Policy & Politics

Nuapada/Bhubaneswar: BJP's Jay Dholakia established a lead of 28,999 votes over his nearest BJD candidate Snehangini Chhuria in Odisha’s Nuapada Assembly by-election. As the counting of votes was in progress...

Patna: The battle for Bihar saw a high-intensity fight between the ruling NDA and Mahagatbandhan, with debutants Jan Suraaj Party providing a third option to voters. Voting ended on November...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday disqualified senior political leader Mukul Roy from the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, finding that he violated the Tenth Schedule (anti-defection law) by joining...

Nuapada/Bhubaneswar: Elaborate arrangements have been made to ensure smooth counting of votes to be taken up on Friday for the by-election in Odisha’s Nuapada Assembly constituency. The result of the...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday accused the BJP of strangling democracy in the Nuapada bye-election by misusing the government machinery and openly violating the Model Code of Conduct. At...

New Delhi: Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi was on Wednesday named the chairperson of the 31-member Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) constituted to deliberate on three bills, including the Constitution (One Hundred...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan lauded Odisha’s pioneering initiatives in conserving agricultural heritage and promoting Shree Anna (Millets). Speaking at the...

New Delhi: Two days after a deadly car explosion near the iconic Red Fort killed 12 people and injured many others, the Central government acknowledged on Wednesday that it was...

New Delhi: All the exit polls on Tuesday, soon after voting for the Bihar Assembly elections ended, predicted a comfortable victory for the Nitish Kumar-helmed NDA alliance. But many were...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has approved a proposal for amendments to the Odisha Survey and Settlement Rules, aiming to ease the process of obtaining land titles for buyers....