Sandeep Mishra

Bhubaneswar: With elections less than a year away, all eyes are on Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s political moves. More so because he is apparently faced with dilemma at…

Bhubaneswar: Dhamnagar has evidently become the talking point in different circles as it braces up for the high-octane by-election on Thursday (November 3). But what is so special about the…

Bhubaneswar: Will BJD's efforts to transform Mission Shakti women from being its trusted votebank to becoming political leaders really work? After tasting success in its pilot experiment…

Bhubaneswar: If Arindam had not stepped into the Mahanadi waters…If the ODRAF personnel had not taken him along…If his seniors would have stopped him from planning a live telecast on a…

What can sports mean to a ‘backward’ region? A pastime avocation, a great leveller, a unifier or a passport to success? To my home state Odisha, it possibly means all these and much more. In…

Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer Pradeep Kumar Jena is likely to become Odisha's next Chief Secretary, succeeding incumbent Suresh Chandra Mahapatra whose tenure is slated to end on August…

Bhubaneswar: There couldn't possibly have been a better birthday gift for Droupadi Murmu a day after she turned 64 on June 21, 2022, as the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, for…

Bhubaneswar: In what could be a first for any Chief Minister in India, Naveen Patnaik is likely to meet Pope Francis, the Pope of Rome and Head of Catholic Church in Vatican City later this…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday tried a tightrope walk even as he made large-scale changes by dropping 11 ministers and inducting old and new faces to his…

Bhubaneswar: Will Odisha Chief Minister spring a surprise and induct someone as Deputy CM? This is being widely discussed in the political circles even as BJD organisational secretary and…