Washington: US President Donald Trump returned from a visit to China, describing his discussions with President Xi Jinping as a meeting between the leaders of two great countries. Trump landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland Friday evening, claiming to have secured significant trade agreements, including the sale of 200 aircraft from Boeing to China, with a...

Bargarh: Two senior education officials in Bargarh were suspended Friday after being arrested in connection with allegations of sexual harassment of a woman employee, abuse of official position and financial irregularities, officials said. The School and Mass Education department placed Bargarh District Education Officer (DEO) Jyotikanta Sahu, 45, and Block Education Officer (BEO) Surendra Kumar Sahu, 45,...

Keonjhar: A 60-year-old woman was rescued after allegedly jumping into the Sanakunda at Bhimkund in Keonjhar district following a domestic dispute, officials said Friday. The woman, identified as Sabitri Mohanta, wife of Gangadhara Mohanta of Dhipa Sahi in Ghatabalijodi village under Dumuria RI circle, was found stranded in chest-deep water for nearly five hours at the tourist...

Patana: Police in Keonjhar district have arrested a 20-year-old youth accused of kidnapping and raping a 17-year-old schoolgirl, before allegedly circulating obscene images of her on Instagram. The accused, identified as Saroj Kumar Mahant, son of Hrusikesh Mahant of Machhagarh Puruna Sahi, was detained Friday at the Machhagarh bus stand. He was later produced in the court....

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has installed cooling stations at Kalpana Square and Fire Station Square to provide relief to citizens affected by rising summer temperatures and recurring heatwave conditions in the City. The initiative comes amid increasing concerns over extreme heat events driven by rapid urbanisation and climate change, which have disproportionately affected people working...

Los Angeles: NASA’s Psyche probe was headed for a close encounter with Mars Friday and a planned gravity boost to set the spacecraft on its final course to the solar system’s largest known metallic asteroid, thought to be the remnant core of an ancient protoplanet. The Psyche probe, named for the asteroid it was designed to explore,...

Washington: Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 45-day extension of their ceasefire that took effect last month, a spokesperson for the US State Department has said. "The April 16 cessation of hostilities will be extended by 45 days to enable further progress," State Department spokesman Tommy Piggott said on X Friday (local time). Israel and Lebanon...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday announced that the state government will soon roll out a dedicated film policy to revive and strengthen the Odia film industry, which he described as a vital symbol of the state’s identity and cultural heritage. The announcement was made during a special interaction held in the City, where the Chief...

Lucknow: Riding on Akash Singh’s fantastic three-fer, Mitchell Marsh’s brutal 90 off 38 balls, and Nicholas Pooran’s late fireworks, Lucknow Super Giants managed to thrash Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets at the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium Friday. CSK had posted 187/5, thanks to Kartik Sharma’s career-best score of 71 in T20s and an unbeaten 32 from...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has completed the mapping of nearly 94.61 per cent of its electorate with the voter list from the last Special Intensive Revision (SIR) conducted in 2002, marking significant progress in the preparatory phase of the upcoming electoral roll revision exercise. State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) RS Gopalan told the mediapersons Friday that around 3,16,03,323 voters...