Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: The Congress has announced its plan to organise ‘mashaal’ rallies across all 314 blocks of Odisha on April 15 to protest alleged rise in cases of missing women and...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Did you know that the state of Odisha (then Orissa) was the first in the country to bring about an anti-conversion law? This was mentioned in Parliament by...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government "lost revenue of Rs 864.45 crore" from minor mineral sources during 2015-22. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its latest report, said that...

New Delhi: The Central government has managed to get the backing of its major allies as the Waqf Amendment Bill faces the test of Parliament. But not all leaders are in...

New Delhi: With two more days left in the Budget Session, the action on Thursday shifted to Rajya Sabha with the Waqf (Amendment) Bill tabled in the Upper House, a...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has questioned the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday upholding Calcutta High Court’s decision to terminate the appointments of over 25,000 teaching and non-teaching...

Jajpur: Sangita Pingua of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was removed from the post of chairperson of Vyasanagar Municipality in Odisha’s Jajpur district after a no-confidence motion was passed. In a...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has not taken effective steps to recover Rs 3,966.34 crore as fine from leaseholders for illegal mining operations, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has no plan to provide 300 units of free electricity in the state, Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo informed the Assembly on Wednesday. The...

Cuttack: The colour of a statue of legendary leader Biju Patnaik in Odisha’s Cuttack city was changed in a mysterious manner, triggering a controversy with opposition BJD holding the BJP...