Washington: In July, Indian-American lawyer Usha Chilukuri Vance burst into the national spotlight after her husband J D Vance was named by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as his running mate. With the Trump-Vance victory Wednesday, Usha, 38, is set to become America's Second Lady --- the first Indian-American in that role. Usha was standing with Vance,...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to US President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday to congratulate him on his "spectacular" victory, and said he looked forward to working together with him again to further strengthen India-US relations across technology, defence, energy, space and other sectors. Official sources said Modi also congratulated Trump on the performance of his Republican...

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Sat Paul Sharma slammed the ruling National Conference (NC) on Wednesday for "unconstitutionally" passing a resolution in the Assembly on the restoration of the erstwhile state's special status and said the action amounts to breach of privilege. Sharma asked the Congress, an ally of the NC, to clear its stand on...

Washington: The re-election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States will likely continue the US-India strategic partnership, while Washington might adopt a more assertive approach to counter China, experts said. "Trump's re-election will likely continue the US-India strategic partnership, buoyed by his rapport with Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi from his previous term. We...

Washington: Donald Trump's presidential win is going to be certified in Congress in January by the candidate he beat, Vice President Kamala Harris. Under the Constitution, the vice president is the head of the Senate, and it's the role of the Senate president to declare the result of a White House election. That happens January 6. Under...

Keonjhar: At least five students of a state-run engineering college here were detained by the police Wednesday on the charge of assaulting a junior student during ragging, police said. They were also suspended from the institute for a year following the incident which took place at the Government Engineering College in Keonjhar Tuesday night. The senior students...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government, in collaboration with a private organisation, is all set to extend the reach of innovative backyard poultry farming across the state to make rural women self-reliant, a minister said here Wednesday. The model, an initiative designed to empower rural women through sustainable poultry farming, has been adopted by 50 women farmers in Mayurbhanj...

Jajpur: A 30-year-old man was arrested in Odisha's Jajpur district for allegedly creating multiple fake social media accounts of a woman and uploading her morphed obscene pictures and posting derogatory remarks about her, police said Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Santosh Kumar Sahoo, a resident of Narasinghpur village, they said. Sahoo allegedly created the fake...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: The Odisha government Wednesday began an investigation into the death of two women allegedly after consuming mango kernel gruel, while opposition BJD and Congress blamed the BJP administration's “negligence” over the incident. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday ordered an inquiry by the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) of the Southern Division into the alleged deaths and...

Preparations underway for Bali Yatra in Cuttack   30th Inter District & Odisha State Table Tennis Championship inaugurated at Biju Patnaik Multi-Purpose Indoor Hall in Cuttack     Concluding day of state-level art seminar by BKCAC and SCSTRTI at Kalinga Art Gallery