Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: There will be no hearing at the Odisha Chief Minister’s Grievance Cell in Bhubaneswar on April 7. The grievance cell at Unit V will remain closed on April 7...

Bhubaneswar: Rift within the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has further widened to the fore as senior leaders slammed party MP Sasmit Patra and demanded action against him for supporting the...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will depart for Delhi on April 7 on a two-day visit. According to sources, Majhi is scheduled to meet some Union Ministers on April...

Sambalpur: Bharatiya janata Party (BJP) MLA from Samablpur Jayanarayan Mishra has landed in a soup again with a case registered against him for allegedly abusing and threatening a police officer in...

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday rebuffed the claims of BJD leader Raja Chakra’s lawyer that the state leadership of the party had demanded and received Rs 1.32...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday notified the cabinet's decision to revert to Odisha Civil Services (Rehabilitation Assistance) Rules, 1990, for giving jobs on compassionate basis. This allows for appointment...

Bhubaneswar: Three MPs from Odisha - Bhartruhari Mahtab, Aparajita Sarang and Sasmit Patra - are part of the Parliamentary Delegation for 150th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), being held in...

Patna: The political atmosphere in Bihar is heating up after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s party, the Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), supported the controversial Waqf Amendment Bill in Parliament. The...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) ambiguous position on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill on Friday sparked off a debate within the regional party. A day after announcing that it would...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Friday approved 4 railway projects, including Sambalpur–Jarapda and Jharsuguda–Sason third and fourth lines in Odisha, with total cost of ₹18,658 crore. The projects, covering...