Dubai: Young spin twins Shree Charani and Prema Rawat strangled Pakistan with deadly spells as India trampled all over their arch-rivals, winning a lopsided Women's Asia Cup T20 contest by seven wickets in Dubai Saturday. Harmanpreet Kaur, who become the first international captain (men or women) to lead the country in 150 T20Is, couldn't have been more...

Bhubaneswar: School and college teachers suspended their stir till September 22 after the Odisha government Saturday assured them of addressing their demands, including providing grant-in-aid and filling up vacant posts in education institutes, said the convener of the protesters' forum. The teachers have been on the streets in Bhubaneswar since August 15 over their eight-point charter of...

New Delhi: Acknowledging that China presents a long-term and comprehensive challenge to India, former CDS Anil Chauhan Saturday said the boundary issue with the northern neighbour remains unresolved, and there's no mutually agreed definition even on the Line of Actual Control, but New Delhi's ties with Beijing "cannot be held hostage to only boundary issues." Delivering a...

New Delhi: Congress Saturday appointed Sachin Pilot as general secretary in-charge of poll-bound Punjab, replacing Bhupesh Baghel, who has been shifted to Assam in the same position. The party has also appointed Randeep Singh Surjewala as general secretary in-charge of Gujarat. He will, however, continue to be in-charge of Karnataka, which recently saw a smooth transition of...

Bhubaneswar: A two-day meeting of the Odisha BJP's executive committee began in Kataka Saturday, with sources saying that it would firm up a three-month roadmap and discuss strategy for the urban local body and three-tier panchayat elections scheduled in March next year. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, his deputies KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, the party's...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: Literature, travel, history, food, photography and music came together at the fourth edition of the Walking BookFairs Travel Writing Festival (WBTWF), held at New Community Space, 3rd Space Odisha, here Saturday. The one-of-its-kind curated literary festival brought together authors, journalists, editors, readers and travel enthusiasts for a day-long programme of conversations and...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday asserted that India is not only growing at 7.8 per cent but also creating employment opportunities despite wars and disruptions, demonstrating the country's strength, and said that those responsible for pushing the economy into the "fragile five" cannot digest it. Addressing the centenary celebrations of the Delhi University's Shri Ram...

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi interacts with students during Teachers’ Day celebrations at Secondary Board High School in Kataka   Bhubaneswar: ‘Guru Dibasa’ overshadowed by teachers’ protests, unresolved demands   Odisha Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj and representatives of CSRBOX, Naandi Foundation and OKCL sign MoUs during launch of ‘AI Course for All’ programme in Bhubaneswar...

New Delhi: Population enumeration for Census 2027 will take place in Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and parts of Uttarakhand from December 1, 2026, to January 4, 2027, the Registrar General of India said Saturday, advancing the exercise in the states likely to go to polls early next year. In a gazette notification, the Registrar General of India...

Cairo: US military Saturday said it struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with missiles, warning that it would "if necessary, destroy Iran's limited and exposed oil fleet." The military's statement said a US aircraft carrier and a destroyer evaded "multiple unprovoked Iranian attacks" while patrolling in the region and no US personnel were...