur Superintendent of Police to submit an investigation report within eight weeks over allegations that a nine-member Dalit family was forcibly evicted from its home in Badadamapala village. The complaint alleges that Fagunu Harijan, 70, a daily-wage labourer, and his family were assaulted and driven out of...

Raurkela: Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has begun constructing a 3.2-km reinforced cement concrete (RCC) boundary wall along the Dumerta railway corridor as part of preparations for its proposed expansion, which aims to increase hot metal production capacity from 4.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 9.8 MTPA at an estimated cost of Rs 30,000 crore. The project...