Glasgow: India's Bindyarani Devi made a gritty fight but two unsuccessful clean and jerk attempts restricted her to bronze as Nigeria's Rafiatu Folashade Lawal powered to a record-breaking gold in the women's 58kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games here on Monday. Bindyarani, who had won silver in the 55kg category at the 2022 Birmingham Games, finished...

Beijing: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met China's Vice Foreign Minister Hua Chunying here Monday and discussed the entire gamut of the bilateral relations. Misri, who is currently on an official visit to Beijing, also met Sun Haiyan, Vice Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Misri and Hua...

Khajuripada: Residents of Gudari village under Khajuripada block in Kandhamal district blocked National Highway 157(A) for more than three hours Monday, demanding a permanent solution to persistent mobile network problems that they said have disrupted education and government services. The protest began around 8 am as villagers, joined by residents of nearby areas, staged a road blockade...

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prosecution Monday filed formal charges against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 40 others in a crimes against humanity case related to a police crackdown on a rally in Dhaka in 2013. Several people were killed allegedly during police action on Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam’s protest rally in May 2013, when Hasina’s...

Bhubaneswar: The Cyber Crime Police here have arrested a 50-year-old man from Bihar for allegedly duping a City resident of Rs 15.19 lakh on the false promise of offering distributorship and franchise rights of reputed Tata group companies, police said Monday. The accused, identified as Dadhibal Kumar Singh of Saran district in Bihar, was arrested in connection...

Bhubaneswar: Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari chaired a high-level review meeting Monday to assess the state’s preparedness ahead of the landfall of the deep depression over the northwest Bay of Bengal, directing all district administrations to remain on 24x7 alert and ensure swift response to any emergency. The meeting, held at the revenue conference hall...

New Delhi: The state of Odisha has registered 36 ragging complaints in higher educational institutions (HEIs) this year, the Lok Sabha was informed Monday. Uttar Pradesh, with 135 ragging complaints, and West Bengal, with 75 cases, have accounted for the maximum number of such incidents. Sharing data updated till July 22, Minister of State for Education Sukanta...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has 840 schools covered under the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme, according to data shared by the Union Ministry of Education in the Lok Sabha Monday. The data, presented by Union Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary in a written reply, shows that Odisha has 738 Sanskrit teachers, 35 Urdu...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Higher Education (HE) department has released the admission schedule for postgraduate (PG) courses for the 2026–27 academic session. Admissions will be conducted based on candidates’ scores in the Common PG Entrance Test (CPET). As per the notification, students can lock their preferred choices of higher education institutions on the SAMS portal from 3 pm...

New Delhi: Actor Pankaj Tripathi will be honoured with the Artist of Distinction award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. The honour will be presented to celebrate the actors exceptional contribution to Indian cinema and his remarkable journey as one of the country’s most respected performers. This will also be the first time the National Award-winning...